National Gallery of Art Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals February 20 - May 30 Venice
inspired a school of competitive view painters whose achievements are
among the most brilliant in 18th-century art. The exhibition celebrates
the rich variety of these Venetian views, known as vedute, through some
20 masterworks by Canaletto and more than 30 by his rivals, including
Michele Marieschi, Francesco Guardi, and Bernardo Bellotto. Responding
to an art market fueled largely by the Grand Tour, these gifted painters
depicted the famous monuments and vistas of Venice in different moods
and seasons.
Collections Frozen in Time Selections from the National Gallery of Art Library January 29 - July 24 Gauguin: Maker of Myth February 27 - June 5 Paul Gauguin's sumptuous, colorful images of Brittany and the islands of the South Seas are some of the most appealing paintings in modern art. They will be represented among nearly 120 works by Gauguin in the first major look at the artist's oeuvre in the United States since the blockbuster National Gallery of Art retrospective of 1988-1989, The Art of Paul Gauguin. In the Tower: Nam June Paik March 13 - October 2 Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde de Nuit March 20 - July 31
Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection: 1525-1835 May 8 - November 27
The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms May 8 - November 27
Standing Buddha with Outstretched Hand, Nam June Paik
Adam Lister Gallery Excessive Perspective John M. Adams Remmi Brant Bobby Coleman JAMIN Jacobe Noonan Stephanie Rivers May 6 - May 19 The exhibition highlights new definitions and approaches by artists using and depicting volumes and spatial relationships within their work.
Blank Train, Jacobe Noonan
Adam Lister Gallery Super Specific Selections from George Mason University Curated by Sue Wrbican and Edgar Endress April 13 - May 1
Excessive Perspective John M. Adams Remmi Brant Bobby Coleman JAMIN Jacobe Noonan Stephanie Rivers May 6 - May 19 The exhibition highlights new definitions and approaches by artists using and depicting volumes and spatial relationships within their work.
Air and Space Museum Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System Unmanned interplanetary probes Michael Benson May 18 - May 2, 2011 An exhibition of 148 brilliant color and black-and-white photographic images from space captured by unmanned interplanetary probes
The Summit of Olympus Mons on Mars, ESA; DLR; FU Berlin (G. Neukum); Kinetikon Pictures
Michael Benson discusses Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System with Artsdc.com
Alexandria Black History Museum Style and Identity: Black Alexandria in the 1970's, Portraits by Horace Day December 14 - May 7 More than 30 paintings featuring Alexandria street scenes and portraits of African American Alexandrians from the early 1970s
Horace Day
Art League Gallery Food, Glorious Food Cindy Packard Richmond April 7 - May 2 For Cindy Packard Richmond, novelist and food writer turned painter, food has always been a central interest in her life. So when her creative passion grew to include the visual arts, it was only natural that she paint the subjects she wrote about for so many years. Richmond's sweeping food-scapes are bursting with color, flavor, and an innovative perspective.
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center Bravos: Groundbreaking Spanish Design April 2 - May 15 BRAVOS introduces American audiences to new works by some of the most talented and successful young Spanish designers. The exhibition features 21 designers from throughout Spain, including internationally renowned Jaime Hayon and Patricia Urquiola, experimental and innovative Curro Claret and Nacho Carbonell, and well-established designers such as Martin Azua, Marti Guixe and Antoni Arola. The works portray a remarkable diversity of styles and techniques representing the best product design from the Spanish Design Boom. BRAVOS is curated by Spanish design expert Juli Capella and is produced by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and co-organized by the American University Museum and the Embassy of Spain. MFA Thesis Exhibition April 23 - May 15
Sam Gillian: A Viper in Paradise April 2 - August 14 Sam Gilliam first took his paintings off their stretchers in 1965, using the liberated canvases to transform gallery walls into three-dimensional abstractions. He has continued to experiment with the practice of painting and the line between painting and sculpture. For this exhibition, Gilliam will transform the 8,000 square foot space of the third floor of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center into an exciting and colorful work of art.
Robert D'Arista: Exceptional Glimpses of an Original April 2 - May 15 Robert D'Arista exerted a large and lasting influence on his many students and admirers. However, it is his artwork that most aptly shows his brilliance as a draftsman, painter and sculptor. Looking at a D'Arista work, regardless of its materials, allows one to enter a world of erudition, rare intellect and insight. The impact of great art says with us and D'Arista's art will surely stay with us a long time.
