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Ralston Crawford and Todd Webb: Photographs exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, December 8, 1987 – January 31, 1988
No full textThis photographic exhibition captures the dynamic scenery of New York in the 1940s and 1950s. The collection offers a compelling contrast between Ralston Crawford’s exploration of abstraction and Todd Webb’s intimate investigations into the human experience of place
Drawing Now: Sol LeWitt and Robert Mangold exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 6 – December 6, 1987
No full textDrawing Now: Sol LeWitt and Robert Mangold, on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art from October 6 through December 6, 1987, consisted of 30 recent works by LeWitt and Mangold. LeWitt contributed vivid, geometric gouche drawings, while Mangold created colorful and unusually shaped works
Arthur B. Davies: Drawings and Watercolors exhibition, reception, Baltimore Museum of Art, May 19, 1987
No full textArthur B. Davies: Drawings and Watercolors exhibition reception, The Baltimore Museum of Art, May 19, 198
Danny Lyon: Conversations with the Dead exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, February 10 – April 19, 1987
No full textDanny Lyon: Conversations with the Dead, on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art from February 10 through April 19, 1987, collects seventy two photographs taken by Lyon at the Texas Department of Corrections while working on his book Conversations with the Dead. It was his hope that these powerful images would help "strike a blow at our prisons," and encourage reforms
Dr. Seuss from Then to Now exhibition, installation in progress, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1987
No full textPhotographs of the installation of the Dr. Seuss exhibition in December, 1987. Working on the installation were Brenda Richardson, and BMA staff
Baltimore Collects: Oriental Carpets from a Private Collection exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, March 17 – June 28, 1987
No full textBaltimore Collects: Oriental Carpets from a Private Collection, on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art from March 17 through June 28, 1987, featured a selection of nine carpets loaned by a local private collector. Originating from Turkey, Persia, and the Caucasus, most of these rugs were of the sejjadeh format, designed for use in Muslim prayers
Lights, Camera, Action: Black American Film Posters, 1920-1986, exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, January 20 – April 12, 1987
No full textThis exhibition explores the visual and cultural impact of Black American film posters over seven decades, tracing the evolution of Black representation in cinema. Bold typography and dynamic compositions offer a lens into the intersection of art, commerce, and social change in Black cinema
Faith Ringgold: Painted Story Quilts exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, November 17, 1987 – February 28, 1988
No full textFaith’s mixed-media quilt art weaves a narrative of feminism and the Civil Rights Movement, embodying the legacy of African American art history. Using cotton, acrylic paint, and ink marker as her expressive mediums, she traverses tradition with activism. She grew up close to the period of Harlem Renaissance and the onset of the Great Depression, she witnessed generations of women in her maternal lineage sewing quilts—an influence that would later become her greater voice
Leland Rice: Photographs of the Berlin Wall exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 6 – November 29, 1987
No full textPhotographs of the Berlin Wall exhibited months after President Reagan’s historic address at the Brandenburg Gate, in which he urged Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall!
Cheney Miniature Rooms exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, opened December 22, 1987
No full textCheney Miniature Rooms, a permanent installation at the Baltimore Museum of Art, opened on December 22, 1987, displaying twelve miniature rooms created by the American miniaturist Eugene Kupjack. The exhibition shows a variety of American and European interiors, highlighting traditional architectural styles such as Shaker and Jacobean