MAM Insider | Winter 2009

Warhol Ends Jan 3

Fifty Works for Fifty States Winter 2009–10

Opens Dec 17

Street Seen

winter 2009–10 Ted Croner, New York (detail), 1947. Museum of Modern Art.

on view 4 street seen

Opens Jan 30, 2010

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Ends Jan 3, 2010

12 Fifty Works for Fifty States Opens Dec 17, 2009 13 Scholastic Art Awards Opens Feb 6, 2010

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Ends March 14, 2010

15 Green Fair

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Kohl’s Art Generation Family fun holiday happenings More Happenings mam after dark

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warhol openings coffee with a conscience What’s up online museum store

Admission All programs and events are free for Members (or with Museum admission for non-members) unless otherwise noted.

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Photography courtesy of Front Room Photography unless otherwise noted.

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Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait (Strangulation), 1978 (detail). Collection of Anthony d’Offay.

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Dan Keegan portrait courtesy Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Director’s Letter Members of the Milwaukee Art Museum appreciate the role the Museum plays in their lives as a source of inspiration, education, and beauty, and know that membership quickly pays for itself. Even during these difficult economic times, Members continue to renew their memberships and to support the Museum through additional gifts. Why? From what I know about our community, it is because the people of the Greater Milwaukee area value the role the Museum plays in the community—an icon of our region’s cultural renaissance, a vital community resource, a key partner in art education for our young people. The Milwaukee Art Museum is a place where experiences are as memorable as the art.

Dan Keegan, director Over the last year, the Museum has been exceptionally prudent with its spending. You, no doubt, have had to do the same, which is why it is so heartwarming to know that we continue to be a priority for your discretionary dollars. Thank you. Thank you for recognizing the importance of the Milwaukee Art Museum in your life and in our community. Your support has helped us become a world-class institution that Milwaukee and its residents can be The Milwaukee Art Museum proud of. is a place where experiences This holiday season, I invite you to conare as memorable as the art. sider these simple ways to enrich your own life, and the lives of those special someones: •

Upgrade your Museum membership and enjoy added benefits.

Honor a loved one with a contribution to the Annual Fund in his/her name.

• Give gift memberships to share the joy of membership with others.

• Shop the Museum Store for those special, one-of-a-kind gifts.

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My very best wishes for the holidays and the New Year. I hope you and your family will visit us often! Thank you for your support.

Dan Keegan director

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William Klein, Man under El, New York, 1955 (detail). Purchase, Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Acquisition Fund. Š William Klein

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William Klein

on view | street seen opening | jan 30–Apr 25, 2010 | baker/rowland galleries

Street Seen Members Always See It First President’s Circle Preview Wed, Jan 27, 5:30–8:30 pm Member Preview Celebration Thurs, Jan 28, 5–9 pm | 6:15 pm Lecture

Lecture is ticketed; tickets (free) are distributed at 5 pm. Appetizers/cash bar, beginning at 5 pm. $20 non-members

Member Preview Days Thurs, Jan 28, 10 am–5 pm Fri, Jan 29, 10 am–5 pm Member Exhibition Talk Fri, Jan 29, 1:30 pm

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uring and immediately after the second World War, a distinctly subjective edge sliced through the work of a number of artists. A constellation of events—the war, the exposure of the Holocaust, the deployment of the atomic bomb, and the onset of the Cold War—made psychological experience a salient subject in America. Abstract Expressionism, film noir, Beat poetry, and New Journalism emerged in response to the war’s shocking realities, which were increasingly depicted in the mass media through photographs.

Ted Croner

Ted Croner, New York, 1947 (detail). Museum of Modern Art. © Ted Croner Estate

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Louis Faurer

Louis Faurer, Accident, New York City, 1952 (detail).

Deborah Bell Photographs, New York. © Mark Faurer

Model, Faurer, Croner, Leiter, Klein, and Frank embraced photography as an “act of living”—an exploration of identity rather than a tool for telling a story.

The 35mm camera—introduced in the 1920s—inaugurated a revolution in photojournalism that thrust viewers onto the front lines of the war and its aftermath.

The graphic intensity and urgent drama of these pictures had a lasting impact that resonated throughout postwar culture.

Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959 breaks new ground in the study of American art and culture during the World War II era, refuting the common claim that photojournalism was the only significant photographic activity at the time.

Street Seen features over 100 photographs, as well as a select group of 6

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short, non-narrative films, paintings, and drawings. It highlights six photographers— Lisette Model, Louis Faurer, Ted Croner, Saul Leiter, William Klein, and Robert Frank— whose imagery encapsulates the period’s most notable aesthetic achievements.

The exhibition celebrates each photographer’s unconventional artistic vision, while acknowledging the challenges they faced in pursuing careers as independent creative photographers between 1940 and 1959.