Chapapote, Curro Claret
Anabela Ferguson May 3 - May 15 Art show at Huntsman Square Mall
Embassy of Bangladesh Who Have You Left Behind? Monica Jahan Bose May 12 - May 23 A solo exhibition of mixed-media paintings and fabric installation by Bangladeshi-American artist
Sari Blouse and Calla Lilies
Cade Art Gallery Anne Arundel Community College Student Art Show April 18 - May 12
Center for Art Design and Visual Culture Where Do We Migrate To? Curated by Niels Van Tomme March 17 - April 30 Exhibition explores contemporary issues of migration as well as experiences of displacement and exile. Situating the contemporary individual in a world of advanced globalization, the artworks address how a multiplicity of migratory encounters demand an increasingly complex understanding of the human condition. As such, the exhibition allows multiple perspectives about its subject matter to unfold simultaneously, opening up a range of political, psychological, poetic, and pragmatic manifestations of the contemporary migrant experience.
Features the work of nineteen internationally recognized artists and collectives, including: Acconci Studio, Svetlana Boym, Blane De St. Croix, Lara Dhondt, Brendan Fernandes, Claire Fontaine, Nicole Franchy, Andrea Geyer, Isola and Norzi, Kimsooja, Pedro Lasch, Adrian Piper, Raqs Media Collective, Societe Realiste, Julika Rudelius, Xaviera Simmons, Fereshteh Toosi, Philippe Vandenberg, and Eric Van Hove.
Conner Contemporary Paladins and Tourists Zoe Charlton Stress Cone Mia Feuer Ascension/Immersion Coble/Riley Projects March 19 - April 30 Paladins and Tourists features new drawings and video by Zoe Charlton; Stress Cone is a new sculptural installation by Mia Feuer; and Ascension/Immersion is the premier of a collaborative video project by Mary Coble and Blithe Riley.
Between the Lines Jeremy Kost Coming Home Joe Ovelman All that Glitters Geoffrey Aldridge May 14 - July 2 Jeremy Kost presents a new series of Polaroid and cibachrome photographs, Joe Ovelman explores sexuality and the subversion of social norms with a series of new sculpture and Geoffrey Aldridge employs a disco ball in his videos.
Untitled (from Coming Home), Joe Ovelman
Corcoran Gallery of Art NEXT at the Corcoran: BFA Class of 2011 April 23 - May 22 A unique opportunity to view the thesis work of the college's graduating seniors in a museum setting. The dynamic, interactive exhibition represents a variety of disciplines and intentions and features work by students from the Corcoran's Bachelor of Fine Arts degree programs in design, fine art, and photography.
Corcoran Gallery of Art Richard Gordon: Meta Photographs February 5 - May 1 In this body of work, Gordon explores the self-referential nature of photography in a series of ironic, humorous scenes. Consisting of 47 photographs created between 1973 and 1978 that refer to other images, to the camera, or to the act of looking, Meta Photographs confirms the significance of photography in American culture.
NEXT at the Corcoran: BFA Class of 2011 April 23 - May 22 A unique opportunity to view the thesis work of the college's graduating seniors in a museum setting. The dynamic, interactive exhibition represents a variety of disciplines and intentions and features work by students from the Corcoran's Bachelor of Fine Arts degree programs in design, fine art, and photography.
Santa Cruz, California, Richard Gordon
Curators Office Amend Nicholas + Sheila Pye February 19 - April 30 Curator's Office presents its third exhibition of works by the Canadian collaborative team, Nicholas & Sheila Pye. The exhibition features 6 photographs from their latest body of work together. This exhibition coincides with the presentation of their dramatic three-channel video installation, The Coronation, at The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.
The Departure, 2010, Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Del Ray Artisans National Art Honor Society Inductees May 6- May 15 Fifteen T.C. Williams High School students, selected as this year's National Art Honor Society inductees, exhibit their work
Drawing Inspiration from the Figure Del Ray Artisans Members June 3 - June 26 Artwork inspired by the human form.
Del Ray Artisans It's Only Rock and Roll, But I Like It! Juried by Fierce Sonia and Jen Chappell April 1 - May 1 All media show celebrates bands, instruments, lyrics, rebellious youth culture and life style dedicated to glamour and excess
National Art Honor Society Inductees May 6- May 15 Fifteen T.C. Williams High School students, selected as this year's National Art Honor Society inductees, exhibit their work
Flashpoint Gallery Off in a Corner Adam Dwight & Dana Jeri Maier April 1 - May 7 Adam Dwight's gouache paintings and rubber puddle will collide with Dana Jeri Maier's ink drawings on drink coasters for Off in a Corner, a two-person show that manipulates the line between fine art and illustration. When juxtaposed, Dwight's and Maier's farcical and cartoonish narratives reveal a dark absurdity to the characters and relationships depicted within.
