Generation Abstraction: Selections from the Minnesota Museum of American Art

Starts: March 11, 2010
Ends: March 28, 2010

2010 Perspectives in Fine Art Series

Mining the rich collection of the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul, this exhibition probes the question of what makes the abstract image continue to speak to our imaginations, our experiences, and our emotions.

"Generation Abstraction" investigates the mid-century American impulse to make art out of pure color, line, gesture, material, and surface. Starting with Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s through Minimalist forms in the 1970s, the exhibition will showcase a variety of responses to modernist abstraction with important paintings, sculpture, and works on paper.

Featured Artists
Kinji Akagawa, Herbert Bayer, Joan Brown, Porfirio DiDonna, Enrico Donati, Fritz Glarner,  Eugene Larkin, George Morrison, Louise Nevelson, Kenneth Noland, Alfonso Ossorio, Henry Pearson, Gabor Peterdi, Fanny Sanin, Peter Voulkos, Frederick Wardy

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CVA Perspectives in Fine Art Series
The mission of the CVA Perspectives in Fine Art Series is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of nationally recognized contemporary fine art through exhibition and education for students and audiences of all levels of awareness and understanding.

Reception

Thursday, March 11, 6 – 8 p.m.

Panel Discussion

Tuesday, March 23, 6 p.m.

Panelists
Barbara Kreft
Liz Miller
Clarence Morgan
David Rich

Expanded Gallery Hours

Wednesday and Friday: 12 – 6 p.m.
Thursday: 12 – 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 12 – 4 p.m.

The mission of the CVA Perspectives in Fine Art Series is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of nationally recognized contemporary fine art through exhibition and education for students and audiences of all levels of awareness and understanding.

CVA began the Series in 2008. Past exhibitions include A National Exhibition of Selected Photographs and Sculptures from the Collections of Gary and JoAnn Fink and their Museum Louvre It Or Leave It and Revision, Reiteration, Recombination: Process and the Contemporary Print. For more information on the Series, contact CVA External Relations 651.757.4004. www.cva.edu.

Image Credit

George Morrison
Untitled, 1955
Watercolor on paper
21½ by 31¾ inches
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