Gallery Guide: Barbara Bloom, "THE RENDERING (H X W X D =)" by agyorody

THE RENDERING (H x W x D =)

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THE RENDERING (H x W x D =) At the invitation of the FRONT Triennial, Barbara Bloom has created a work specifically for the Ellen Johnson Gallery. This space was designed by the architect Robert Venturi in the 1970s. Far from a neutral white cube, the gallery is a complex space that screams “Architecture” with a capital A. Rather than ignore the gallery’s eccentricities, Bloom has chosen to accentuate them. Bloom has carefully curated and placed a selection of works from the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, all of which depict architecture in some form. The artworks featured here include paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs from a wide range of cultures and time periods. They are shown using a variety of display devices that allow the viewer to navigate the space architecturally, and to experience these works as though they are willing themselves off of the two-dimensional plane and into the third dimension. This process of reverse-rendering highlights and heightens their architectural essences, and further directs attention back to the space of the gallery itself.

All works listed are in the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. All works on paper, except the photographs, are exhibition copies.

TITLE WALL William Hogarth Portrait of Theodore Jacobsen, 1742 Oil on canvas R. T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1942.127 Paul Fourdrinier Floor Plan for a Triangular House Designed by Theodore Jacobsen, ca. 1740 Engraving Prints and Drawings Acquisition Fund, 2013.22

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1 Willy Ronis Les Amoureux de la Bastille, 1957 (printed 2004) Gelatin silver print Gift of James G. Lubetkin (OC 1964), 2013.13.12

7 Jacob Olie Along a Canal, Amsterdam, ca. 1895 Modern print from original glass plate negative Miscellaneous and Various Funds, 1971.83

2 Clarence Kennedy The Central Doorway from the Façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, plate 25 from Magdalen Sculptures in Relief; Studies in the History and Criticism of Sculpture, VI, 1920s Vintage gelatin silver print Gift of Paul F. Walter (OC 1957), 2008.36.158.17

8 Clarence Kennedy The Central Doorway Seen from One Side Showing the Distribution of the Decorative Carving on the Jambs from the Façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, plate 26 from Magdalen Sculptures in Relief; Studies in the History and Criticism of Sculpture, VI, 1920s Vintage gelatin silver print Gift of Paul F. Walter (OC 1957), 2008.36.158.16

3 Roman Vishniac Entrance to the Cracow Ghetto, 1938 Gelatin silver print Friends of Art Endowment Fund, 1977.10 4 Brassaï Escalier de Montmartre, Paris, 1930 Gelatin silver print Charles F. Olney Fund, 1971.86 5 Frederick H. Evans Herstmonceux Castle Sussex - The North Tower, 1918 Platinum print Gift of Paul F. Walter (OC 1957), 2008.36.70 6 Peter Sekaer New Orleans: An Abandoned Step Invites a Card Game, 1938 Gelatin silver print Art Object Sales and Oberlin Friends of Art Funds, 2007.1

9 Margaret Bourke-White Terminal Tower, Cleveland, 1928 (printed 1985) Gelatin silver print Gift of James G. Lubetkin (OC 1964), 2013.13.16 10 Walker Evans Boarding House, 1936 (printed 1971) Gelatin silver print Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hill, 1972.40 11 Edward Weston Church Door, Hornitos, California, 1940 Gelatin silver print Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hill, 1971.73 12 Samuel H. Gottscho Morris Lapidus, 256 E. 49th St., New York City. Exterior, 1946 Vintage gelatin silver print Gift of Paul F. Walter (OC 1957), 2008.36.37

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FRAMING WALL 1 Charles SĂŠchan Interior of a Renaissance Palace (Set Design), ca. 1840 Pen and ink with wash on paper Gift of Julius Weitzner, 1952.81 2 Jean Dufy Place de la Concorde, 1924 Oil on canvas Gift of Anna K. Landis, 1986.1

3 Katsushika Hokusai A Simple Sketch of the Mitsui Cloth Shop at Surugacho in Edo, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, early 1830s Color woodblock print Mary A. Ainsworth Bequest, 1950.718 4 Jan Weenix Decorative Panel with a Musical Party, ca. 1700 Oil on canvas Gift of Edwin C. Vogel and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1953.3

5 Johann Heinrich Roos Abraham and Sarah before Abimelech, 1681 Oil on canvas Gift of Dr. Alfred Bader in honor of Prof. Wolfgang Stechow, 1970.49

6 Cass Gilbert Proposed Interior Decoration for Finney Memorial Chapel, Oberlin College, 1897â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1917 Watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper Presentation drawing for Oberlin College, 1982.74 7 Giorgio de Chirico La Solitudine, ca. 1915 Oil on canvas Gift of Priscilla and Richard Hunt in memory of President and Mrs. William E. Stevenson, 1988.23 8 John Preston Neale Ockwells Manor House, 1811-31 Pencil, gray wash on paper Anonymous Gift, 1954.114