Model, Faurer, Croner, Leiter, Klein, and Frank embraced photography as an “act of living”—an exploration of identity rather than a tool for telling a story. They treated their medium as an art form, eschewing

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Saul Leiter

Saul Leiter, Reflection, 1958 (detail). Purchase, Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Acquisition Fund. Š Saul Leiter

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Lisette Model, Running Legs, New York, 1940. International Center of Photography, Gift of Lisette Model Foundation in memory of Joseph G. Blum, 1993. © Lisette Model Foundation, Inc. (1983). Used by permission

Lisette Model mainstream stylistic categories (e.g., documentary, photojournalism, fashion) and breaking the rules of conventional photographic technique to explore the nature of individuality in a rapidly changing, impersonal social environment. Their images, rooted in everyday urban life, are grounded in a photographic sensibility derived from the trauma of the war years and propose spontaneity and subjective experience as the primary forces in creative expression.

Like contemporaneous action painters

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Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Franz Kline, Model, Faurer, Croner, Leiter, Klein, and Frank emphasized the visceral activity of making a picture and confronted the viewer with the material presence of their photographs. In demonstrating a perceivable link between form and feeling, the photographs in Street Seen manifest what is termed the “psychological gesture” of mid-century American life.

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on view | Street Seen opening | jan 30–apr 25, 2010 | baker/roWland GallerieS

…the photographs in Street Seen manifest what is termed the “psychological gesture” of mid-century american life.

Robert Frank

Robert Frank, Parade-Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955, from The Americans. Madeline and David Lubar, Milwaukee. © Robert Frank, from The Americans

FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHS BY

Ted Croner | Louis Faurer | Robert Frank

a dissertation on Louis Faurer, and trained in the Department of

William Klein | Saul Leiter | Lisette Model

Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A specialist on modern and contemporary photography, she has written and

WITH ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY

lectured on Louis Faurer, Saul Leiter, photographic portraiture,

Margaret Bourke-White | Alexey Brodovitch | Rudy Burckhardt

and polar photography from the nineteenth century to the present,

among other topics. Her curatorial collaborations with contemporary artists include the exhibition and publication Unmasked &

Anonymous: Shimon & Lindemann Consider Portraiture (2008).

Street Seen

Robert Capa | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Don Donaghy | Walker Evans Sid Grossman | John Gutmann | Dave Heath | Leon Levinstein Helen Levitt | Roger Mayne | Marvin Newman | Frank Paulin W. Eugene Smith | David Vestal | Weegee

Published by the Milwaukee Art Museum and DelMonico Books·Prestel 122 full-color illustrations

Street Seen

The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959 Lisa Hostetler This in-depth and generously illustrated look at six photographers

Street Seen The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959

Lisa Hostetler is Curator of Photographs at the Milwaukee Art

Museum. She earned her doctorate from Princeton University with

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prominent during and immediately following World War II refutes the common claim that photojournalism was the only significant photographic activity at the time. Street Seen uncovers what was a unique and pivotal moment in American photographic history, broadening our understanding of photography in the middle of the twentieth century, when global media was in adolescence and photography was just beginning to gain purchase in the

Exhibition Catalogue

contemporary art world.

The Second World War and its aftermath ushered in a new era of

artistic expression. Abstract Expressionism, film noir, Beat poetry,

and the New Journalism emerged in response to the war’s shocking realities, which were increasingly depicted in the mass media

through photographs. Creative photographers broke the rules of

conventional photographic technique to evoke personal experience in an increasingly anonymous world. Street Seen, a companion

volume to an exhibition, highlights six photographers whose imagery encapsulates the period’s most salient aesthetic achievements.

Lisette Model’s unflinching look at the cacophony of the urban

environment; Louis Faurer’s empathic portraits of unglamorous

Available in the Museum Store and at www.mam.org/store

eccentrics in Times Square; Ted Croner’s haunting night images;

Saul Leiter’s painterly glimpses of elusive moments; William Klein’s

graphic, confrontational style; and Robert Frank’s documentation of

American ideals gone awry—these and other beautifully reproduced photographs communicate the emotional resonance of everyday life in postwar America.

An essay by Lisa Hostetler explores the artistic revolution that took place after the war and reveals the principles of spontaneity and

subjective interpretation that guided these photographers as they sought to make sense of a new social landscape. In embracing

photography as an “act of living”—an exploration of identity rather

than a tool for telling a story—they create imagery with a perceivable link between form and feeling, manifesting what is termed “the

ISBN 978-3-7913-5034-9

psychological gesture” of mid-century American life. A timeline, brief

Milwaukee Art Museum DelMonico Books Prestel

Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959 was organized by Lisa Hostetler, curator of photographs. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue have been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius. Major funding also provided by the Richard and Ethel Herzfeld and the MetLife Foundations. The Milwaukee Art Museum’s Photography Council contributed additional support for the exhibition.

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biographies, and a bibliography are also included in this valuable compilation of the mid-century’s most influential photography.

