http://illinois.edu/calendar/list/3694 Events at the Visual Resources Center http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735882 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735882 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT Born in rural Bakenberg, South Africa in 1975 and now based in Amsterdam, internationally acclaimed artist Moshekwa Langa uses everyday objects and organic materials to create whimsical, map-like collages and imaginary landscapes that link disparate things. Immersive and topographical, Langa's poetic installations emerge from his intimate connections to people and places, often lost or left behind. Though free of distinct destinations, they are navigable terrains, adeptly exploiting the aesthetic and accidental offerings of his chosen materials. Langa "draws" with yarn and string, and delights in the abundance of small colorful toys interspersed among fanciful outcrops of books and LPs. The beet juice, salt crystals, wine, coffee, and tea with which he paints possess an organic materiality that is eternally giving, and in Langa's hands, capable of extraordinary beauty. Collaged adjacencies clipped and created anew become layered striations and fragmented terrains of Dutch tulip fields, South African thorn trees, mirages, and thresholds of interior, mystical spaces. Indeed, Langa's psycho-geographical mark-making throws into relief the limits of place-based identity, African or otherwise, and the liberating power to envison the spaces in between. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734003 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734003 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT KAM is excited to open its newly designed gallery devoted to the arts of Africa. Visitors will be welcomed by a completely renovated space with a new interpretive framework, casework, lighting, layout, and entranceways into the gallery. The thematically organized installation is inspired by the idea that objects can 'tell' multiple stories, not only about themselves but also about the broader social contexts and often fraught global histories through which they have journeyed. Indeed, as a 21st century museum, KAM is committed to raising awareness about the 'life histories' of African artworks, as well as the museum's role in shaping our understanding of those histories. The installation will display approximately 70 artworks from KAM's African holdings, many of which have not been on view for decades. An 18th-century bronze hip mask from the Kingdom of Benin testifies both to the mastery of the bronze casting workshops of the Oba's court and to the illicit means by which many such objects were taken from the Oba's palace during the British punitive expedition of 1897. Another collection highlight includes a grouping of small, intimate works by Chokwe, Kuba, Dogon, and Pende artists that were made to be held, carried, or serve otherworldly forces. These objects invite close looking and possess a grace that transcends their modest dimensions. The new exhibition space and installation design for the African Gallery has been conceived and detailed by Rice+Lipka Architects, New York. There will also be an accompanying brochure for the reinstallation, designed by Studio Blue, Chicago. Curator: Allyson Purpura http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734088 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734088 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT KAM is excited to open its newly designed gallery devoted to the arts of Africa. Visitors will be welcomed by a completely renovated space with a new interpretive framework, casework, lighting, layout, and entranceways into the gallery. The thematically organized installation is inspired by the idea that objects can 'tell' multiple stories, not only about themselves but also about the broader social contexts and often fraught global histories through which they have journeyed. Indeed, as a 21st century museum, KAM is committed to raising awareness about the 'life histories' of African artworks, as well as the museum's role in shaping our understanding of those histories. The installation will display approximately 70 artworks from KAM's African holdings, many of which have not been on view for decades. An 18th-century bronze hip mask from the Kingdom of Benin testifies both to the mastery of the bronze casting workshops of the Oba's court and to the illicit means by which many such objects were taken from the Oba's palace during the British punitive expedition of 1897. Another collection highlight includes a grouping of small, intimate works by Chokwe, Kuba, Dogon, and Pende artists that were made to be held, carried, or serve otherworldly forces. These objects invite close looking and possess a grace that transcends their modest dimensions. The new exhibition space and installation design for the African Gallery has been conceived and detailed by Rice+Lipka Architects, New York. There will also be an accompanying brochure for the reinstallation, designed by Studio Blue, Chicago. Curator: Allyson Purpura http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735822 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735822 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT With its beginnings in the literary arts, the modern art movement Surrealism explored the potential of an individual's unconscious to create expression. These artists and writers believed that the conscious mind repressed one''s imagination and sought to uncover the irrational in the everyday through their art. Due to the outbreak of World War II, many surrealist artists sought exile in the United States, most settling in New York City. It was during this time that the 'migr' artists, namely Roberto Matta and Yves Tanguy, came into contact with and directly influenced young American artists such as William Baziotes, Jackson Pollock, and other abstract expressionists. Included in this exhibition are works by major surrealist artists as well as paintings, works on paper, and photographs by artists they influenced in the United States. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735883 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735883 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT Born in rural Bakenberg, South Africa in 1975 and now based in Amsterdam, internationally acclaimed artist Moshekwa Langa uses everyday objects and organic materials to create whimsical, map-like collages and imaginary landscapes that link disparate things. Immersive and topographical, Langa's poetic installations emerge from his intimate connections to people and places, often lost or left behind. Though free of distinct destinations, they are navigable terrains, adeptly exploiting the aesthetic and accidental offerings of his chosen materials. Langa "draws" with yarn and string, and delights in the abundance of small colorful toys interspersed among fanciful outcrops of books and LPs. The beet juice, salt crystals, wine, coffee, and tea with which he paints possess an organic materiality that is eternally giving, and in Langa's hands, capable of extraordinary beauty. Collaged adjacencies clipped and created anew become layered striations and fragmented terrains of Dutch tulip fields, South African thorn trees, mirages, and thresholds of interior, mystical spaces. Indeed, Langa's psycho-geographical mark-making throws into relief the limits of place-based identity, African or otherwise, and the liberating power to envison the spaces in between. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734089 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734089 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT KAM is excited to open its newly designed gallery devoted to the arts of Africa. Visitors will be welcomed by a completely renovated space with a new interpretive framework, casework, lighting, layout, and entranceways into the gallery. The thematically organized installation is inspired by the idea that objects can 'tell' multiple stories, not only about themselves but also about the broader social contexts and often fraught global histories through which they have journeyed. Indeed, as a 21st century museum, KAM is committed to raising awareness about the 'life histories' of African artworks, as well as the museum's role in shaping our understanding of those histories. The installation will display approximately 70 artworks from KAM's African holdings, many of which have not been on view for decades. An 18th-century bronze hip mask from the Kingdom of Benin testifies both to the mastery of the bronze casting workshops of the Oba's court and to the illicit means by which many such objects were taken from the Oba's palace during the British punitive expedition of 1897. Another collection highlight includes a grouping of small, intimate works by Chokwe, Kuba, Dogon, and Pende artists that were made to be held, carried, or serve otherworldly forces. These objects invite close looking and possess a grace that transcends their modest dimensions. The new exhibition space and installation design for the African Gallery has been conceived and detailed by Rice+Lipka Architects, New York. There will also be an accompanying brochure for the reinstallation, designed by Studio Blue, Chicago. Curator: Allyson Purpura http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735823 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735823 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT With its beginnings in the literary arts, the modern art movement Surrealism explored the potential of an individual's unconscious to create expression. These artists and writers believed that the conscious mind repressed one''s imagination and sought to uncover the irrational in the everyday through their art. Due to the outbreak of World War II, many surrealist artists sought exile in the United States, most settling in New York City. It was during this time that the 'migr' artists, namely Roberto Matta and Yves Tanguy, came into contact with and directly influenced young American artists such as William Baziotes, Jackson Pollock, and other abstract expressionists. Included in this exhibition are works by major surrealist artists as well as paintings, works on paper, and photographs by artists they influenced in the United States. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735884 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735884 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT Born in rural Bakenberg, South Africa in 1975 and now based in Amsterdam, internationally acclaimed artist Moshekwa Langa uses everyday objects and organic materials to create whimsical, map-like collages and imaginary landscapes that link disparate things. Immersive and topographical, Langa's poetic installations emerge from his intimate connections to people and places, often lost or left behind. Though free of distinct destinations, they are navigable terrains, adeptly exploiting the aesthetic and accidental offerings of his chosen materials. Langa "draws" with yarn and string, and delights in the abundance of small colorful toys interspersed among fanciful outcrops of books and LPs. The beet juice, salt crystals, wine, coffee, and tea with which he paints possess an organic materiality that is eternally giving, and in Langa's hands, capable of extraordinary beauty. Collaged adjacencies clipped and created anew become layered striations and fragmented terrains of Dutch tulip fields, South African thorn trees, mirages, and thresholds of interior, mystical spaces. Indeed, Langa's psycho-geographical mark-making throws into relief the limits of place-based identity, African or otherwise, and the liberating power to envison the spaces in between. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734090 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734090 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT KAM is excited to open its newly designed gallery devoted to the arts of Africa. Visitors will be welcomed by a completely renovated space with a new interpretive framework, casework, lighting, layout, and entranceways into the gallery. The thematically organized installation is inspired by the idea that objects can 'tell' multiple stories, not only about themselves but also about the broader social contexts and often fraught global histories through which they have journeyed. Indeed, as a 21st century museum, KAM is committed to raising awareness about the 'life histories' of African artworks, as well as the museum's role in shaping our understanding of those histories. The installation will display approximately 70 artworks from KAM's African holdings, many of which have not been on view for decades. An 18th-century bronze hip