9 Charles Séchan Row of Houses and Covered Passage (Set Design), 1821–49 Pencil on paper Gift of Julius Weitzner, 1952.77

10 Frederick E. Cohen Bentley Simons Runyan Family, ca. 1857 Oil on canvas Gift of Mary Parsons McCullough, 1970.10

16 Ernest Roth Two Palaces, Venice, 1907 Etching Gift of Frances Spence Hasse, 1994.43.1

11 Charles Séchan Interior of a Renaissance Palace (Set Design), 1831–49 Pen and brown ink, gray and tan wash, over pencil on paper Gift of Julius Weitzner, 1952.80 12 Margaret S. Eaton The Heart of Cleveland, 1947 Oil on canvas board Gift of Cyrus S. Eaton Jr., 1958.142

13 Attributed to Giacinto Diana Christ at the Pool of Bethesda, ca. 1760 Oil on canvas Mrs. F. F. Prentiss Fund, 1967.62

14 Venetian Landscape (Capriccio), ca.1780 Oil on canvas Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.87

Indian A Lady Separated from her Lover is Consoled by a Maid from a Nayak-Nayika Bhed, Virahini Nayika, ca.1680 Tempera, gold, and ink on paper Paul F. Walter Fund, 1969.40

17 Philipp Schöpke Untitled (House with Two Trees) 1978 Pencil and crayon on paper Bequest of James Mulvihill (OC 1971), 1992.7.7

18 Caspar Scheuren Castle Stolzenfels on the Rhine: Bridal Procession, 19th century Pen and ink, wash, watercolor, and heightening on cardboard Gift of Charles F. Olney, 1904.1228 19 Alexander Calder View of Brooklyn Bridge 1923–26 Oil on canvas Gift of Marion Sims, 1957.28A 20 Emanuel de Witte Interior of the Old Church at Delft ca. 1650 Oil on panel Gift of Marco Grassi, 1985.25

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Okumura Masanobu View of the Tomeoya House at the Entrance to the Yoshiwara, 1740s Woodblock print, hand-colored Mary A. Ainsworth Bequest, 1950.197

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Indian A Prince Peeping at his Mistress, ca. 1770 Ink with heightening on paper Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1976.36

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Indian Damayanti Being Told of Nala’s Beauty and Grace by the Swans from Nala’s Garden, ca. 1850 Tempera and gold on paper Paul F. Walter Fund, 1969.43

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Kitagawa Utamaro The Palace of the Moon, from the series The Moon-mad Monk, 1789 Woodblock print with embossing in gold and silver Mary A. Ainsworth Bequest, 1950.399A

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Kitagawa Utamaro Parody Picture of the Six Immortal Poets early 1790s Color woodblock print Mary A. Ainsworth Bequest, 1950.425

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de' Romani (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London), volume 7 of Le antichità romane (Roman Antiquities), 1756 (printed 19th century) Etching and engraving in bound volume, UN0000.705 Robert Venturi “Ironic Ionic” column, 1975-77 Steel and wood Part of the Venturi ’75 Art Building

Layers of architectural renderings from the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum.

Eleven Cultural Exercises

An American City

An American City: Eleven Cultural Exercises is the first iteration of FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, a multi-venue exhibition that takes form as a fluid critical system across Cleveland, Akron, and Oberlin. Responding to the histories of these communities as well as to their dynamic present-day social fabric, each of the more than 115 national, international, and local participating artists brings a distinctive perspective to the conditions shaping the American city today. In keeping with FRONT’s spirit of experimentation, collaboration, and partnership, the exhibition weaves through neighborhoods and communities as readily as it populates civic institutions and landmarks. Civil servants, public administrators, and community leaders have worked alongside educators, scholars, curators, and artists to make this presentation possible. The resulting exhibition spans place and time. From city to city, museum to hospital, library to school, public market to steamship, art gallery to backyard, the installations, performances, projects, and cultural exercises comprised in this inaugural edition of FRONT engage in the local, the popular, and the obscure, shifting between city past, city present, and city future. With its varied, diverse, and decentered organizational structure, An American City challenges cultural hierarchies and encourages active viewer participation and interpretation. Likewise, its many artworks and cultural exercises reconstruct, reinterpret, and at times upend urban lore, its codes, and its histories. Ultimately, the exhibition does not promote a single, closed reading of what the American City means today, instead celebrating its enduring role as a focal point of our cultural imagination. Michelle Grabner Artistic Director, FRONT International

EXHIBITION TEAM Andrea Gyorody: Ellen Johnson ’33 Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, amam Allison Hennie: Architect, Production Manager Kendall Christian: Head Preparator Arthur Gobillot: Studio Production Southside Design and Building: Fabrication Works by Barbara Bloom are courtesy of the artist and David Lewis, New York Commissioned by FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art Presented with support from The Eric & Jane Nord Family Fund and The Nord Family Foundation

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