Dana Jeri Maier
Gallery 555dc Heavy Metal Women Donna McCullough Joyce Zipperer Minna Newman Nathonson Leila Holtsman Joan Konkel Julie Girardini April 1 - April 29
Thirteen Inch Lure, Joyce Zipperer
Foundry Gallery Colors of Peace Patsy Fleming March 30 - May 1 Acrylics and collage from this one time Clinton Presidential Aids Policy Director. "These paintings are the products of my desire to find peace" - Patsy Fleming Monthly Members Show March 30 - May 1
Egypt, Patsy Fleming
Gallery Four Hypotheses, Recent Works and Collaborations Andy Holtin March 19 - April 30 Through sculpture, installation, video, and performance Hypotheses, Recent Works and Collaborations fills the gallery's 4000 square ft. space with works that observe how programmable objects and environments relate to discreet human action and myth.
Gallery @ 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue Listen to Me Joel D'Orazio February 7 - May 13 Sculpture, art chairs and abstract painting are presented by this architect turned painter/sculptor.
Joel D'Orazio, Green Bridesmaid Chair
Hamiltonian Gallery Call + Response: Textures April 16 - May 7 The exhibition builds on the theme of "call and response," a succession of two distinct phrases played by different musicians in which the second phrase comments on or responds to the first. In each pairing, the writer provides the "call" in the form of a new, intense piece of short fiction or poetry. The visual artist creates the "response" by creating an installation in the gallery. The pairings (writer + artist): Stuart Dybek + TM Sisters Naomi Ayala + Amanda Burnham Reese Okyong Kwon + Maggie Michael Srikanth Reddy + Jon Bobby Benjamin
Hillyer Art Space Process: Reaffirmation Curated by Gina Marie Lewis April 1 - April 29 This exhibition honors the personal philosophies, practices, and vocabularies of eight artists and attempts to explore a visual dialogue between their works. Ms. Lewis states, "The lack of a specific theme outside of this dialogue is not an oversight. The entire process of this exhibition from submission through selection to mounting the show is an experiment of creation in progress." The exhibition represents an opportunity for artists to retain power over their work in the context of their own philosophies and interpretations. The artists selected for this exhibition include Anne Bouie, Daniel Brookings, Joel D'Orazio, Victor Ekpuk, Corwin Levi, Barbara Liotta, Adrienne Mills, and Cleve Overton.
Honfleur Gallery The New Clear Daze Andrew Liang Eamon Espey David Fair Matt Bovie April 15 - May 20 An exploration of similarities and differences in the work of four emerging Baltimore visual artists. New Clear Daze focuses heavily on color and pattern in their work.
Long View Gallery Revive Michelle Peterson-Albandoz March 31 - May 1 An accomplished painter and mixed-media artist, Michelle Peterson-Albandoz is well known for her unique use of reclaimed wood. Using discarded wood found in and around her Chicago neighborhood, she creates both constructions on panels and sculptures.
Untitled Construction in Black
Marsha Mateyka Gallery Inventions and Recollections Christopher French March 19 - April 30 New paintings
Tracing the Colors of the Sky
Mezz Gallery @ Artisphere C2YN: (Countdown to Yuri's Night) Curated by Jared Davis March 15 - April 30 19 local artists exhibit artwork centered on man's journey into space. By exploring both science-fact and science-fiction the artists deliver unique perspectives on the cosmos.
Morton Fine Art Stories That Breathe Jules Arthur Kesha Bruce Mario Andres Robinson Maya Freelon Asante April 8 - May 4 Exhibition features African American figurative narrative artworks by four nationally renowned contemporary artists. The Sweet Turning of the Page Hadieh Shafie May 6 - June 3 Exhibition of new scroll artworks and drawings.
Mrs Reels, Mario Andres Robinson
National Gallery of Art Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals February 20 - May 30 Venice
inspired a school of competitive view painters whose achievements are
among the most brilliant in 18th-century art. The exhibition celebrates
the rich variety of these Venetian views, known as vedute, through some
20 masterworks by Canaletto and more than 30 by his rivals, including
Michele Marieschi, Francesco Guardi, and Bernardo Bellotto. Responding
to an art market fueled largely by the Grand Tour, these gifted painters
depicted the famous monuments and vistas of Venice in different moods
and seasons.
