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Frederick Franck American [born Holland] 1909 On the Ogowe Riverbank,1959 Ink and wash 16" x 20" Collection of Albert Schweitzer Institute Courtesy Frederick Franck		DRAWINGS OF LAMBARÉNÉ An Exhibition by Dr. Frederick Franck To be presented in conjunction with Symposium 2000: World Peace Through Reverence for Life,this exhibition features pen-and-ink drawings by Dr. Frederick Franck, who served on the medical staff of the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, Africa, from 1958 until 1961. Characterized by their direct, spontaneous line, and by Franck's compassion and humanity, the thirty-two works illustrate life at this progressive hospital. Organized and sponsored by the Albert Schweitzer Institute for the Humanities. (September 11–October 19, 2000)

Erich Heckel German (1883–1970) Junges Mädchen (Young Girl) Woodcut 10-3/16" x 6-11/16" From Genius,no. 1, 1920 1976.030 Collection of Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Vanderbilt Art Association Acquisition Fund		FACE VALUE The Portrait and the Formulation of Identity in Art Drawn primarily from the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery Collection, this exhibition will examine the multiple "uses" of portraiture in the history of art. As the most popular genre of art, portraiture has been crucial to the formulation and depiction of the individual. From an ancient Egyptian stone fragment depicting a portrait in profile to a Greco-Roman bust of a goddess, and from formal "state" portraits of the Renaissance nobility to the birth of the modern portrait characterized by a fascination with the inner psyche, Face Valuewill highlight major themes in portraiture while providing biographical "portraits" of the artists that created them. Organized by Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. (October 26–December 8, 2000) The gallery will be closed November 18–26 for Thanksgiving Break.

Stacey Irvin American, born 1976 Kashgar Strings,2000 Chromogenic print 11" x 14" Courtesy Stacey Irvin		STACEY IRVIN The 1999 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award Winner Exhibition This exhibit features works by Stacey Irvin, the winner of the 1999 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award. 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 $16,000 grant to be used for travel and study during the year following graduation, culminates in this exhibition. Traveling through western China and along the Friendship Highway between Kathmandu and Lhasa, Irvin visited many areas which she considers blind spots of the West. This exhibition is her photographic record of the peoples she encountered. Organized by Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. (January 11–February 1, 2001)

Kara Walker American, born 1969 Installation view from Emancipation Approximation,2000 Carnegie International, 1999/2000 Courtesy Brent Sikima, New York, New York		DISTURBING ALLEGORIES Graphics by Kara Walker The first in a series of one-person exhibitions focusing on significant contemporary American women artists, Disturbing Allegoriesfeatures works by Kara Elizabeth Walker, an African American artist, born in California in 1969 and raised outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Walker is known for using the black-paper silhouette to caricature the lives of slaves and masters in the ante-bellum American South, often with disturbing and racially challenging results. This exhibition will feature a number of her silhouette prints, as well as etchings and other works on paper. Organized by Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. (February 8–March 22, 2001) The gallery will be closed for Spring Break, March 3–11.

Cover, Collected Poems of Robert Frost Illustration by J. J. Lankes Henry Holt & Co., 1939 J.J. Lankes, American (1884–1960) Robert Frost, American (1874–1963) Collection of Pat Alger Courtesy Pat Alger		ROBERT FROST & J.J. LANKES A Shared Vision of America Drawn primarily from the extensive private collection of Pat Alger, this exhibition will present rare first editions of the poetry of Robert Frost, each containing illustrations in woodcut by J.J. Lankes, as well as a large selection of original woodcuts by Lankes. Included will be final editions, working proofs, and related materials. Exhibited for the first time, this remarkable collection will reveal to the viewer a vignette of a rural America that is both simple yet eloquent. This exhibition will open in conjunction with Parents Weekend, and will feature programs developed in conjunction with the Department of English, Vanderbilt University. Organized by Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. (March 31–June 15, 2001)

Lanie Gannon Bird Cage, 2000 Wood, metal, acrylic 16" x 10" x 10" Courtesy of the artis		A Common Legacy: H.C. Westermann's Influence on Five Contemporary Sculptors: Michael Aurbach, Lanie Gannon, James Holmes, Karen Kittelson, and Dean Snyder This exhibition examines the influence of the American artist H.C. Westermann (1922-1981) on contemporary art today through the work of five sculptors. Although distinct in their own ways, each of the artists to be represented constructs art that finds importance in materials and how they are used to convey meaning, in many instances in a semi-narrative fashion. These sculptors often combine seemingly "real" objects into their pieces, following the tradition which, while rooted in the work of Westermann, is also found in the art of Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, and Joseph Cornell. They do so with a reverence for the past while oftentimes using humor to comment on the present. [Organized by Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery] [June 29-September 13, 2001]

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