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Chantilly: The Black Lace exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, April 5 – September 10, 2000
No full textAn exhibition showcasing the stunning and intricate art of bobbin lace, specifically the reknowned black lace of Chantilly, France
WPA Printmakers as Cultural Workers exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, June 11 – September 24, 2000
No full textThis collection of prints, drawings, and photographs reflects the profound impact of the Great Depression on Americans during the 1930s. The monochromatic and ashen textures evoke the psychological and financial devastation wrought by widespread unemployment. Through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), many financially destitute artists were employed in artisanal labor, using their craft to convey the struggles of everyday life. These works, shaped by the WPA’s mission, became a powerful medium to reach broad audiences, emphasizing the pervasive issues of poverty, workers seeking jobs, relief money, and all conditions of unmet basic needs.
The presence of industrial and rural imagery aligns with the WPA's goal of fostering a relationship between artists and the public. In this way, art was not just a reflection of hardship but also a call to action and awareness to bridge the divide between workers, unions, and governments
Joyce J. Scott Kickin' It with the Old Masters exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, January 23 – May 21, 2000
No full textPhotographs from the Joyce J. Scott exhibition "Kickin' It with the Old Masters." Presented by the Baltimore Museum of Art and Maryland Institute, College of Art, this is the first major retrospective exhibition of Joyce J. Scott's work
Elizabeth Catlett Sculpture: A Fifty-Year Retrospective exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, January 27 – April 11, 1999
No full textElizabeth Catlett Sculpture: A Fifty-Year Retrospective, on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art from January 27, through April 11, 1999, featured sculptures from a variety of materials that explored themes of womanhood and mother and child. Presented as part of Black History Month at the Museum, these powerful figures expressed her heritage and life experiences, and illustrated her profound contributions to contemporary art
Reframing the Cone Collection exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, February 14 – April 18, 1999
No full textReframing the Cone Collection, on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art from February 14 through April 18, 1999, restored the Cone Collection paintings to traditional frames after more than a decade in controversial modern strip frames. This exhibition marked the first phase of a dramatic reinstallation for one of the Museum's most celebrated collections, and gave visitors a preview for the upcoming renovation of the Cone Wing
Baltimore County Schools Student Art Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1999
No full textThe BMA is hosting the annual countywide student exhibition, Art is for Everyone, presenting artwork by Baltimore County Public School students from pre-K through 12th grade. The breadth of county schools’ art program is highlighted by a variety of two- and three-dimensional artworks, including sculpture, photography, drawing, painting, and digital art
Robes of Deliverance: Ritual Garments of the Buddhist Priests of Japan exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, August 1, 1999 – February 27, 2000
No full textLearn about the history, construction and symbolic significance of sacred garments worn by Buddhist priests in Japan when the Baltimore Museum of Art presents "Robes of Deliverance" Wednesday through Feb. 27. The exhibit of 17 garments includes kesa, the large mantles worn around the priest's body, and ohi, stoles worn over the shoulder or arm of the priest. The objects on view, which have never before been on display, illustrate a variety of techniques and motifs, including examples of embroidered, tie-dyed and woven materials
Photographs, Drawings, and Collages by Frederick Sommer exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, March 31 – June 20, 1999
No full textFrederick Sommer (1905-1999) was one of the few photographers of his generation to embrace the idea that a photograph, far from being an objective record, is in fact a supremely powerful illusion whose essence is "surreal" almost by definition.
The exhibition of Sommer's photographs, drawings and collages at the Baltimore Museum of Art illustrates how Sommer used that insight to explore the possibilities of a radically new visual aesthetic.
The photographs span the most active period of the artist's career, during which he developed an increasingly personal and original vision using the basic tools of photography
Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 10, 1999 – January 30, 2000
No full textThe first major exhibition to focus exclusively on the portraits made by the Impressionist masters and their immediate predecessors. Breaking free from portraiture's conventions, the Impressionists expanded the notion of a portrait to reflect not only an individual's appearance but also his or her everyday surroundings. From traditional, tightly rendered likenesses to light-filled, loosely brushed paintings, the works in this volume depict a variety of subjects: friends, family members, patrons, public figures, and the artists themselves. Reproduced are key works by fourteen pivotal figures including Gustave Caillebotte, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, which reveal the astonishing originality and beauty of the Impressionists' portraits
Surrealist Art from the BMA's Collection exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, March 31 – June 20, 1999
No full textA selection of surrealist artworks from the BMA's permanent collection shown in conjunction with Frederick Sommer exhibition