Past Exhibitions
Results
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Ed Ruscha: Made in California
January 15–September 15, 2013This exhibition features the lithographs of Ed Ruscha, who, adding his own Pop Art flair to words suspended in space, created works reflective of his own experiences and the recurring themes from his paintings and screenprints.
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Larry Sultan's Homeland: American Story
October 16, 2012–January 13, 2013This exhibition celebrates Sultan’s Homeland project and the Carter’s acquisition of one of the series’ signature works. His California landscapes suggest redemption in the face of somber themes like illegal immigration and the 2008 housing crisis.
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To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection
October 6, 2012–January 6, 2013This landmark exhibition features masterworks from The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., tracing American art from the birth of the modern spirit to postwar painting through some of the finest examples of late 19th and 20th century art.
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Industrial Monuments: Photographs and Works on Paper from the Machine Age
July 21, 2012–January 20, 2013This exhibition presents photographs, prints, and drawings that reflect artists’ captivation with the constantly changing industrial landscape of America during the early 20th century and the marvels of the nation’s building and engineering.
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American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning and their Circle, 1927-1942
June 9–August 19, 2012American Vanguards highlights the works and efforts of the charismatic John Graham and his circle of New York artists, who, along with forging their own identities in the art world, played a critical role in defining and shaping American modernism.
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Ruth Asawa: Organic Meditations
March 13–October 14, 2012Ruth Asawa: Organic Meditations features an elegant series of lithographs created during the artist’s fellowship at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in the mid-1960s that invite viewers to contemplate her unique vision of the natural world’s beauty and wonders.
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Sargent's Youthful Genius: Paintings from the Clark
March 11–June 17, 2012This intimate exhibition of part of the renowned collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute celebrates the monumental painting Fumée d’Ambre Gris and provides insight into the remarkably talented work of John Singer Sargent.
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The Medium and Its Metaphors
March 3–September 2, 2012This exhibition spans the history of photography, pairing photographs from the Carter’s collection with important metaphors from the same time period that were used to describe the medium’s unique qualities.
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Romance Maker: The Watercolors of Charles M. Russell
February 11–May 13, 2012This exhibition brings together some of the finest watercolors by Charles M. Russell along with materials from his studio in order to explore how he created unforgettably romantic images of the mythic American frontier.
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John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury
November 4, 2011–January 8, 2012This special exhibition of Marin’s oils and watercolors are inspired by his time spent at Cape Split, Maine, using floating forms and energetic brushwork to transform the fleeting patterns of the natural world into innovative compositions.
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Work
September 10, 2011–February 19, 2012This intimate survey exhibition, drawn from the Museum’s extensive collection, showcases photographers’ acknowledgment of work in many forms, their recognition of how people are often defined by their jobs, and their documentation of labor’s troubles and successes.
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The Allure of Paper: Drawings and Watercolors from the Collection
July 9–October 9, 2011This special exhibition showcases one-of-a-kind works on paper never before exhibited together, chronicling the sweeping changes that occurred in American art over the course of nearly 200 years from portraiture and history painting to modernism and abstraction.
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Will Barnet: Relationships, Intimate and Abstract, 1935-1965
June 18, 2011–January 8, 2012This celebratory exhibition marked Barnet’s 100th birthday by allowing viewers to witness the sophisticated progression of his art during the most pivotal period of his career, as he searched for the symbolic potential of forms through realism and abstraction.
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Subhankar Banerjee: Where I Live I Hope to Know
May 14–August 28, 2011This exhibition of Banerjee’s large-scale, contemporary photographs exposes the effects of climate change through the portrayal of the incredible variety of endangered flora and fauna around his home near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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The Hudson River School: Nature and the American Vision
February 26–June 19, 2011This exhibition features monumental works from the artists of the Hudson River School, highlighting their reverence for landscapes through their depiction of natural sites as resources for spiritual renewal as well as potent symbols for culture and history.