Exhibitions and The Collection Book from the Sky, ca. 1987–1991, by Xu Bing, installation featuring handprinted books, ceiling and wall scrolls printed from wood letterpress type; ink on paper. Lent by the artist
Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China December 11, 2013–April 6, 2014 Asian Art, Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 2nd floor
Featuring 70 works in various media created during the past three decades by 35 artists born in China, this exhibition reveals how China’s ancient pattern of seeking cultural
renewal through the reinterpretation of past models remains a viable creative path. Organized into four thematic groupings— the written word, new landscapes, abstraction, and beyond the brush—it demonstrates how select artists have radically transformed their sources through new modes of expression while retaining thematic, aesthetic, or technical attributes that link them to China’s artistic past.
Indian Hunter and His Dog, 1926, by Paul Manship, bronze. Gift of Thomas Cochran, 1929 (29.162)
The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925 December 18, 2013–April 13, 2014 The American Wing, The Erving and Joyce Wolf Gallery, 1st floor
Through 65 bronze sculptures, this exhibition explores the aesthetic and cultural impulses behind the creation of statuettes
with American western themes at the turn of the 20th century. Representations of American Indians, cowboys and cavalry, pioneers and prospectors, and animals of the plains and mountains served, then as now, as visual metaphors for the Old West, whether based on historical fact, mythologized fiction, or, most often, something in between. Through representative sculptures by such archetypal artists as Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell, among others, the exhibition considers the popularity of the bronze statuette during this transformative period in American history. Made possible by The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, and the Enterprise Holdings Endowment. Organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with the Denver Art Museum.
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