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TOUR DATES:

1. Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
Jan 10 - Mar 22, 2009

2. Samuel P. Harn Art Museum, Gainesville, FL
Jun 16 - Sept 6, 2009

3. Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
Oct 1 - Dec 29, 2009

4. Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln, NE
Jan 26 -  Apr 18, 2010

 

 

 

 

Centennial Exhibition


Rediscovering Slobodkina: A Pioneer of American Abstraction
is the most comprehensive art exhibition to date of artist, author, and children's book illustrator Esphyr Slobodkina. Organized on the occasion of her 100th birthday, this centennial exhibition redefines Slobodkina's role in American art while celebrating a lifetime of creative achievements.

 

Curated by Dr. Sandra Kraskin, director of the Sidney Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College, Rediscovering Slobodkina charts Esphyr Slobodkina’s artistic development throughout seventy years. Highlights include mural sketches for the Works Progress Administration, a painting that was exhibited at the first American Abstract Artists exhibition in 1937, assemblage art from the 1930s, original Caps for Sale illustrations, classic abstractions from the 1940s and 1950s, and rarely-exhibited paintings and assemblages dating from the 1960s to 2001. Pulling together the best of Slobodkina’s oeuvre, the retrospective features works on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, New Britain Museum of American Art, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Naples Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Grey Art Gallery, Heckscher Museum of Art, and the Hillwood Art Museum. Additional works come from the Slobodkina Foundation’s collection.

 

The retrospective premiered at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York from January 10 - March 22, 2009. It will then travel to the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville, Florida (June 16 – September 6, 2009), the Naples Museum of Art in Naples, Florida (October 1 – December 29, 2009), and the Sheldon Art Museum (January 26-April 28, 2010).

 

A 180-page, full-color commemorative book has been produced in conjunction with the exhibition. This publication celebrates Slobodkina's lifetime achievements with critical essays, color reproductions of her art and illustrations, and a pictorial biography with excerpts from Slobodkina's autobiography.

 

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