Current & Future Exhibitions at The Whitney

JULY 6–17 Yayoi Kusama, a retrospective exploring over six decades of work by the legendary artist, opens July 12. Encompassing an astonishing array of media, the exhibition includes the artist's signature patterns of dots and nets as well as many lesser-known works. Kusama's immersive installation, Fireflies on the Water, is also currently on view in the Museum's lobby gallery. And don't miss Sharon Hayes: There's so much I want to say to you, which The New York Times called "entrancing and original." The exhibition explores the connections between love, politics, and history through found footage, video and audio recordings, and ephemera. We hope to see you at the Whitney! Exhibitions Shop Become a Member Exhibitions BACK TO TOP Singular Visions Through July 15 With our latest reinstallation of the permanent collection galleries, the Whitney invites visitors to slow down and experience art in a dramatic new way. Ten highlights from the collection, many of which have not been exhibited in years, are presented in their own rooms, creating spaces for intimate and powerful encounters with a single work of art. The variety of mediums and sizes from small to sprawling reveal how artists of the last five decades have stretched the boundaries of what an artwork can be. The latest rotation of works featured in Singular Visions includes Alexander Calder's Calder's Circus and Jasper Johns' Three Flags. Sharon Hayes: There's so much I want to say to you Through September 9 Sharon Hayes (b. 1970) is a New York–based artist who uses photography, film, video, sound, and performance to examine the nexus between politics, history, speech, and desire. This exhibition brings together existing pieces and newly commissioned works, all of which articulate forms of what Hayes calls “speech acts.” The works are presented within an environment designed by Hayes for the Whitney’s third floor galleries, in collaboration with artist Andrea Geyer. Yayoi Kusama July 12–September 30, 2012 Well known for her use of dense patterns of polka dots and nets, as well as her intense, large-scale environments, Yayoi Kusama works in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, film, performance, and immersive installation. Born in Japan in 1929, Kusama came to the United States in 1957 and quickly found herself at the epicenter of the New York avant-garde. After achieving fame through groundbreaking exhibitions and art “happenings,” she returned to her native country in 1973 and is now one of Japan’s most prominent contemporary artists. This retrospective features works spanning Kusama’s career. Kusama's Fireflies on the Water, a work in the Whitney's collection, is being shown in conjunction with Yayoi Kusama and is on view in the lobby gallery. Signs & Symbols Through October 28 Drawn from the Whitney’s collection, Signs & Symbols sheds new light on the developments of abstraction in American art during the 1940s and 1950s. Looking beyond Abstract Expressionism, toward the figurative and calligraphic “signs and symbols” present in much of the highly controlled work of this period, this exhibition features works by seminal artists including Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Adolph Gottlieb, among others. Oskar Fischinger: Space Light Art—A Film Environment Through October 28 This exhibition presents one of the first multimedia projections ever made: Oskar Fischinger’s Raumlichtkunst (Space Light Art), a re-creation of his multiple-screen film events, first shown in Germany in 1926, and recently restored by the Center for Visual Music in Los Angeles. Radical in format, its display of abstract shapes and colors produces, according to Fischinger, “an intoxication by light from a thousand sources.” . . . as apple pie On continuous view Images, like words, can trigger a cultural or emotional response to a shared national ethos. Artists have employed images—sometimes straightforwardly, often obliquely—in order to comment on a country, its people, its political or social goals, and its self-image. This exhibition explores this phenomenon through a rotating installation, drawn from the Whitney’s collection, of works on paper by a diverse group of artists including William N. Copley, Edward Hopper, Jasper Johns, Elizabeth “Grandma” Layton, Willard Midgette, LeRoy Neiman, Joseph Pennell, Charles Ray, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Stow Wengenroth. Fireflies on the Water On continuous view Yayoi Kusama’s depictions of seemingly