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THE SATIRICAL EYE Lithographs by Honoré Daumier, Paul Gavarni, and their Contemporaries Drawn primarily from Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery's collections of 19th-century French graphics, this exhibition will feature work by Honoré Daumier and his lesser-known contemporaries, including Paul Gavarni (Guillaume-Sulpice Chevalier). Each of these artists provided the Parisian with a highly critical, and in some cases humorous perspective on life, art, politics, and culture. Unique to this exhibition will be a lithograph, on loan from the Yale University Art Gallery, paired with its lithographic stone which will be exhibited courtesy of a private collector. The exhibition will be further augmented through a recent gift by Thomas Brumbaugh, Professor of Fine Arts, Emeritus, as well as material lent by the W.T. Bandy Center for Baudelaire Studies, Vanderbilt University. This exhibition is being presented in conjunction with the 25th annual conference of "Social Theory, Politics and the Arts." |
 Werner Wildner American, German born (b. 1925) Title unknown, ca. 1950-1960 Oil on illustration board 8" x 10" Courtesy private collection, Nashville, Tennessee |
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LIGHT & DARK
The Fantastic World of Werner Wildner Shown collectively at Vanderbilt University for the first time in more than a decade, this exhibition will feature paintings, drawings, and studies by Werner Wildner. Born in 1925 in Witten, Germany, Wildner moved to Detroit with his family at an early age, and then to Nashville in 1940, where he resides today. With an aesthetic rooted in the Germanic and Northern European traditions of Martin Schongauer and Hieronymus Bosch, his works reflect a fascination with the bizarre and grotesque creatures that inhabit the dark woodlands of fairy tales and our imaginations, from studies of birds (particularly owls) and hybrid creatures, to jesters, dwarves, and hunchbacks. The exhibit is drawn from the Fine Arts Gallery Collection, and will be supplemented by work from both private and public collections in Nashville. |
 Amy C. Holtzman Mechanism,detail, 1999 Mixed-media assemblage 27-1/2" x 14-1/2" x 7-3/4" Courtesy the artist |
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SYNTAX
Mixed-media sculpture by Amy C. Holtzman THE 1998 MARGARET STONEWALL WOOLDRIDGE HAMBLET AWARD WINNER EXHIBITION This exhibit features works by Amy C. Holtzman, the 1998 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award winner. The Hamblet award winner is selected by a panel of outside jurors from an open invitational for graduating seniors held each spring. The award, a $15,000 grant to be used for travel and study during the year following graduation, culminates in this exhibition. |
 Ron Adams American (b. 1934) Profile in Blue, 1989 Lithograph 46" x 36" Courtesy the artist |
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RON ADAMS, MASTER PRINTMAKER
A Survey of Work, 1984-1999 Ron Adams' work as an artist, teacher, and master printer has served the art world for more than thirty years. As a master printer at Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles; Editions Press, San Francisco; and subsequently as owner and director of Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, Adams has advised and worked with leading contemporary artists including Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ellsworth Kelly. After opening his own press in Santa Fe, he collaborated with such artists as Judy Chicago, Luis Jimenez, John Biggers, and Charles White. This exhibition will examine graphics by Adams himself, works characterized by insightful depictions of African Americans, while including a small selection of work that he participated in as master printmaker. This exhibition will be held to coincide with Black History Month. Organized by James Rutherford |
 Lorna Simpson American (b. 1960) Backdrops Circa 1940s, 1998 Screenprint on two felt panels 26-3/8" x 34-1/2" overall Published by McCready/Noblet Courtesy Karen McCready Fine Art Ewers Gift for Fine Arts Fund Purchase 1999.143 |
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HEAVEN AND EARTH
The Figure in Religious and Secular Art The representation of the human figure in art is as old as art itself. This exhibition will examine how the figure has been used in western art within the realms of the sacred and the profane. Drawing from the Fine Arts Gallery Collection, with additional material provided by the Historical Collection, Eskind Biomedical Library, Vanderbilt University, works of art featured will be diverse, and include early Etruscan and Greek ceramics and sculpture; selections from the Samuel H. Kress Study Collection of Renaissance painting; examples of French Gothic art; and a broad selection of European and American graphics and painting featuring works by Albrecht Altdorfer, Abraham Bosse, Jacques Callot, Marc Chagall, Sue Coe, Alberto Giacometti, Käthe Kollwitz, Berthe Morisot, Jim Dine, Isabel Bishop, Lorna Simpson, Louise Bourgeois, and Leslie Dill. The opening reception for this exhibition will be held to coincide with Parents Weekend. |
 Joaquim Gomis Spanish (1902-1990) The sculpture "The hayfork" taking form. Son Boter, from Creation in Space of Joan Miró, 1956-1961 Silver gelatin print 24" x 19-7/8" The Carl van der Voort Collection, Vanderbilt University 1997.016 |
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CREACIÓN EN EL ESPACIO
A Photographic Portrait of the Art and Studios of Joan Miró by Joaquim Gomis Part of a series of gifts from Carl van der Voort, A '53, this exhibition will mark the first time that this exceptional photographic collection has been presented in its entirety at the Fine Arts Gallery. Due to Joaquim Gomis' close lifelong friendship with Miró, the viewer is allowed entry into the artist's studios and private world. The photographs range from discreet images of sculptural works of art to vignettes of Miró's studios in Barcelona, Mont-roig, and Mallorca, many featuring found objects that served as source material for Miró's work. |
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