208 pages hardcover: $60/$54 Member

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on view | street seen opening | jan 30–Apr 25, 2010

Street Seen Programs + Events Gallery Talk Tues, Feb 2, 1:30 pm 30-Minute Express Talks Every Thursday Feb 4–25, noon

Programs Class: Photography’s 20/20 Vision: The Humanity of the Moment Sat, Jan 9–April 24 (except April 3), 9 am–noon Examine how history has affected individual appro­ aches to making photographs in this class offered with MIAD. Includes studio instruction, discussions with guest artists (e.g., Saul Leiter), a critique with curator Lisa Hostetler, and a project for exhibition at City Hall.

Visit www.mam.org/learn/ classes for details. $675 ($595 MIAD alumni) Film Noir: The Big Sleep Thurs, Feb 11, 6:15 pm See Humphrey Bogart’s portrayal of the hard-boiled detective, Philip Marlowe, in this 1946 classic film noir adapted from Raymond Chandler’s 1939 novel.

Discussion with UWM professor Vicki Callahan will follow.

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A Kiss Is Still a Kiss Thurs, Feb 11, 5–8 pm Indulge in a pre-Valentine’s Day evening with your main squeeze. Rendezvous in the Noir Cocktail Lounge, featuring chanteuse Leslie Fitzwater, before a romantic dinner in Café Calatrava, screening of The Big Sleep, or a tour of Street Seen.

Seatings for dinner, 6–9 pm; RSVP 414-224-3813.

Book Salon: The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler Sat, Feb 13, 10:30 am RSVP: 414-224-3826 or amy.kirschke@mam.org.

Book available in the Museum Store and at www.mam.org/store. save the date!

Symposium: Breaking the Rules: American Photography at Mid-Century Thurs, March 4, 2010 More Online For exhibition highlights and the complete, detailed listing of programs through April, visit www.mam.org.

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on view | Warhol closing | jan 3, 2010 | baker/roWland GallerieS

EnDS JAnUARY 3, 2010

Programs and Events Gallery Talk: Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Tues, Dec 8, 1:30 pm 30-Minute Express Talks Every Thurs, Dec 3–31, noon (except Dec 24) Book Salon: The Andy Warhol Diaries

by Andy Warhol and Pat Hackett Sat, Dec 12, 10:30 am RSVP: 414-224-3826 or amy.kirschke@mam.org Exhibition Catalogue Available in the Museum Store and at www.mam.org/store hardcover: $60/$54 Member softcover: $40/$36 Member

ANDY WARHOL THE LAST DECADE

ANDY WARHOL THE LAST DECADE

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Acquaint yourself with this other side of Warhol.

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This Milwaukee Art Museum premiere exhibition includes some of the largest works the Museum has ever placed on display and features Andy Warhol’s work from 1978 to 1987, a prolific and deeply personal period for the artist. Two groups of Self-Portraits bookend the exhibition; the first, created ten years after Valerie Solanas made an attempt on Warhol’s life, refers to his mortality. Part of Warhol’s vibrant Factory studio scene, Solanas became obsessed with Warhol when she believed he was going to steal her screenplay. On June 3, 1968, she came into his office and shot at him three times; Warhol was hit once and very nearly died. In these paintings, Warhol replaces his portraits of pop stars from the 1960s that met untimely deaths, such as Marilyn Monroe, with his own image. He makes himself the tragic figure, referencing his own fame and assassination attempt.

A later series of Self-Portraits from 1986, commonly referred to as the Fright Wig series, depicts startling close-up images of Warhol’s head floating eerily against an empty background with tufts of his wig standing on end. In ghostly pink, shocking yellow, and camouflage, Warhol’s expressionless face stares at the viewer, as if challenging us to see the man behind the ever-changing façade. These large portraits are especially haunting when we learn that Warhol passed away less than a year after making them.

The lead sponsors for Andy Warhol: The Last Decade are Sue and Bud Selig and Debbie and Mark Attanasio. Additional support is also generously provided by Donald and Donna Baumgartner, Christine Symchych, Joanne Murphy, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Johnson and Pabst LGBT Humanity Fund, Tony and Sue Krausen, the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Friends of Art, and an anonymous foundation. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities.

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on view | exhibition opening | dec 17, 2009–feb 28, 2010 | koss gallery

Fifty Works for Fifty States The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection Dorothy and Herbert Vogel have made art collecting a lifelong journey, amassing a world-class collection of over 4,000 works on a shoestring budget. Herbert (b. 1922) spent most of his working life as an employee of the U.S. Postal Service; Dorothy (b. 1935) was a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library. Their first purchase was a metal sculpture by John Chamberlain, which is now in the collection at the National Gallery of Art. Chamberlain was less well known then, but this did not prevent the Vogels from making a daring purchase in contemporary art.

