FALL HAPPENINGS
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our opening events last month! For those who were unable to attend, we are pleased to share virtual tours of the fall exhibitions as well as a recording of the conversation between artist Kay WalkingStick and exhibition curator Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto.
New program added! In Conversation: Peter Saul and Debra Bricker Balken, Wednesday, October 17 at 6:00 pm; see details below.
The Addison is free and open to the public, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am–5:00 pm, and Sunday, 1:00–5:00 pm.
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IN CONVERSATION:
Peter Saul and Debra Bricker Balken
Thursday, October 17, 6:00–7:30 pm
Join artist Peter Saul, whose work is currently on view in Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962, and lead exhibition curator Debra Bricker Balken for an engaging, informal conversation. Balken and Saul will discuss the artist’s fruitful time in Paris from 1958 to 1962, his interactions with other expats such as William Copley, his responses to French culture, and how these combined experiences have animated his celebrated and groundbreaking career over the past six decades. Space is limited and registration is required. The program will take place in the Museum Learning Center.
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HANDS-ON FAMILY WORKSHOP: Look Again! Art That Changes
Saturday, October 19, 2:00–3:30 pm
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Join educator Angela Parker for an interactive tour and hands-on workshop based on the work of Ralph Coburn, featured in Americans in Paris. Coburn created artworks whose parts could be moved and rearranged into a new composition. Learn more about his process and try making your own changeable work of art.
Open to grades 3–6. Parents and guardians are welcome, but not required to stay.
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ADDISON LATE 'TIL 8
Friday, November 15, 5:00–8:00 pm
Join us for evening open hours at the Addison. Explore the galleries and drop-in art activities hosted by the Addison Community Ambassadors.
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Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962
Comprising some 135 artworks by approximately 70 artists, including Ellsworth Kelly, Kenneth Noland, Carmen Herrera, Joan Mitchell, and Mark Tobey, this exhibition delves into the various circles of American artists who made France their home during the post-World War II era, and investigates the academies where many studied, the spaces where their work was exhibited, their interactions with European artists, and the overarching issue of what it meant to be an American abroad.
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Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School
Organized by New-York Historical Society, this exhibition places landscape paintings by the renowned contemporary Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick in conversation with 19th-century Hudson River School paintings from the collection of the N-YHS with additional works from the Addison’s holdings. Celebrating a shared reverence for nature while engaging crucial questions about land dispossession and its reclamation by Indigenous peoples and nations, Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School explores the relationship between Indigenous art and American art history.
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Figure/Ground
Featuring works from the Addison’s collection, Figure/Ground explores the connection between individuals and their environments, illustrating how human experience is shaped by the spaces we inhabit. These varied scenes invite narrative and prompt reflection on the ways we relate to our own environments.
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VIDEO: In Conversation: Kay WalkingStick and Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto
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Artist Kay WalkingStick is joined by exhibition curator Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto, Vice President and Chief Curator of the New-York Historical Society, for an engaging, informal conversation about the themes presented in Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School. The exhibition, organized by New-York Historical Society, places landscape paintings by WalkingStick in conversation with 19th-century Hudson River School paintings, celebrating a shared reverence for nature while engaging crucial questions about land dispossession and its reclamation by Indigenous peoples and nations.
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Images:
Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School installation view, photo by Kathy Tarantola; Peter Saul, Man in Electric Chair, 1964. Oil on canvas, 59 x 51 inches. © Peter Saul. Courtesy Michael Werner Gallery; Ralph Coburn, Aux Bermudes, 1951–52. Oil on six canvas panels, painted wood, 28 3/4 x 55 1/4 inches. Private collection, New York. Courtesy David Hall Gallery, LLC; Addison Gallery exterior at night, photo by Jeff Goldberg/Esto; Sheila Hicks, Dimanche, 1960. Leather, linen, paper, and silk, 5 x 3 1/2 inches, Collection of Sheila Hicks, Paris; Kay WalkingStick, Durand’s Homage to the Mohawks, 2021. Oil on panel. Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville Maine; The Lunder Collection. Photo by JSP Art Photography. © Kay WalkingStick; Asher B. Durand, East Branch of the Ausable River, 1837–1878. Oil on canvas. Long term loan courtesy of Mr. Chet Schmitt, New Britain Museum of American Art, 2003.76LTL. Image courtesy of New Britain Museum of American Art; Jacob Kainen, Cafeteria, 1937. Oil on canvas, 24 x 32 inches. Gift of the artist, Addison Art Drive, 1991.73.
Exhibition and program credits:
Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962 is organized by the Grey Art Museum, New York University. Curated by Debra Bricker Balken with Lynn Gumpert, the exhibition is made possible in part by generous support from the Terra Foundation for American Art, sponsor of the international tour; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation; Hauser & Wirth; Robert E. Holmes and David Hubensky; the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation; The Falkenstein Foundation; the O’Brien Art Foundation; the Sam Francis Foundation; Francis H. Williams and Keris Salmon; the Al Held Foundation; David Hall Gallery, LLC, Wellesley, MA; the Grey’s Director’s Circle, Inter/National Council, and Friends; and the Abby Weed Grey Trust. In-kind support is provided by ArtCare Conservation, Ryan Lee Gallery, and Les Films du Jeudi. Support for the publication has been provided by the Boris Lurie Art Foundation; the Henry Luce Foundation; and the Schaina & Josephina Lurje Memorial Foundation. Funding for travel and research was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art; Global Research Initiatives, Office of the Provost, NYU; and the RISD Professional Development Fund. Generous support for the Addison’s presentation of this exhibition has been provided by the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, the Sidney R. Knafel Fund, the Mark Rudkin Fund, the Sam Francis Foundation, and James H. ’61 & Liliane Rubin P’91, ’95.
Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School has been organized by the New-York Historical Society. Major support is provided by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation. Generous support for the Addison’s presentation of this exhibition has been provided by Katherine D. and Stephen C. Sherrill (PA 1971, and P 2005, 2007, 2010) and the Elizabeth and Anthony Enders Exhibitions Fund.
Generous support for Figure/Ground has been provided by the Mollie Bennett Lupe and Garland M. Lasater Exhibition Fund.
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