mask from the Kingdom of Benin testifies both to the mastery of the bronze casting workshops of the Oba's court and to the illicit means by which many such objects were taken from the Oba's palace during the British punitive expedition of 1897. Another collection highlight includes a grouping of small, intimate works by Chokwe, Kuba, Dogon, and Pende artists that were made to be held, carried, or serve otherworldly forces. These objects invite close looking and possess a grace that transcends their modest dimensions. The new exhibition space and installation design for the African Gallery has been conceived and detailed by Rice+Lipka Architects, New York. There will also be an accompanying brochure for the reinstallation, designed by Studio Blue, Chicago. Curator: Allyson Purpura http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735824 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735824 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT With its beginnings in the literary arts, the modern art movement Surrealism explored the potential of an individual's unconscious to create expression. These artists and writers believed that the conscious mind repressed one''s imagination and sought to uncover the irrational in the everyday through their art. Due to the outbreak of World War II, many surrealist artists sought exile in the United States, most settling in New York City. It was during this time that the 'migr' artists, namely Roberto Matta and Yves Tanguy, came into contact with and directly influenced young American artists such as William Baziotes, Jackson Pollock, and other abstract expressionists. Included in this exhibition are works by major surrealist artists as well as paintings, works on paper, and photographs by artists they influenced in the United States. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28370853 Other http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28370853 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT A Friday lunchtime series of free yoga classes introduces participants to the fundamentals of hatha yoga: seated and standing asanas (poses), breath awareness, and relaxation techniques. Participants should bring their own yoga mats and wear comfortable clothing. Classes are limited to 20 participants and are first-come, first-serve. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735885 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735885 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT Born in rural Bakenberg, South Africa in 1975 and now based in Amsterdam, internationally acclaimed artist Moshekwa Langa uses everyday objects and organic materials to create whimsical, map-like collages and imaginary landscapes that link disparate things. Immersive and topographical, Langa's poetic installations emerge from his intimate connections to people and places, often lost or left behind. Though free of distinct destinations, they are navigable terrains, adeptly exploiting the aesthetic and accidental offerings of his chosen materials. Langa "draws" with yarn and string, and delights in the abundance of small colorful toys interspersed among fanciful outcrops of books and LPs. The beet juice, salt crystals, wine, coffee, and tea with which he paints possess an organic materiality that is eternally giving, and in Langa's hands, capable of extraordinary beauty. Collaged adjacencies clipped and created anew become layered striations and fragmented terrains of Dutch tulip fields, South African thorn trees, mirages, and thresholds of interior, mystical spaces. Indeed, Langa's psycho-geographical mark-making throws into relief the limits of place-based identity, African or otherwise, and the liberating power to envison the spaces in between. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734091 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734091 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT KAM is excited to open its newly designed gallery devoted to the arts of Africa. Visitors will be welcomed by a completely renovated space with a new interpretive framework, casework, lighting, layout, and entranceways into the gallery. The thematically organized installation is inspired by the idea that objects can 'tell' multiple stories, not only about themselves but also about the broader social contexts and often fraught global histories through which they have journeyed. Indeed, as a 21st century museum, KAM is committed to raising awareness about the 'life histories' of African artworks, as well as the museum's role in shaping our understanding of those histories. The installation will display approximately 70 artworks from KAM's African holdings, many of which have not been on view for decades. An 18th-century bronze hip mask from the Kingdom of Benin testifies both to the mastery of the bronze casting workshops of the Oba's court and to the illicit means by which many such objects were taken from the Oba's palace during the British punitive expedition of 1897. Another collection highlight includes a grouping of small, intimate works by Chokwe, Kuba, Dogon, and Pende artists that were made to be held, carried, or serve otherworldly forces. These objects invite close looking and possess a grace that transcends their modest dimensions. The new exhibition space and installation design for the African Gallery has been conceived and detailed by Rice+Lipka Architects, New York. There will also be an accompanying brochure for the reinstallation, designed by Studio Blue, Chicago. Curator: Allyson Purpura http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735825 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735825 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT With its beginnings in the literary arts, the modern art movement Surrealism explored the potential of an individual's unconscious to create expression. These artists and writers believed that the conscious mind repressed one''s imagination and sought to uncover the irrational in the everyday through their art. Due to the outbreak of World War II, many surrealist artists sought exile in the United States, most settling in New York City. It was during this time that the 'migr' artists, namely Roberto Matta and Yves Tanguy, came into contact with and directly influenced young American artists such as William Baziotes, Jackson Pollock, and other abstract expressionists. Included in this exhibition are works by major surrealist artists as well as paintings, works on paper, and photographs by artists they influenced in the United States. