Andy
Warhol’s Films
Through January
11
Center Gallery
Warhol’s
career as a filmmaker
is documented through
the presentation
of a new film each
week in the Museum’s
Center Gallery.
The films will run
continuously during
Museum hours beginning
on October 19. No
screening on November
28.
Films
by Warhol and Dates
Mrs. Warhol (1966)
December 10 –
14
Sunset (1967)
December 17 –
28
Screen Tests Reel
#23 (1964–66)
January 2 –
January 11
Saturday,
January 31, from
6 – 8pm
Mixed
Signals: Artists
Consider Masculinity
in Sports
February 1 through
March 29, 2009
Main, Center, South
and Wainger Galleries
The
exhibition Mixed
Signals focuses
on artists from
the mid-1990s to
the present who
question the notion
of the male athlete
as the last bastion
of uncomplicated,
authentic identity
in American culture
during the preceding
decades. Many works
presented in the
exhibition will
be on display for
the first time and
are made by artists
who have appropriated,
riffed on, and variously
re-presented athletic
imagery. Mixed Signals
demonstrates that
the male athlete
is a far more ambiguous,
polyvalent figure
in our collective
cultural imagination
than ever before.
Participating artists:
Matthew Barney,
Mark Bradford, Marcelino
Gonçalves,
Lyle Ashton Harris,
Brian Jungen, Kurt
Kauper, Shaun El
C. Leonardo, Kori
Kewkirk, Catherine
Opie, Paul Pfeiffer,
Marco Rios, Collier
Schorr, Joe Sola,
Sam Taylor-Wood,
and Hank Willis
Thomas.
Mixed
Signals: Artists
Consider Masculinity
in Sports is a traveling
exhibition organized
and circulated by
iCI (Independent
Curators International),
New York. The guest
curator for the
exhibition is Christopher
Bedford, Curator
of Exhibitions at
the Wexner Center
for the Visual Arts
in Columbus, Ohio.
The exhibition,
tour, and catalogue
are made possible,
in part, by The
Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation and the
members of iCI.
Saturday,
January 31, from
6 – 8pm
Mark
Newport: Superheroes
In Action
February 1 through
March 29, 2009
North Gallery
Mark
Newport: Superheroes
In Action explores
the innovative and
engaging work of
Mark Newport, Artist-in-Residence
and Head of the
Fiber Department
at Cranbrook Academy
of Art. Superheroes
and comic book characters
both classic –
Batman, Captain
America, the Rawhide
Kid, Hawkeye –
and devised from
Newport’s imagination
– Argyleman,
Sweaterman, Every
Any No Man, Flamer
– provide the
subject matter for
oversized knitted
costumes. In these
works, Newport questions
the iconic nature
and heroic ability
of the superhero
through the use
of typically feminine-gendered
art forms, consequently
posing larger questions
about pop culture,
masculinity, domesticity
and craft.
Ongoing
Exhibitions
Andy
Warhol: Grand Slam
Paintings, Photographs,
Prints and Films
Featuring The Athletes
Series from the
Collection of Richard
Weisman
Through January
11, 2009
Main, Center, North,
and South Galleries
Andy
Warhol, arguably
the most important
artist of the second
half of the twentieth
century, captivated
the world with his
irreverent perspective
on modern life and
celebrity. Cranbrook
Art Museum presents
an unmatched exhibition
of more than 200
signature examples
of the artist’s
work, highlighting
Warhol’s practice
in four artistic
media –painting,
photography, print
and film– and
spanning the breadth
of the artist’s
career from the
1960s through the
1980s.
Toshiko
Takaezu: A Gift
to Cranbrook
Through March 15,
2009
CRANBROOK
CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE
AND SCULPTURE WALKS
Learn about Cranbrook's
evolution during
the past 100 years
and see its celebrated
architecture and
unique sculpture.
This walking tour
begins at Cranbrook
Art Museum and follows
a path through the
Cranbrook campus.
The length of the
tour varies from
90 minutes to 4
hours. Two-week
advance reservations
are required for
this tour.
Note:
most special events
require the purchase
of a membership
for addmition.
Founded
in 1932, Cranbrook
Academy of Art is
a preeminent graduate
level school of
art, design and
architecture. Offering
an intense studio-based
experience, Artists-in-Residence
mentor students
in art, architecture
and design to creatively
influence contemporary
culture.
Master of Fine Arts
degrees are offered
in nine disciplines
including 2D Design,
3D Design, Ceramics,
Fiber, Metal, Painting,
Photography, Printmaking
and Sculptur
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