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- Ernst Wilhelm Nay in Mythos und Massaker----------
- Norbert Kricke at Franz Marc Museum, Kochel----------
- Alice Neel in Dix und die Gegenwart----------
- Alice Neel at Munchmuseet, Oslo----------
- Alice Neel at OCMA, CA----------
- Alice Neel at Barbican Centre, London----------
- Alice Neel at Centre Pompidou, Paris----------
- Neil Gall at British Museum----------
- Norbert Kricke at Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg----------
- Alice Neel at Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne----------
- Norbert Kricke in Eisen- und Stahlplastik----------
- Ernst Wilhelm Nay - Retrospektive----------
- Vivian Greven at Museum Langmatt, CH----------
- Alice Neel at MET, New York----------
- Stefan Löffelhardt in "Nachts"----------
- Vivian Greven @ ak-raum----------
- Nils Dunkel in Berlin Masters 2019----------
- Nils Dunkel @ Salon Dahlmann----------
- Alice Neel @ Museum of Modern Art Warsaw----------
- Norbert Kricke @ ZKM Karstruhe----------
- Stefan Löffelhardt @ Kunsthaus Essen----------
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- Öyvind Fahlström @ Kunstverein Hamburg----------
- Michael Wutz @ Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin----------
- Vivian Greven @ Lyles & King, New York----------
- Vivian Greven @ Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf----------
- Greven @ Golsa Gallery, Oslo----------
- Alice Neel @ David Zwirner, New York----------
- Alice Neel @ Centre Pompidou Metz----------
- Vivian Greven @ Galerie Thomas Fuchs----------
- Vivian Greven in 'Ladies Only'----------
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- Wolfgang Betke in 'Notebook'----------
- Michael Wutz in 'Auf dem Weg zum Motiv'----------
- David Schutter in 'Content is a Glimpse'----------
- Öyvind Fahlström @ Met Breuer, New York----------
- Ernst Wilhelm Nay at Staatsgalerie Stuttgart----------
- Alice Neel at Kunsthalle Mannheim----------
- Norbert Kricke at Museum Palais Populaire----------
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- Vivian Greven at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart----------
- Ernst Wilhelm Nay Symposium----------
- Vivian Greven at Lyles & King, New York----------
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- Öyvind Fahlström at Ludwig Forum Aachen----------
- Neil Gall at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds----------
- Tom Chamberlain at Kunstverein Wolfsburg----------
- Neil Gall at z20 Sara Zanin Gallery----------
- Alice Neel at Deichtorhallen, Hamburg----------
- Jonathan Bragdon at Kunsttempel, Kassel----------
- Öyvind Fahlström at Pérez Art Museum, Miami----------
- Michael Wutz at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart----------
- Alice Neel at Tate Modern, London----------
- David Schutter at DOCUMENTA 14 Kassel----------
- Tom Chamberlain at Thinking Tantra, Plymouth----------
- Norbert Kricke at Galerie Parterre, Berlin----------
- Ernst William Nay at Ketterer Kunst, Berlin----------
- Alice Neel at David Zwirner, New York----------
- Michael Wutz at unttld contemporary, Vienna----------
- Studio Visit: Stefan Löffelhardt, Düsseldorf----------
- David Schutter at The Goma, Madrid----------
- Öyvind Fahlström at La Terrasse, Nanterre----------
- Tom Chamberlain at Drawing Room, London----------
- Alice Neel at S.M.A.K., Gent----------
- E.W. Nay at Haus der Kunst, Munich----------
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- Jonathan Bragdon at Kunstmuseum Thun----------
- Alice Neel at Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh----------
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- Alice Neel at Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki----------
- David Schutter at Magazzino, Rome----------
- Alice Neel at Whitney Museum, New York----------
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- Öyvind Fahlström at MoMA, New York----------
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- E.W. Nay at Almine Rech Gallery, London----------
- David Schutter at P420, Bologna----------
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- Michael Wutz at Bauart Galeri, Istanbul----------
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- Stefan Löffelhardt at kunstgalerie, Bonn----------
- Thomas Rentmeister at Gallery Bačva, Zagreb----------
- Thomas Rentmeister, Installation in Cologne----------
- Öyvind Fahlström at MNCARS, Madrid----------
- Gavin Turk at Manchester Art Gallery----------
- Erich Reusch at Art Academy Düsseldorf----------
- Erich Reusch at Museum Ettlingen----------
- Michel Auder at the Whitney Biennial----------
- David Schutter at Rhona Hoffman Gallery----------
- Michael Wutz at Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg----------
- Michael Wutz at blank_space gallery, Sidney----------
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- Wolfgang Betke at Ballhaus Ost, Berlin----------
- Wolfgang Betke at Nicole Gnesa, Munich----------
- Michael Auder in the Whitney Biennial 2014----------
- Jonathan Bragdon at the Kunsttempel Kassel----------
- Tom Chamberlain at La Maison Rouge, Paris----------
- Erich Reusch at Kunstverein Ruhr----------
- Öyvind Fahlström at MACBA, Barcelona----------
- Michael Auder at Portikus, Frankfurt/Main----------
- Öyvind Fahlström at Raven Row, London----------
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- Michael Wutz at Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin----------
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- Neil Gall at The Torrance Art Museum, USA----------
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Alice Neel at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Happiness, Liberty, Life? American Art and Politics
Exhibition: 30 June – 18 September 2016
From the signing of the Declaration of Independence in the summer of 1776 to the arrival of the Democratic National Convention in July 2016, the City of Brotherly Love has been at the epicenter of American politics. Happiness, Liberty, Life? American Art and Politics explores themes of humor, protest, and portraiture in American art and politics from the 18th century to today.
The issues raised during this contentious election year connect to a long heritage of political discord and imagery. This exhibition draws attention to the icons and issues of importance to artists throughout the great American experiment, opening a dialogue about identity, freedom and the power of symbols.
Three organizing concepts structure the exhibition: Cult of Presidential Personality; Red, White, and Blue; and Forming a More Perfect Union.
A central nucleus of the exhibition, the “Wall of Washington,” offers a rare look at over 25 representations of George and Martha Washington from idealized views of George’s childhood days to the founding father’s sepulcher at Mount Vernon. In looking at these images together, who the “real” Washington is becomes a complex question.
Newly restored, massive cardboard characters of George and Martha Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin from Red Grooms’ 1982 Philadelphia Cornucopia installation will inhabit PAFA’s 7,000-square-foot Fisher Brooks Gallery. Read more about the restoration of Philadelphia Cornucopia in PAFA Perspectives.
In addition, an installation in the Historic Landmark Building's Washington Foyer called “Commanders in Chief: Portraits of Power in the Washington Foyer” places contemporary artist Brian Tolle’s sculptural portraits of George Washington in conversation with PAFA’s Grand Manner portraits of Washington and King George III.
In honor of the Democratic National Convention, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery has lent to PAFA Elaine de Kooning’s iconic portrait of John F. Kennedy Jr. All of these works will be on display in PAFA’s newly restored Washington Foyer.
Happiness, Liberty, Life? -- a tongue-in-cheek reversal of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” -- urges the viewer to question the politics of representation in American art.
A constellation of works on display in the galleries address American artists’ often explosive engagement with the political process. Artists include Julius Bloch, Colin Campbell Cooper, Sue Coe, Chitra Ganesh, Barbara Kruger, Jacob Lawrence, Roy Lichtenstein, Alice Neel, Rembrandt Peale, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Faith Ringgold, William Sartain, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Gilbert Stuart, Kara Walker, and Andrew Wyeth, among many others.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118-128 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102