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734160 Colloquia http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734160 Sun, 26 May 2013 14:00:00 CDT KAM is excited to open its newly designed gallery devoted to the arts of Africa. Visitors will be welcomed by a completely renovated space with a new interpretive framework, casework, lighting, layout, and entranceways into the gallery. The thematically organized installation is inspired by the idea that objects can ''tell'' multiple stories, not only about themselves but also about the broader social contexts and often fraught global histories through which they have journeyed. Indeed, as a 21st century museum, KAM is committed to raising awareness about the ''life histories'' of African artworks, as well as the museum''s role in shaping our understanding of those histories. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735872 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735872 Sun, 26 May 2013 14:00:00 CDT With its beginnings in the literary arts, the modern art movement Surrealism explored the potential of an individual's unconscious to create expression. These artists and writers believed that the conscious mind repressed one''s imagination and sought to uncover the irrational in the everyday through their art. Due to the outbreak of World War II, many surrealist artists sought exile in the United States, most settling in New York City. It was during this time that the 'migr' artists, namely Roberto Matta and Yves Tanguy, came into contact with and directly influenced young American artists such as William Baziotes, Jackson Pollock, and other abstract expressionists. Included in this exhibition are works by major surrealist artists as well as paintings, works on paper, and photographs by artists they influenced in the United States. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/21350886 Holiday http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/21350886 Mon, 27 May 2013 08:30:00 CDT http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735886 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735886 Tue, 28 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT Born in rural Bakenberg, South Africa in 1975 and now based in Amsterdam, internationally acclaimed artist Moshekwa Langa uses everyday objects and organic materials to create whimsical, map-like collages and imaginary landscapes that link disparate things. Immersive and topographical, Langa's poetic installations emerge from his intimate connections to people and places, often lost or left behind. Though free of distinct destinations, they are navigable terrains, adeptly exploiting the aesthetic and accidental offerings of his chosen materials. Langa "draws" with yarn and string, and delights in the abundance of small colorful toys interspersed among fanciful outcrops of books and LPs. The beet juice, salt crystals, wine, coffee, and tea with which he paints possess an organic materiality that is eternally giving, and in Langa's hands, capable of extraordinary beauty. Collaged adjacencies clipped and created anew become layered striations and fragmented terrains of Dutch tulip fields, South African thorn trees, mirages, and thresholds of interior, mystical spaces. Indeed, Langa's psycho-geographical mark-making throws into relief the limits of place-based identity, African or otherwise, and the liberating power to envison the spaces in between. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734092 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28734092 Tue, 28 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT KAM is excited to open its newly designed gallery devoted to the arts of Africa. Visitors will be welcomed by a completely renovated space with a new interpretive framework, casework, lighting, layout, and entranceways into the gallery. The thematically organized installation is inspired by the idea that objects can 'tell' multiple stories, not only about themselves but also about the broader social contexts and often fraught global histories through which they have journeyed. Indeed, as a 21st century museum, KAM is committed to raising awareness about the 'life histories' of African artworks, as well as the museum's role in shaping our understanding of those histories. The installation will display approximately 70 artworks from KAM's African holdings, many of which have not been on view for decades. An 18th-century bronze hip mask from the Kingdom of Benin testifies both to the mastery of the bronze casting workshops of the Oba's court and to the illicit means by which many such objects were taken from the Oba's palace during the British punitive expedition of 1897. Another collection highlight includes a grouping of small, intimate works by Chokwe, Kuba, Dogon, and Pende artists that were made to be held, carried, or serve otherworldly forces. These objects invite close looking and possess a grace that transcends their modest dimensions. The new exhibition space and installation design for the African Gallery has been conceived and detailed by Rice+Lipka Architects, New York. There will also be an accompanying brochure for the reinstallation, designed by Studio Blue, Chicago. Curator: Allyson Purpura http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735826 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/3694/28735826 Tue, 28 May 2013 09:00:00 CDT With its beginnings in the literary arts, the modern art movement Surrealism explored the potential of an individual's unconscious to create expression. These artists and writers believed that the conscious mind repressed one''s imagination and sought to uncover the irrational in the everyday through their art. Due to the outbreak of World War II, many surrealist artists sought exile in the United States, most settling in New York City. It was during this time that the 'migr' artists, namely Roberto Matta and Yves Tanguy, came into contact with and directly influenced young American artists such as William Baziotes, Jackson Pollock, and other abstract expressionists. Included in this exhibition are works by major surrealist artists as well as paintings, works on paper, and photographs by artists they influenced in the United States.