The story of the Vogels’ collection has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Modern Painters, among other publications, and is the subject of the award-winning documentary, Herb & Dorothy, with the slogan “You don’t have to be a Rockefeller to collect art.” The couple devoted Herbert’s modest salary to the purchase of artworks and befriended many of the artists that would come to lead the minimal, conceptual, and post-minimal art movements.

In keeping with their history of civil service, the Vogels worked with the National Gallery of Art to gift fifty works to one selected public art institution in each of the fifty states. The Museum celebrates its selection as the institution to represent Wisconsin with this exhibition.

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel at The Clocktower with a drawing by Philip Pearlstein behind them, 1975. Photo by: Nathaniel Tileston

The gift to the Milwaukee Art Museum that comprises this exhibition is part of a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Modern and Library Services.

Opening Screening Thurs, Dec 17, 5–8 pm 6:15 pm Award-winning documentary Herb & Dorothy Gallery Talks Tues, Jan 19 and Feb 16, 1:30 pm Panel Discussion: Collecting on a Budget Thurs, Jan 14 or 21 (TBD), 6:15 pm Sponsored by the Contemporary Art Society

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on view | exhibition opening | feb 6–March 21, 2010 | schroeder galleria & pieper gallery

Scholastic Art Awards 2010 Wisconsin Regional Exhibition Year after year, this outstanding annual exhibition continues to delight, featuring the artistic talents of our community’s youth. Discover over 350 works of art created by students in grades 7–12 from throughout Wisconsin. A jury of twenty-four art professionals selected the works from more than 1,200 entries in the categories of Architecture, Ceramics & Glass, Comic Art, Design, Digital Art, Drawing, Fashion, Film & Animation, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Video Games.

Award-winning students are recognized at awards ceremonies in Windhover Hall. The Silver Key Award denotes special statewide recognition; artworks receiving a Gold Key Award go on to compete at the national level, with entries from over sixtyfive other regional competitions throughout the nation. Students whose work receives a Silver or Gold Medal at the national level are honored at Carnegie Hall in June.

The Scholastic Art Awards have been recognizing and encouraging excellence in the visual arts throughout the United States for over eighty years. Since 1976, the Wisconsin Regional component has been hosted by the Milwaukee Art Museum, where thousands of young people and their teachers have been encouraged and inspired in their artistic endeavors. Many winners of the Scholastic Art Awards go on to achieve distinction in the fields of fine and applied arts and design, and credit the early recognition they received as a participant in Scholastic. w w w.mam.org

Hannah Smiltneek, Griffins: Emmett & Sorrel, 2009 (detail).

Gold Key Award and Barbara Brown Lee Award in Sculpture.

Sponsored by the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum Docents, the Marc Flesch Memorial Fund, James Heller in memory of Avis Heller, Ray and Sue Kehm, James and Carol Wiensch, and an anonymous donor

Gallery Talk Tues, Feb 9, 1:30 pm With exhibition coordinator Helena Ehlke

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on view | exhibition closing | march 14, 2010 | decoratiVe artS Gallery

Green Furniture a conversation between the curators

Tanya Aguiñiga, Rock Sofa, (detail). Courtesy of the artist.

Ethan Lasser, curator, Chipstone Foundation Hongtao Zhou, Madison-based, Green Furniture artist and guest curator ethan Fifteen artists have pieces in this exhibition, and they all approach the problem of sustainability in different ways.

Some are building furniture from recycled and reclaimed materials such as old cars, abandoned buildings, and defective bicycles. Others are using naturally renewable materials such as bamboo and cork.

A few artists are simply trying to design objects that will biodegrade when their life in the home comes to an end.

Green Furniture shows that sustainability is a very broadly defined concept. Efficient methods of production, carefully sourced materials, and low-energy use—all of these qualities can make for a “green” object. hongtao Many of the objects on view are 70%, 80%, or even 90% green. Hopefully, the exhibition will encourage artists of the future to make objects that are 100% 14

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sustainable. This is a bold goal, but well worth the effort. ethan I think the exhibition will also teach visitors that green furniture is accessible and easy to bring into the home. These objects are both good for the environment and good for our quality of life. Sustainable design is not in any way a sacrifice, and as consumers, we should demand it. hongtao Yes, at the Green Fair on January 30, we will teach visitors how to make furniture with newspapers and scrap wood, and how to build sofas from old sweatshirts.

These are ideas anyone can take home, and make their own art and furniture for life.

Gallery Talks Tues, 1:30 pm Jan 26 | With Hongtao Zhou Feb 23 | With Ethan Lasser

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on view | eVent happening | Sat, jan 30, 10:30 am–5 pm | WindhoVer hall

Green Fair Sat, jan 30, 10:30 am–5 pm Learn what it means to live green! Come to the Museum for the Green Fair, an all-day event being held in conjunction with the Green Furniture exhibition to promote green living in our community. Browse products in the green marketplace from a variety of eco-friendly vendors such as Rishi Tea, Outpost Natural Foods Co-op, Future Green, and Olive Fine Organic Living. Take the opportunity to talk to Growing Power, among other nonprofits, about their mission and ways to reduce your carbon footprint.

