This exhibition is the first-ever museum retrospective of drawings by Josefina Auslender, whose work in graphite, colored pencil, and ink spans decades and continents. 鈥淛osefina Auslender鈥 features more than 100 drawings created in Argentina and the United States that collectively reflect her enduring interest in building new worlds through the visual languages of abstraction and Surrealism.
This exhibition traces shifting conceptions of 鈥渢he artist鈥 in the Western world from the medieval era, through the Renaissance, until today. In asking how and when individual creative genius came to be prized鈥攁nd protected鈥攖he exhibition explores how long-standing paradigms have influenced the names that are remembered in the historical record today and what recognizing these historical forces might mean for the future.
This exhibition features works by Hung Liu which adapt and subvert Maoist propaganda cartoons that were published during the 1950s. In the series, Liu revisits cartoons of her youth that were published in children's books and primers (known as 鈥渪iaorenshu鈥). The exhibition was organized by Georgetown University Art Galleries, and curated by Dr. Dorothy Moss and Georgetown graduate students.
This exhibition brings together a selection of works on paper created between 1893 and 1947 in Europe and the United States generously donated to the 榴莲视频 Museum of Art by Howard M. Haimes 鈥76 on the occasion of his fiftieth reunion.
