2003/2004 Museum preview: exhibition highlights of the coming season - Calendar

Art in America, August, 2003

Summer

Max Beckmann

The first comprehensive U.S. survey of the German-born Expressionist's work since 1984, and the first to appear in New York since 1964, this show, organized by Robert Storr, contains 107 major paintings and works on paper. The exhibition covers all aspects of Beckmann's diverse career, from his earliest realist paintings to the brilliant and brash compositions for which he is best known. Following appearances at the Tate Modern, London, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris, it is on view at MOMA QNS, New York, June 26-Sept. 29, 2003.

Public Art Biennial

Fifteen contemporary artists and artist teams have created site-specific public-art projects for this fourth biennial exhibition at the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, N.Y. Participants include Maria Elena Gonzalez, Nina Katchadourian and the Art Guys. The works are on view on the campus of SUNY-Purchase through Oct. 19, 2003.

Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617)

The first museum survey of the Dutch Mannerist's work, this show's 13 paintings, 69 drawings and 80 prints demonstrate his mastery of a broad range of subject matter and styles. The show is co-organized by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Toledo [Ohio] Museum of Art. After debuting in Amsterdam, it appears in New York, June 26-Sept. 7, 2003, and travels to Toledo, Oct. 18, 2003-Jan. 4, 2004.

Edward Weston

"Edward Weston: Life Work" surveys the photographer's five-decade career in 100 images drawn from a private collection, from still-lifes and landscapes to nudes and portraits. Organized by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, the show debuts at the Portland [Maine] Museum of Art, June 28-Oct. 19, 2003. Itinerary: Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, Nov. 15, 2003-Jan. 11, 2004; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Feb. 13-Apr. 11, 2004; Greenville [S.C.] County Museum of Art, May 11-July 4, 2004; Knoxville Museum of Art, July 30-Oct. 10, 2004; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Nov. 20, 2004-Jan. 30, 2005; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, N. Dak., Apr. 21-July 10, 2005; Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Sept. 15-Nov. 13, 2005; Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, N.Y., Dec. 10, 2005-Feb. 12, 2006; Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain, Mar. 23-May 21, 2006; Vero Beach [Fla.] Museum of Art, Nov. 18, 2006-Jan. 7, 2007.

Mark Lombardi

This first museum retrospective of the New York-based Mark Lombardi (1951-2000) features 25 large-scale diagrammatic drawings that map out complicated financial and political relationships; it is curated by Robert Hobbs for Independent Curators International. After opening in early 2003 at Cornell University's Herbert Johnson Museum, it remains on view, to Aug. 17, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland. It subsequently travels to New York's Drawing Center, Oct. 31-Dec. 20, 2003; the Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell [Iowa] College, May 28-Aug. 1, 2004; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Sept. 10-Dec. 5, 2004; and other venues to be announced.

Bob Knox

Based on images from 1950s and '60s design magazines, Bob Knox's paintings show empty domestic interiors. The artist's first museum solo features 20 large-scale canvases. Co-organized by the Blaffer Gallery at the University of Houston and the University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, "Bob Knox: Non-Fiction Paintings" is on view through Aug. 31, 2003 at the Blaffer Gallery.

Warren Rohrer

The first museum survey for the late Pennsylvania-born abstract painter (1927-1995) contains 32 colorful, luminous abstractions derived from landscape. Organized by Susan Rosenberg, the exhibition appears at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, June 22-Aug. 17, 2003.

Russell Crotty

Using ballpoint pen on paper, California artist Russell Crotty makes painstakingly detailed drawings of the night sky, which he then wraps around spheres and hangs in various formations. This show featuring works Crotty has made since 1996 contains an installation along with the artist's large-format sketchbooks. It is on view at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, June 27-Oct. 5, 2003, and travels to the Miami Art Museum, Mar. 4-June 27, 2004.

Sarah Sze

Known for her elaborate site-specific installations, Sarah Sze uses such materials as tiny electric fans, plastic flowers, Astroturf and various odds and ends to create architectural mini-worlds. For the sculpture court at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, she has created several imaginary miniature ecosystems that mix natural and artificial plant life and borrow from the visual vocabularies of constructions sites and pastoral oases. The work is on view through Oct. 9, 2003.

Fela Anikulapo-Kuti

In "Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti," visual artists explore the cultural impact of the late Nigerian musician and activist who created the musical genre Afrobeat and established a commune and his own political party in Nigeria in the '70s. Among the 34 participants in this show are Radcliffe Bailey, Bill Bidjocka, Sanford Biggers, Brett Cook-Dizney, Kendell Geers, Odili Donald Odita, Ouattara, Olu Oguibe, Yinka Shonibare, Kara Walker and Fred Wilson. Guest-curated by Trevor Schoonmaker, the show debuts at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, July 11-Sept. 28, 2003, and travels to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Apr. 17-July 4, 2004, and the Barbican Centre, London, Sept. 9-Oct. 24, 2004.