Exhibitions

Masterworks of American Photography: Moments in Time

elizabeth — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:10:43 +0000

Journey through photography’s history in this sampling of works from the Carter’s renowned permanent collection. This presentation of Masterworks explores the medium’s unique relationship to time.

June 19, 2009 - January 3, 2010

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Circle of Friends: Portraits of Artists

elizabeth — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:39:52 +0000

With the advent of American modernism, artists began making portraits of one another with increasing regularity. Photographers made portraits to document the members of their artistic communities, but in so doing they also created works that embody their artistic and personal ambitions.

July 9, 2009 - November 29, 2009

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Views and Visions: Prints of the American West, 1820–1970

elizabeth — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:05:31 +0000

Experience the intrigue and fascination of the early American West in a special exhibition of nineteenth and twentieth century prints and illustrated books from the Carter’s permanent collection. Views and Visions: Prints of the American West, 1820–1970 features works by American artists who depicted the grand landscapes, wild animals, and rugged individuals of the West.

September 19, 2009 - January 10, 2010

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Freedom Now: Tamarind Lithography Workshop

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This exhibition of prints from the 1960s explores the international call for social and political justice and examines how a handful of artists addressed these themes through irony, satire, allegory, and stark realism.

Showcasing seven artists who held fellowships at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles during the 1960s, the small exhibition from the Carter’s permanent collection includes works by American artists Leon Golub, James Strombotne, H. C. Westermann, and Spanish artist Rafael Canogar.

November 24, 2009 - May 17, 2010

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Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian

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In 1900, Edward S. Curtis undertook the momentous task of documenting American Indian cultures across the United States. Over the next thirty years, he took over 40,000 photographs and collected information about more than eighty tribes, ranging from the Inuit people of the far north to the Hopi people of the Southwest. The Amon Carter Museum will display a selection of works from this compelling new acquisition.

Curtis assembled this material into twenty lavishly illustrated text volumes, each accompanied by a folio of approximately thirty-eight exquisitely printed, hand-pulled photogravures. Today, The North American Indian is widely heralded as a masterpiece of unparalleled scope and beauty, revered by many as among the key artistic and historical resources of the age.

December 12, 2009 - May 16, 2010

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American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

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Savor the opportunity to view the finest watercolors, pastels, and drawings by leading avant-garde American artists of the early 20th century. This February, these rarely seen artworks, from America’s oldest public art museum, will travel to the Carter in the exhibition American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Artists represented include Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Andrew Wyeth.

Complementing the Amon Carter Museum’s own modernist holdings, American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art provides a groundbreaking new look at the varied directions pursued by modern American artists from 1910 to 1960. Capturing the restless, spontaneous, and confident American spirit, the exhibition examines progressive art movements such as Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Neo-Romanticism.

American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art was organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut, and made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius and the Henry Luce Foundation. The exhibition will also be on view at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, from June 22 through September 12, 2010. It will conclude at the Wadsworth in October 2010.

Support for the Fort Worth presentation of this exhibition is provided by the Star-Telegram, WFAA and American Airlines.

February 27, 2010 - May 30, 2010

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