endless space have been a central focus of her artistic career. Kusama’s Fireflies on the Water (2002)—with its carefully constructed environment of lights, mirrors, and water—is one of the outstanding examples of this kind of installation, which creates a space in which individual viewers are invited to transcend their sense of self. Fireflies on the Water, a work from the Whitney's collection, is being shown in conjunction with Yayoi Kusama, which will be on view on the Museum's fourth floor July 12 through September 30. Shop  BACK TO TOP Sharon Hayes: There's so much I want to say to you $24.95 / $19.96 for members This book serves as a document of Sharon Hayes’s thinking process and provides insight into the motivations and development of her projects. It features original contributions from Hayes and some two-dozen other writers, artists, and activists. Cory Arcangel Umbrella $28 / $22.40 for members Is it a splash of rain or a solar eclipse? You decide. In either case, it will brighten up any rainy day. This brilliant design is based on a PhotoShop gradient Arcangel made for Showpaper. Just for Members: Member Saturday Night Saturday, July 14 6:30–8:30 pm The Whitney is open late just for members! Grab a drink at the cash bar, enjoy live music, and view the latest exhibitions without the daytime crowds. Open to all members, plus one guest. JOIN NOW For further information, please email memberinfo@whitney.org or call (212) 570-3641. Thank you for supporting the Whitney! BACK TO TOP IMAGE CREDITS Kusama in Phalli’s Field, 1965 (detail). Photograph by Eikoh Hosoe. © Eikoh Hosoe. Collection Yayoi Kusama. Image courtesy Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc.; Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo; Victoria Miro Gallery, London Alexander Calder (1898–1976), Fanni, the Belly Dancer, from Calder’s Circus, 1926–31. Wire, cloth, rhinestones, paint, thread, wood, and paper, 11 1/2 × 6 × 10 1/2 in. (29.2 × 15.2 × 26.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from a public fundraising campaign in May 1982. One half the funds were contributed by the Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust. Additional major donations were given by The Lauder Foundation, the Robert Lehman Foundation Inc., the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation Inc., an anonymous donor, The T. M. Evans Foundation Inc., MacAndrews & Forbes Group Incorporated, the DeWitt Wallace Fund Inc., Martin and Agneta Gruss, Anne Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller, the Simon Foundation Inc., Marylou Whitney, Bankers Trust Company, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Dayton, Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz, Irvin and Kenneth Feld, Flora Whitney Miller. More than 500 individuals from 26 states and abroad also contributed to the campaign 83.36.24a-d © 2009 Calder Foundation, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photograph © Whitney Museum of American Art Sharon Hayes (b. 1970), still from Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Screeds #13, 16, 20 & 29, 2003. Four screen video projection, color, sound. Courtesy the artist and Tanya Leighton Gallery Kusama in Phalli’s Field, 1965. Photograph by Eikoh Hosoe. © Eikoh Hosoe. Collection Yayoi Kusama. Image courtesy Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc.; Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo; Victoria Miro Gallery, London Adolph Gottlieb (1903–1974), Vigil, 1948. Oil on canvas, 36 × 48 in. (91.4 × 121.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 49.2. Art © Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Oskar Fischinger (1900–1967), still of Raumlichtkunst, 1926/2012. Three screen projection: three 35mm films transferred to high-definition video, black-and-white and color, sound; 10 minutes, looped. © Center for Visual Music Stow Wengenroth (1907–1978), Bird of Freedom, 1942. Lithograph, 21 9/16 × 15 1/16 in. (54.8 × 38.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, purchase  42.13. Digital image © Whitney Museum of American Art Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), Fireflies on the Water, 2002. Mirror, plexiglass, lights and water, 111 × 144 1/2 × 144 1/2 in. (281.9 × 367 × 367 cm) overall. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Postwar Committee and the Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Committee and partial gift of Betsy Wittenborn Miller  2003.322. © Yayoi Kusama. Photograph courtesy Robert Miller Gallery, New York

