Kemper Art Museum: 16 November 2007
New Exhibitions Open, Friday, November 16th
7-10pm, Kemper Art Museum, Washington University
"Beauty and the Blonde: An Exploration of American Art and Popular Culture"
Explores the significance and ubiquitous presence of the image of the blonde with a diverse range of artistic media, including film, photography, collage, prints, painting, sculpture, video, and interactive web projects, as well as in popular culture forms such as film posters, Barbie dolls, magazines, and other ephemera. Includes work by a range of artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Duane Hanson, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, William Wegman, Lynn Hershman, Lorna Simpson, Nikki S. Lee, and others.
PANEL DISCUSSION with artist Lynn Hershman, feminist art historian Maria Elena Buszek, and Curator Catharina Manchanda begins at 6pm in Steinberg Hall Auditorium.
"Ephemeral Beauty: Al Parker and the American Women's Magazine, 1940-1960"
Displays the work of this accomplished illustrator and contributor to the American aesthetic of the mid-twentieth century. Parker, a St. Louis native and graduate of the St. Louis School of Fine Arts at Washington University, is best known for creating illustrations for women's magazines in the post-war era.
7-10pm, Kemper Art Museum, Washington University
"Beauty and the Blonde: An Exploration of American Art and Popular Culture"
Explores the significance and ubiquitous presence of the image of the blonde with a diverse range of artistic media, including film, photography, collage, prints, painting, sculpture, video, and interactive web projects, as well as in popular culture forms such as film posters, Barbie dolls, magazines, and other ephemera. Includes work by a range of artists including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Duane Hanson, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, William Wegman, Lynn Hershman, Lorna Simpson, Nikki S. Lee, and others.
PANEL DISCUSSION with artist Lynn Hershman, feminist art historian Maria Elena Buszek, and Curator Catharina Manchanda begins at 6pm in Steinberg Hall Auditorium.
"Ephemeral Beauty: Al Parker and the American Women's Magazine, 1940-1960"
Displays the work of this accomplished illustrator and contributor to the American aesthetic of the mid-twentieth century. Parker, a St. Louis native and graduate of the St. Louis School of Fine Arts at Washington University, is best known for creating illustrations for women's magazines in the post-war era.
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