Past Exhibitions
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Janine Antoni: Incarnate
September 13, 2003–February 1, 2004
Janine Antoni transforms the seemingly inconsequential and routine acts of living into tools for making art. She gives form to visceral experience. Incarnate brings together a selection of her recent works, exploring the way our mothers, both in a literal and ecological sense, form our existence.
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Materials, Metaphors, Narratives
October 4, 2003–January 4, 2004
Materials, Metaphors, Narratives describes the work of six contemporary artists united by a common ethos. Petah Coyne, Lesley Dill, Ken Price, Tom Sachs, Jeanne Silverthorne, and Fred Tomaselli are object makers first and foremost.
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The Drawings of Rube Goldberg
April 12–July 6, 2003
Reuben Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970) was a colorful figure whose early life in San Francisco during the Gilded Age, and whose training as a draftsman and engineer, primed him for a career as a satirist.
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An Eye for Satire: The Lithographs of Honoré-Victorin Daumier
April 12–July 6, 2003
In conjunction with The Drawings of Rube Goldberg, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery exhibited a selection of lithographs by French artist Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879). Daumier was both a prolific artist and devoted humanist.
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Frank Moore: Green Thumb in a Dark Eden
February 1–April 20, 2003
Frank Moore’s paintings tell stories. They also deal with real life issues. They can be humorous on the one hand, serious and unsettling on the other. In them, fantasy and reality commingle. Moore’s paintings, which range in size from monumental to intimate, combine personal confession with social activism.
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New Room of Contemporary Art: Paul Noble
February 1–April 13, 2003
During the last six years, British artist Paul Noble has invented a city. Named for its creator, Nobson Newtown comprises extremely large and meticulously crafted pencil drawings, each depicting a different building or location within Noble's fictitious industrial town built on the edge of a forest. Although they are precisely rendered in realistic detail, Noble’s creations are much more than a feat in naturalistic representation. They embody the sly wit that characterizes the best of British satire.
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Laylah Ali: Paintings on Paper
January 11–April 6, 2003
Laylah Ali is an artist known for her small gouache drawings that ask complex questions about race, politics, and power. In the work, Ali presents seemingly simple comic book-like figures who follow orders, fight, negotiate, and lead other group members. Yet upon closer inspection, the allegiances of the uniformed characters are not as clear as they first appear, revealing complicated interpersonal relationships and ambiguous circumstances.
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Support for the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s Collection-based exhibitions and installations is generously provided, in part, by The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc. and The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation.