Currently Exhibiting - Marc Chagall at Leslie Sacks Fine Art

	MARC CHAGALL in commemoration of the artist's 125th birthday July 7 - August 6, 2012 Click image below to view exhibition LESLIE SACKS FINE ART 11640 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90049 (310) 820-9448  gallery@lesliesacks.com www.lesliesacks.com

*DEADLINE JULY 15* - Call to Artists - Fine Arts for Ocala

Fine Arts for Ocala
presents:

 

 

46th Annual Ocala Arts Festival
Call to Artists

What:46th Annual Ocala Arts Festival 

Where:Ocala, Florida 

When:  Saturday and Sunday
           October 27 - 28, 2012             

           10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

NOTEWORTHY:    

*200 juried artists and 25,000+ visitors 

*Jury/Booth fees   $25/$238.50 (includes 6% tax)

*Amenities include: 

$20,000 in prize money & FAFO purchase awards
Assistance with Friday setup and Sunday take down                  
Extensive marketing campaign and local coverage with emphasis on holiday shopping                             
Free Booth sitting, overnight security & water                             
Artist Party Saturday night at Appleton Museum of Art 

Free Parking (including campers) on site 

      Artist breakfast Saturday and Sunday morning 

*NEW THIS YEAR!  

Community Purchase Awards (in addition to prize money) 

New layout (all corner booths) for better flow 

New board of directors with outstanding enthusiasm 

Now accepting applications at: www.zapplication.org 

Deadline:July 15            

Notification:August 6

For more info:  www.fafo.org

Or contact Diane Burns at fafoocala@gmail.com

Seeking Curators & Artists - MAINSITE Contemporary Art

MAINSITE Contemporary Art 

Exhibit Proposals for Artists & Curators

The Norman Arts Council is seeking artists and curators to conceive of exhibitions in our home, MAINSITE Contemporary Art in the heart of Norman's Arts District. We have four exhibition slots available per year, each running for 6-8 weeks. We are accepting proposals for the entire space or half of the space.

Gallery Highlights:

• Beautiful contemporary space in renovated building over 100 years old
• 4,000 square feet of exhibition space
• 14 foot ceilings
• Floor to ceiling glass front onto Main Street
• Can be divided into 2-4 distinct exhibition spaces with moveable walls
• Full time gallery staff on site Tuesday through Saturday
• Sound system
• Projection capabilities
• Staff to assist with install
• Full use of Norman Arts Council PR and Mailing List for promotion of exhibit

The first available exhibition slot is June 2013.

Please send proposals, including a budget, to MAINSITE Contemporary Art: Home of the Norman Arts Council, 122 E. Main Street, Norman, OK 73069.

If you would like to make an appointment to see the space or discuss your ideas, please contact the Norman Arts Council at 405-360-1162.

More information on MAINSITE Contemporary Art can be found on www.mainsite-art.com.

Call to Artists - National Weather Center Art Biennale

National Weather Center Debuts Art Biennale, Prizes for Weather in Art

DEADLINE: October 1, 2012!

 

How does weather affect the artistic muse? The National Weather Center at the University of Oklahoma teams up with the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art and the Norman Arts Council to explore the theme of weather in art with the National Weather Center Biennale - the first national juried exhibition featuring art about weather. The biennale officially begins Earth Day, April 22.

Prizes totaling $25,000 will be offered to the top winners. An overall prize of $10,000 will be awarded to one work for Best in Show, with $5,000 given to the first-place winners in three categories: painting, works on paper and photography.

The National Weather Center Biennale is open to artists of any nationality over the age of 18.

Registration began April 22 on the biennale's official website at www.nwcbiennale.org. Artists may enter up to three works in any combination of categories. The entry fee is $25 for the first entry and $10 for each subsequent entry. Registration closes Oct. 1. Works selected for an exhibition to be held in 2013 will be notified in late 2012.

The exhibition of selected works, including the prize winners', will open to the public Earth Day, April 22, 2013, at the National Weather Center and will close June 2, 2013.

Additional information about the exhibition is available on the website and the biennale's Facebook and Twitter pages.

Alan Atkinson, an art instructor at OU, will serve as the exhibition curator and part of the initial selection committee. Joining Atkinson as initial jurors will be Berrien Moore and Erinn Gavaghan, executive director of the Norman Arts Council. The initial judges will select 100 works from the submitted art entries for the exhibition.