There will be a variety of artist demonstrations, some in which you can participate, throughout the day: watch Hongtao Zhou as he installs his snow furniture, learn how to create different green products, and more. Artists whose work is featured in the Green Furniture exhibition will discuss their pieces and what it means to create sustainSchedule of Events 10:30 am–5 pm Green Marketplace 10:30 am–5 pm Artist Demonstrations 11 am & 3:30 pm Artist Gallery Talks 1–3 pm Green Symposium

Stovel Designs, Newspaper stool.

Courtesy of the artist.

able furniture in two separate gallery talks, at 11 am and 3:30 pm.

At 1 pm, join us in Lubar Auditorium for a green symposium. Speakers will include Ken Dunn (Chicago City Farm), who will discuss thinking green; Nik Kovak (Eastside Alderman), who will discuss voting green; James Godsil (Sweet Water Organics), who will discuss eating green; and Allen Washatko (Kubala Washatko Architects), who will discuss building green. Visitors are encouraged to participate in all the Green Fair events and to visit and interact with the innovative, sustainable works in the Green Furniture exhibition.

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James Casebere Acquisition

In its Contemporary Art Galleries, the Museum proudly presents the newest addition to the Collection, Flooded Cell #2 (2008). James Casebere (American, b. 1953), a leading practitioner of monumental photography, created the 6 x 8 ft. work. Accounts in the newspapers of rendition—kidnapping and blindfolding terrorist suspects, flying them to a foreign country, and putting them in prison cells for interrogation—moved the artist to create the work. Frequently these prisoners did not know which country they were in, or even have a clear understanding of their immediate surroundings. After reading multiple accounts, Casebere was able to piece together and envision what a typical cell might look like, which he proceeded to build and then photograph.

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subjects by hand, paints them, lights them, and then photographs the interiors until he has captured the intended, overall look of the simulated environment. In a sense, he is like a painter beginning with a blank canvas and an image in his mind’s eye. With Flooded Cell #2, he has achieved a rare thing—he has photographed the recollections of others; he has made the abstract concrete.

Flooded Cell # 2 was acquired with a gift from Christine Symchych in honor of former Milwaukee Art Museum Chief Curator Joseph D. Ketner II. Since the work is a photograph, extended exposure to light can damage it. The piece will come off view at the end of December so that it may rest, and so future visitors may experience its haunting presence unaltered.

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Flooded Cell # 2, 2008 (detail). Purchase, with funds provided by Christine Symchych in honor of Milwaukee Art Museum former Chief Curator Joseph D. Ketner II.

From the Collection

profiles | mEmbErS mattEr

Suzy Ettinger Suzy Ettinger likes to shop. But she’s discerning: the items she purchases for her home and as gifts are carefully selected.

When asked about her experiences shopping at the Museum Store, Ms. Ettinger was not short on compliments—endless selection, a knowledgeable staff, excellent gifts. “I am very proud of our Museum and our gift shop and thank all who make this experience only very positive. The shop itself is a gem and the staff is excellent.”

What do you typically shop for at the Museum Store?

I purchase items for gifts as well as for our home. I always find something that is desirable. I always love the jewelry, the book selection is outstanding, and the glass collection is just lovely. I love the postcards and stationery and never seem to have enough in our home. I also enjoy purchasing the colorful T-shirts, which also make great gifts.

Favorite Artwork in the Collection: Isola di San Giacomo in Palude Chandelier II by Dale Chihuly Member Since: 1989

Do you have a favorite item from the store?

I love everything that I purchase but am very fond of the many miniature chairs that are scattered throughout our house. They are just wonderful and everyone remarks about them.

Do you go to the store frequently, or just when you know you need something?

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You can do all your holiday shopping at the Museum Store!

Check the calendar for Member Double Discount days throughout the holiday season or go to www.mam.org/store for more details.

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profiles | memberS matter

ed hashek Ed Hashek has seen the Museum go through many changes. He accepted an invitation to volunteer for a Museum event in 1986 and has been a devoted Member ever since. He shares his Museum with outof-town guests—“I’m proud to show the ‘best in the city,’ which always provides the WOW factor”—and with co-workers— “a session at the Museum before beginning strategic planning had inspiring results.”

In short, Mr. Hashek is “so grateful for all the Museum has provided me in my life’s journey!”

How has the Museum changed?

Apart from the obvious architectural icon it has become, the Museum continues to find new ways to challenge us to think about the world, life, and our own existence. One area of the Collection I have become more appreciative of is photography. Kudos to Curator of Photographs Lisa Hostetler; she has provided inspiring insight into the field.

