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Reframing the Cone Collection exhibition, opening, Baltimore Museum of Art, February 14 through April 18, 1999
No full textPhotographs from the opening of the exhibition Reframing the Cone Collection, held at the Baltimore Museum of Art in February, 1999
Nouveau to Deco: Textiles of the Early Twentieth Century exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, March 17 – August 1, 1999
No full textFlowing, curving lines, vivid color and highly stylized natural and geometric forms characterize the fabrics of the early years of the 20th century, vibrantly reflected in an exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art called "Nouveau to Deco: Textiles of the 20th Century." The exhibit of textiles from about 1880 to the 1920s runs through August 1 at the BMA
A Grand Challenge exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1998
No full textPhotographs from the Grand Challenge exhibition, a competition for students from Maryland schools held as part of the educational programming for the exhibition A Grand Design: The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art from October 12, 1997, through January 18, 1998
Degas and the Little Dancer exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 4, 1998 – January 3, 1999
No full textDegas and the Little Dancer, on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art from October 4, 1998, through January 3, 1999, illustrated the drama of the 19th century Parisian ballet. Paintings, sculptures, pastels, and drawings were assembled from museums and collections across the world, including the Museum's bronze cast of Degas' most famous sculpture
Edvard Munch: Surrealist Prints from the Vivian and David Campbell Collection exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, May 13 – July 19, 1998
No full textEdvard Munch: Surrealist Prints from the Vivian and David Campbell Collection, on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art from May 13 through July 19,
1998, featured 60 prints by the Norwegian artist dated from 1894 to 1943. Munch utilized the variable qualities attainable in printmaking, such as altering the plate or color, to underscore his experiments conveying mood and emotion in his Symbolism works
Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, June 14 – August 30, 1998
No full textDonald J. Cosentino, professor of African and diaspora literature and folk art at the University of California at Los Angeles, embarked on the nine-year effort that culminated in "Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou." It opened at UCLA in 1995 and has traveled since.
The show's organization involved priests, priestesses and other practitioners in an effort to create an authentic interpretation.
The show has 11 sections on Vodou history, religion and art. One deals with the colorful sequined flags, or drapo, exhibited in Vodou temples to honor divinities. In recent years drapo have become popular collectors' items in America. Works by contemporary artists fill another section. The show builds to a re-creation of a Vodou temple, with videos showing the sights and sounds of Vodou ceremonies. The culminating section contains three altars, one to each of the spirit groups
The Image Business: Shop and Cigar Store Figures in Art exhibition, February 18 – April 12, 1998
No full textAn in-depth exploration of wood figure carving as an art form in America (The Baltimore Sun, page 126, March 26, 1998)
The Pious and the Profane: Looking at Renaissance Prints exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, September 23, 1998 – March 14, 1999
No full textPhotographs from the exhibition The Pious and the Profane in Renaissance Prints. Representing north and south, and pious and profane subjects, the works in this exhibition are but a sampling of Renaissance prints from The Baltimore Museum of Art's collection
Maryland by Invitation/A Show of Faith: Photographs by Carl Clark, Bob Houston, and Ken Royster exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, June 14 – September 6, 1998
No full textCarl Clark, Bob Houston and Ken Royster are African-American photographers living in Baltimore, and each in his personal, unique way records the black experience.
The three have much in common: All are over 50; all came to photography as the core of their vocational lives relatively late; all focus on people - mainly, though not exclusively, black people; all specialize in black-and-white photography. Currently, their work is gathered in the Baltimore Museum of Art exhibit "A Show of Faith," about the role of the church in the African-American community. But their interests, and their passions, range wide
Maryland by Invitation/A Show of Faith: Photographs by Carl Clark, Bob Houston, and Ken Royster exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, June 14 – September 6, 1998
No full textPhotographs from the opening of the exhibition Maryland by Invitation/A Show of Faith: Photographs by Carl Clark, Bob Houston, and Ken Royster, held at the Baltimore Museum of Art in June, 1998