Three nationally renowned guest jurors representing national meteorology, contemporary art museums and current artists will then select the winning pieces from each of the three categories, as well as the Best of Show prize, from the initial 100 selected works. These judges will be announced at a later date on the biennale's website.

The National Weather Center's website is  www.nwc.ou.edu. Additional information about the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is available online at www.ou.edu/fjjma and the Norman Arts Council's website is  www.normanarts.org.

Call for Artists - NAC Teams Up with Cleveland County Sexual Assault Response Team for Exhibit

Call for Artists: 

NAC Teams Up with Cleveland County Sexual Assault Response Team for Exhibit

 DEADLINE: OCTOBER 29, 2012 by 12:00pm

The Norman Arts Council, in coordination with the Cleveland County Sexual Assault Response Team, will feature work that draws attention to sexual assault through artists' responses to and their experiences. Artists are asked to submit proposals for the show by noon on October 29, 2012.

The exhibit will run from February 8, 2013 - March 16, 2013 and will include a panel discussion on Saturday, February 9, 2013. The opening reception for the exhibit will take place in conjunction with the 2nd Friday Circuit of Art on Friday, February 8, 2013 from 6:00pm - 9:00pm.

The works exhibited during this show shall represent the following mediums: design, media arts, photography, videography, sculpture, installation, and other visual arts.

Artists interested will submit proposals for review according to MAINSITE Contemporary Art: Home of the Norman Arts Council, 122 East Main Street, Norman, OK 73069. Applications and guidelines are available to pick up at MAINSITE or available for download here.

For more information on MAINSITE Contemporary Art gallery, visit www.mainsite-art.com. For questions, please contact the Norman Arts Council at 405-360-1162 or nac@normanarts.org.

Call to Artists - Seeking Proposals for West Main Street Sculptures

 

Norman Public Arts Board Seeks Proposals

 For West Main Street Sculptures 

DEADLINE: JULY 20, 2012 by 4:00pm 

On behalf of the Norman Arts Council and the City of Norman, the Norman Public Arts Board seeks to purchase two pieces of permanent outdoor sculptures for placement in "traffic bumps outs" at the corners of West Main/ Webster and West Main/ Santa Fe. The two pieces will be selected independent of each other.

The goal of this project is to enhance the heavily trafficked intersections that visually anchor the downtown arts district.  This area also serves as a pathway to several churches in an established neighborhood, the public library, City of Norman Complex, and acts as one of many entrances to the University of Oklahoma.

The installation should embody a theme representative of central Oklahoma.  This theme could relate, but is not to be limited to any characteristics on this list:  Oklahoma weather, Native American heritage, civic character, complexity of a university city, cultural diversity of the third largest city in the state, the pioneer spirit, and the natural habitats or environment of the area.  The style of the sculpture may be a traditional, architectural, figurative, or contemporary interpretation of the theme and may be made of any material.

Download the Request for Proposals here.

Send Completed Applications to:

Norman Public Arts Board

c/o Norman Arts Council

122 E. Main Street

Norman, OK 73069

Or

Delivered to:

MAINSITE Contemporary Art: 

Home of the Norman Arts Council

122 E. Main Street

Norman, OK  73069

All applications for Step One must be RECEIVED by 4:00 p.m., CST, July 20, 2012

To ensure fairness, there are no extensions or waivers of deadlines. Applicants will be notified no later than August 10, 2012 as to the status of their application.

Please contact the Norman Public Arts Board via email with questions: nac@normanarts.org. Please put PAB in the subject line.

Timeline:

Step One Application Deadline: July 20, 2012

Notification to finalists:  August 10, 2012

Finalists' Presentations/Interview:  August 19, 2012

Selection of artists:  August 27, 2012

Installation: October 26, 2012

Dedication/unveiling:  November 9, 2012

For more information on the Norman Public Arts Board and the West Main Street Sculpture project, contact the Norman Arts Council at 405-360-1162.

Download the Request for Proposals here.