The Museum has also made great strides expanding its reach to groups in our community and providing accessibility for our youth through art classes and tours for schools.

The Museum is a great community asset.

What is your favorite thing about being involved with the Museum?

There are the Member Preview Celebrations that allow John and me to hear firsthand from those most closely connected with the exhibition, the reciprocal program that entitles us to privileges at museums across the country when we travel, and certainly the great friendships and acquaintances I have made over the years through volun-

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Day Job: Product Manager, FIS (formerly Metavante) Favorite Artwork in the Collection: Works by Mark Rothko and Richard Diebenkorn Member Since: 1986

teering. The shared Museum experiences are the threads that have created such a rich and rewarding experience in my life.

New Volunteer Orientation Tues, Jan 5, 10:30 am Sat, Jan 9, 10:30 am RSVP to caitlin.martell@mam.org

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happenings | Programs + Events

weekend family programs

After a fun, festival-filled summer, the Kohl’s Color Wheels van goes to school, bringing art activities to select schools in greater Milwaukee. Now, kids can experience Kohl’s Art Generation year-round, whether at school, a weekend festival, or the Museum.

From animal sculptures to splatter drawings, see what Kohl’s Art Generation kids have been up to at the newly expanded Kohl’s Art Generation website!

Featuring updated image galleries, photos of recent art projects, new activity downloads, and the latest program updates, the family-friendly website is your gateway to making a mess—or a masterpiece.

Visit the Kohl’s Art Generation website at www.mam.org/artgeneration.

Each weekend, Story Time in the Galleries, Sketching in the Galleries, and the Kohl’s Art Generation Studio provide new opportunities to explore the art in the Museum’s Collection and exhibitions. Families can drop in for five minutes or stay all day.

Saturdays Story Time in the Galleries 10:30 am Come hear a story that relates to a work of art in the galleries, and then create your own story drawing to take home.

Sketching in the Galleries 1–3 pm Try your hand at sketching from works in a different gallery each week.

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5 Portraits 12 Pop Art 19 Warhol 26 Landscapes

2 Portraits 9 Animals 16 Calatrava 23 Kandinsky 30 Still Life

6 Portraits 13 Color 20 Picasso 27 Impressionism

Sundays Kohl’s Art Generation Open Studio 10 am–4 pm Swing by anytime and explore different art materials and techniques used to create the works in the Museum’s Collection.

December 13, 20, 27 January 10, 17, 24, 31 February 7, 14, 21

Warhol Green Street Seen

Extended Hours! Dec 26–Jan 3, 10 am–4 pm (8 pm Thurs, Dec 31)

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happenings | programs + events

Family Fun For a complete listing of programs and up-to-the-minute event details, visit www.mam.org.

Youth and Family Classes Ages 4–15 Drawing in the Galleries for Kids 8 Thursdays: Feb 4–March 25 4:30–6 pm Ages 6–10 or 11–15 Mixing with the Masters: Leger Saturday: Feb 20 10:30 am–noon Ages 4–8 (with an adult caregiver)

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Adult Classes Ages 16 and up Drawing in the Galleries: Art History Inspires!

8 Thursdays: Feb 4–March 25 6:15–7:45 pm

Visit www.mam.org/learn or call 414-224-3808 for complete details and a full listing of classes.

Oil Painting: Master’s Techniques 8 Thursdays: Feb 18–April 15 (no class March 25) 12:30–3 pm or 3–5:30 pm

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Class registration is easy!

Call 414-224-3803.

As always, Members receive discounts on classes. Gift certificates and scholarships are also available.

happenings | proGramS + eVentS

Holiday Time with Uncle Andy (Warhol) Sun, Dec 6, 10 am–4 pm Visit the wacky and wonderful world of Andy Warhol in this holiday event. Experiment with spaghetti prints, Pop portraits, and traditional Pop art images to create interesting and unusual holiday items to give or to cherish. All inspired by Andy Warhol: The Last Decade and James Warhola’s children’s book, Uncle Andy’s (available in the Museum Store.) Pop in for a little while or stay all day!

Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup, 1965. Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley

Street Seen LIVE from the Streets of Milwaukee Sun, Feb 28, 10 am–4 pm Experience street art, music, and dance coming out of Milwaukee-area neighborhoods. Cheer on the dancers in the breakdancing battle, and learn some creative moves from our special guests, True Skool Milwaukee. Create large-scale graffiti murals and found materials collage.

Get involved in your neighborhood—join the scene!

Sponsored by Additional support provided by Assurant Health.

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holiday happenings HOLIDAY HOURS Christmas Eve Christmas Day Monday, Dec 28 New Year’s Eve New Year’s Day

Open | 10 am–3 pm Closed Open | 10 am–5 pm Open | 10 am–8 pm Open | 10 am–5 pm

Gallery Talk: The Neapolitan Crèche Tues, Dec 1, 1:30 pm Experience the Museum’s seasonal display of the much-loved eighteenth-century crèche with Assistant Curator of Earlier European Art Catherine Sawinski. Learn about the handcrafted sculptures, both sacred and secular in theme, in this engaging Nativity scene.