Collections Frozen in Time Selections from the National Gallery of Art Library January 29 - July 24 Gauguin: Maker of Myth February 27 - June 5 Paul Gauguin's sumptuous, colorful images of Brittany and the islands of the South Seas are some of the most appealing paintings in modern art. They will be represented among nearly 120 works by Gauguin in the first major look at the artist's oeuvre in the United States since the blockbuster National Gallery of Art retrospective of 1988-1989, The Art of Paul Gauguin. In the Tower: Nam June Paik March 13 - October 2 Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde de Nuit March 20 - July 31
Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection: 1525-1835 May 8 - November 27
The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms May 8 - November 27
Standing Buddha with Outstretched Hand, Nam June Paik
National Museum of Women in the Arts Eye Wonder: Photography from the Bank of America Collection February 18 - May 22 Drawn from Bank of America’s renowned collection of international photography, Eye Wonder features more than 100 works by a wide array of artists, including Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Rineke Dijkstra, Gisele Freund, Candida Hofer, Graciela Iturbide, Dorothea Lange, and Hellen van Meene.
The Phillips Collection David Smith Invents February 12 - May 15 This exhibition of works from the early 1950s through the early 1960s features approximately seven sculptures, including Bouquet of Concaves (1959), a recent gift and the first Smith sculpture to enter The Phillips Collection, along with the artist's photographs of his sculpture, works on paper, and paintings.
Philip Guston, Roma February 12 - May 15 This exhibition of nearly 40 paintings is the first to examine the seminal work Guston completed while he was artist-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome in 1970-71. During this Italian sojourn, his third and last, Guston continued to develop pared-down forms organized into unconventional narrative systems that provoked new directions in his late paintings.
Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border June 11 - September 4 This exhibition reunitesKandinsky's Painting with White Border with more than ten preparatory studies in oil, watercolor, ink, and pencil from international collections. By examining this singular masterpiece within the context of Kandinsky's artistic production, the exhibition sheds light on a defining moment in his career. Stella Sounds: The Scarlatti K Series June 11 - September 4 Considered one of the most influential American artists since the 1960s, Frank Stella (b. 1936) has taken his work to new heights with his latest K series, inspired by the 18th-century composer Domenico Scarlatti's harpsichord sonatas. Standing at the crossroads of painting, drawing, and sculpture, the multicolored, wall-mounted polychrome forms loop and spiral in space, evoking the sounds and rhythms of Scarlatti's music.
Pantheon, Philip Guston
Soundry Gallery Embodiment Figure Art Show Juried by H. Doug Himes April 8 - May 10 A juried art show that explores treatments of the figure through any medium
Stamp Gallery Midpoint Works from UMCP 2nd Year MFA Candidates April 14 - May 13 An exhibition showcasing the work of Selin Balci, Michael Booker, Felicia Glidden, Adam Nelson, Peter Karis, and Alexander Peace
DerHonigschlecker, Felicia Glidden - Midpoint
Studio Gallery Protect. Nurture. Release. Jacqui Crocetta April 27 - May 21
a flow of different light and deep Angelika Wamsler & New Abstract Paintings Suzanne Yurdin April 27 - May 21
39th Street Gallery Quilt: Art to Mend the World Kate Ransohoff Karen Rowe March 11 - April 30 This installation invites participation and conversations to create a more peaceful and equitable world, a world that ends violence against women and the imbalances between the rich and the poor. Quilt is made by sewing recycled paper, fabric and words together to create two-sided panels.
Detail Quilt panel " Sign of the Ribbons"
Touchstone Gallery Grasses Mary D. Ott March 30 - May 1 Hand-pulled prints - etchings, screenprints, monotypes, and mixed-media prints.
Nest with a Twist Janet Wheeler March 30 - May 1 Mixed media assemblages
Life is Too Serious Marcia Coppel May 4 - May 29 Paintings of people conversing in cafes and in the park reflect a fanciful paradise inspired by Mexico Infrared The Invisible Light Harvey Kupferberg May 4 - May 29 Digital and film photographs
Marcia Coppel
Transformer Sketch April 2 - May 7 Sketch features sketchbooks created by 16 DC based artists working in a variety of different mediums. As part of Sketch, Transformer will host a series of artist talks, and "draw-ins" led by artist Reuben Breslar.
Spread Detail of Sketchbook from Felipe Goncalves
Waverly Street Gallery Pastel Paintings Jean Hirons & New Work Gallery Artists April 5 - May 7
Paintings and Drawings Eunhee Park Dickerson & New Work Gallery Artists May 10 - June 4 Eunhee Park Dickerson's works are mainly abstract oil paintings on canvas, but the show also includes her drawings and prints on paper. She uses a very limited palette and repetitive brush strokes portraying quiet movement in stillness. Whether the subject matter is a musical concept, a philosophical idea, or an object in nature, her works are intuitive and reflect her sensitive spirit.
Jean Hirons
West Annapolis Art Works Paint West Annapolis Group Show Juror: Eva Keller Carson May 5 - May 21
