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 | William Kentridge: What Will Come
May 1 - December 31, 2009
The debut of an important addition to the SCMA permanent collection, What Will Come (2006) is a major film by the South African contemporary artist, William Kentridge. One of the most innovative aspects of Kentridge’s work is his hand-drawn films. What Will Come takes its title from a Ghanaian proverb: “What will come has already come,” a sentiment reflected in the imagery of the film, which speaks to the range of conflicts that have marked modern human history. This work also displays Kentridge’s keen interest in optics. The film is projected from the ceiling onto a round metal table, which bears a polished circular column in its center. The images are reflected on the surface of the column, which corrects the perspective of the drawing for the viewer. The images circumnavigate this column, changing form as they move to a haunting musical track. This film is on view through December 31, 2009.
Image: William Kentridge. South African, 1955-. What Will Come, 2006. Anamorphic video projection (8 minutes 40 seconds) on cold-rolled steel table. Purchased with the Janet Wright Ketcham, class of 1953, Acquisition Fund
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| Touch Fire: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics by Women Artists
October 9 - February 28, 2010
Touch Fire is composed of over 90 vibrant and dynamic ceramic sculptures by leading contemporary Japanese women artists working within and transforming a medium traditionally associated with men. Although women have played a central role in ceramic production in Japan for centuries, they have worked as studio ceramic artists only since the 1950s. Rather than training in the traditionally male-dominated apprentice system, most attended art school, where they were exposed to and influenced by a wide range of contemporary artistic movements in both Japan and the West. Works in the exhibition are lent by an alumna of Smith College who is one of the pioneer collectors of contemporary Japanese ceramics in the West. The accompanying catalogue, with an essay by ceramics specialist Todate Kazuko, Chief Curator at the Tsukuba Art Museum (Ibaraki, Japan) and artists’ biographies by Wahei Aoyama, provides the first in-depth study of the phenomenal rise of women ceramic artists in Japan. The exhibition is generously supported by the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne, the Freeman Foundation, and the Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston. Additional support is provided, in part, by the Tryon Associates and the Maxine Weil Kunstadter, class of 1924, Fund.
Image: Katsumata Chieko. Japanese, 1950-. Untitled (Blue Vase with Yellow Flowers), 2006. Stoneware, dyes. Gift of a member of the class of 1965. Photograph by Keitaro Yoshioka, Boston
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| Kin and Kindred: Reflections on Childhood
January 29 - April 11, 2010
While we all have been children, and some of us are parents, the perception of what childhood is and how it was conceived historically has changed throughout the ages. These changes have led to many questions: how has our notion of this pivotal part of life evolved over time? Have the lessons of the past led us to be better parents or happier children? Has the information age contributed to our understanding and knowledge of child rearing or has it led to more confusion? Has it placed undue pressures on children and parents or have these pressures always been there? By juxtaposing images from different eras and in a variety of media the exhibition seeks to examine historically-defined assumptions and judgments of childhood and child rearing. Kin and Kindred is supported by the Louise Blaney, class of 1939, Fund for Exhibitions.
Image: Charles D. Melini. French, 1740-1795 (after François Hubert Drouais. French, 1727-1775). The Sons of Prince de Turenne in Savoyard Costume (detail). n.d. Engraving printed in black with inscriptions. Purchased. Photograph by Petegorsky/Gipe
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| A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections
April 3 - June 15, 2010
A Room of Their Own exemplifies the breadth and strength of the complex artistic output of the visual artists associated with the Bloomsbury Group, focusing particularly on the work of Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Roger Fry, and Dora Carrington. The exhibition features over 100 works —prints, paintings, watercolors, drawings, books from the Hogarth Press, and decorative works from the Omega Workshop (1910-1950s)—drawn from public and private collections in the U.S. The exhibition and its catalogue were organized by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in conjunction with the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, NC. Presentation of the exhibition at SCMA was made possible by the Museum of Art Program Fund.
Image: Vanessa Bell. British, 1879-1961. Virginia Woolf, c. 1912. Oil on paperboard. Gift of Ann Safford Mandel, class of 1953. © Estate of Vanessa Bell, courtesy Henrietta Garnet. Photograph by Petegorsky/Gipe
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