(performances last one hour)

Unknown, Italian Crèche, mid–18th century (detail). Gift of Loretta Howard Sturgis.

The Neapolitan Crèche On view through Sun, Jan 24, 2010 Collection Galleries, Gallery 4

Music Performances in Windhover Hall Dec 5, noon | Skylight Opera Theatre (excerpts from Plaid Tidings and Nuts Lightly Salted) Dec 12, 1 pm | Stodola Suzuki Strings & Mauer Singers Dec 19, 11 am | Barcel Suzuki Strings Dec 20, noon | Lake Cottage Duo (piano & oboe) Dec 26, noon | Bella Ensemble (cello & viola) Dec 27, noon | Maud Powell String

MAM After Dark: A Very Velvet Holiday Fri, Dec 18, 5 pm–midnight See page 25 for event details.

Fine Arts Society Holiday Luncheon Fri, Dec 4, noon Join Laurie Winters, director of exhibitions, at the Woman’s Club of Wisconsin for a sneak peek at the Museum’s special one-work exhibition, Raphael’s Woman with the Veil, which opens March 26, 2010 (sponsored by National City). One of the most celebrated artworks of the Italian Renaissance, this portrait is Raphael’s response to Leonardo da Vinci’s concept of ideal beauty in the Mona Lisa. $35/person (includes lunch); RSVP 414-224-3293.

Target Family Sundays: Holiday Time with Uncle Andy (Warhol) Sun, Dec 6, 10 am–4 pm See page 21 for event details.

Gallery Talk: A Christmas Story with Barbara Brown Lee Tues, Dec 15, 1:30 pm Celebrate the art of the season with Chief Educator Barbara Brown Lee, as she shares stories from religious works in the galleries.

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Kohl’s Art Generation Open Studio: Warhol extended holiday hours Dec 26, 2009–Jan 3, 2010, 10 am–4 pm (8 pm Thurs, Dec 31) See page 19 for program details.

Start New Year’s Eve with a POP! Thurs, Dec 31, 3–8 pm Bring the whole family to this exciting early hours gathering for young and old.

Say goodbye to 2009 as you say hello to an open studio, gallery games, music, and many more Pop art–inspired activities during the final days of Andy Warhol: The Last Decade.

Museum Store: Member Double Discount Days In the Store: Thurs, Dec 3, 10, 17 Online: Mon, Dec 7, 14 Get your holiday décor, trim the tree, and find memorable, one-of-a-kind gifts at 20% off. Members always enjoy free gift-wrapping.

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more happenings Class: The Structure of Narrative in Print and Artists’ Books Saturdays, Jan 9–April 24 (except April 3) 9 am–noon Discover the relationships of imagery to text in this class offered with MIAD. Explore book structures, page spreads, pacing, signatures, and relief printing. Curator Mary Weaver Chapin will guest critique and provide a tour of the Museum’s prints collection. Selected works will be exhibited in the Professional Developer’s online gallery of MIAD’s website. Visit www.mam.org/ learn/classes for details. $675 ($595 MIAD Alumni)

Artist Lecture: Trenton Doyle Hancock Thurs, Feb. 25, 6:15 pm Join this Houston-based artist as he discusses his prints, drawings, and collaged felt paintings that tell the story of the Mounds—the mythical creatures that are the tragic protagonists of the artist’s unfolding narrative. Balancing moral dilemmas with wit and a musical sense of language and color, Hancock’s works create a painterly space of psychological dimension.

Sponsored by the African American Art Alliance and Contemporary Art Society

Warm the heart with the Gift of art!

Give the people in your life a year of art, inspiration, and fun! A Museum membership, elegantly packaged, is the perfect gift, with free Museum admission, discounts in the store, free admission to Target Family Sundays, MAM After Dark, and lectures, among other great benefits!

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Giving is easy.

Order by December 16 for holiday delivery.

• Visit www.mam.org/membership • Call 414-224-3284 • Stop in the Museum

Buy more and save!

Give 3 or more gift memberships—and save 20%! (Offer not available online.)

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mam after dark Winter edition—three hot events!

Fridays, Dec 18, Jan 15, and Feb 19 5 pm–midnight Sweet indulgences abound in December at A Very Velvet Holiday. Local bakers are whipping buttercream and sifting flour in preparation to tempt your taste buds as they compete for your vote for best cupcake, and the honor of the Iron Cupcake trophy. Not to be outdone, the Museum’s Café Calatrava is putting together its own savory selections. Purchase those lastminute holiday gifts at the Museum Store—or make them at the DIY Studio.

Throughout the night, pop in to see Andy Warhol: The Last Decade; it leaves for national tour on January 3.

Going green for the New Year? Carpool, snowshoe, or take the bus to the Museum in January for an eco-friendly event your conscience can be at ease with. A recyclable, wearable art show, among other enviro-friendly activities, will inspire

innovative ways to reduce your carbon footprint. Explore sustainable design in the Green Furniture exhibition, and enjoy the mood-modifying beats of DJ Madhatter as he spins out the tunes via solar-powered turntables.

February offers late-night viewing of Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959.

Inspired, experiment with gesture in the Photo Booth, which fuels the MAM After Dark Flickr page—not to mention its ad campaigns. Also that evening, Danceworks Performance Company examines gesture in an altogether different way through a live collaboration of dance and sound.

Get photos and more details at www. mam.org/afterdark or text MAM to 30364 and receive updates on your mobile phone.

(Standard rates apply; discontinue updates at any time.)

Tickets

Free for Members $12/$6 in advance at www.mam.org/afterdark

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President’s Circle Preview September 23, 2009

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Member Preview Celebration September 24, 2009

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coffee With a conscience celebrating three years at the museum Three years ago, the Museum arranged to have a café in its lakeside galleria. Serving coffee, tea, and a selection of bakery items, the café quickly became a popular spot for Museum visitors to recharge and relax. This summer, the café expanded and moved to the southeast corner of Windhover Hall, with lake views and seasonal outdoor seating.

That café is Coffee With A Conscience.

Owned and operated by the non-profit the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), Coffee With A Conscience serves only fair trade organic coffee. Their eco-friendly cups and other products are recyclable and compostable, and all vendors are local. Further, “by supporting Coffee With A Conscience,” states Manager Katie Hassemer, “our customers directly impact local independently owned small businesses. Profits from the café 28

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“This has been an amazing partnership with the Milwaukee Art Museum, and we are truly grateful to have our café in the most beautiful setting in Milwaukee!” To celebrate its three years of serving Museum visitors, Coffee With A Conscience is featuring an Anniversary Special through January and February.

Anniversary Special Buy any 16-ounce fair trade organic coffee or a specialty drink, and get 30% off one bakery item. Offer valid Jan 1–Feb 28, 2010.

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What’s up online New In eNews If you are a subscriber to eNews or a participant in Kohl’s Art Generation, you may have noticed that we have been hard at work tailoring our newsletters to your needs.

Currently we feature a family-focused newsletter along with our primary eNews in an effort to illuminate the variety in our programming and so you may plan accordingly.

If you haven’t already done so, subscribe today to receive weekly updates about events at the Milwaukee Art Museum—you won’t want to miss a thing!

What to Look For As the exhibition Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959 nears, you can expect to see a new minisite. This eagerly anticipated exhibition will feature prominently in the Museum’s winter programming, and the minisite will be your interactive guide, with detailed information on related programs and events, press reviews, and more. You will also find helpful information for planning your visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum, as well as quick links to tickets and the Street Seen catalogue. Stay tuned with more updates from our social media favorites: Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr.

Smart Holiday Shopping The Museum Store has a new online home!

We are very excited about this upgrade.

Browse books, exhibition catalogues, home décor, eco-friendly items, apparel, and exclusive Museum products—all within a visitor experience you have come to expect from the Milwaukee Art Museum. Visit us at www.mam.org/store and subscribe to eNews for reminders of Member offers and sales throughout the holiday season.

social media www.facebook.com/milwaukeeart

www.twitter.com/milwaukeeart

www.flickr.com/mkeart

www.youtube.com/milwaukeeartmuseum

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Start your holiday Gift Shopping here Vasa Cubes Vasa Velizar Michich’s Untitled Six Columns is in the Museum’s Collection; these “toy cubes” fit perfectly on your desk. $60/$54 Member

Alessi Try It Trivet Designed by Dror Benshetrit Configure yours to fit a variety of saucepans. $110/$99 Member

Joseph Joseph Nest (8 Bowls) Ingenious, space-saving “nesting” makes this design an award winner. $60/$54 Member

Clocky Alarm Clock on Wheels It’ll beep, jump, and hide—you have to get up to silence this alarm. $45/$40.50 Member

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Calatrava Ornament Celebrate the Calatrava-designed addition and support Museum programming. $18/$16.20 Member

Reversible Silk Scarf Make a bold statement in gorgeous, jacquard silk—it’s wearable art. $68/$61.20 Member

Mywalit Large Wallet / Zip Purse Soft leather, bold colors, intelligently organized—it’s what every girl needs. $106/$95.40 Member

Recycled Paper Table Made from the glossy pages of recycled magazines and as strong as wood.

Small 18" H x 12.25" W $90/$81 Member Large 22" H x 16" W $125/$112.50 Member

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Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait (Strangulation), 1978 (detail). Collection of Anthony d’Offay. front cover Lisette Model, Window, Bonwit Teller, New York, 1939–40. National Gallery of Canada.

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