Cranbrook Art Museum - Exhibitions


Artists at Work: Instruction Drawings from the Collection of Gilbert and Lila Silverman September 16, 2006-October 29, 2006 Member’s Opening: Friday, September 15, 2006 South and Wainger Galleries At what point in the creative process does a work become an artwork? Artists at Work illuminates the nature of art by focusing on the creative process---offering insight into the artist’s eventful path and phases in the production of artworks. The exhibition includes over 180 examples of instruction drawings in a variety of forms, such as working drawings, installation instructions, musical scores, sketches, visual or textual memoranda, fabrication notes, and work records. Drawn from Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection of nearly 800 instruction drawings, Artists at Work features works by the leading and celebrated figures of Pop Art, Op Art, Conceptual Art and Earth Art from 1930 to the present. Artists featured in the exhibition include: Robert Rauschenberg, Sol Lewitt, Yoko Ono, Roy Lichtenstein, Dennis Oppenheim, Christo, Robert Gober, Dan Flavin and Claes Oldenburg, Robert Mangold, Andy Goldswork, Vito Acconci, Tom Wesselman. The exhibition is curated by Brian Young, Curator, Cranbrook Art Museum. image at top: Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973 "Etudes de Femme" March 9 and 10, 1954 Ink and graphite on paper © 2006 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Cranbrook Art Museum’s 2006-2007 Exhibition Season, including the presentation of Artists at Work, is generously sponsored by LaSalle Bank. The Art Museum’s exhibitions also are presented with the support of the Museum Committee of Cranbrook Art Museum including Adele Acheson, Maggie Allesee, John Berry, Jonathan Boos, Deborah Bragman, Maxine Frankel, Ralph Graham, Stanley Grandon, John Henke III, Jonathan Holtzman, Diane Kirkpatrick, David Klein, Til M. Klem, Corrine Lemberg, Wendy MacGaw, Diane VanderBeke Mager, Abigail Murray, James A. Nichols, Michael Poris, Ruth Rattner, Cathy Rosenthal, Jane Schulak, Gilbert B. Silverman, Ronald S. Swanson, Gary L. Wasserman, and Pamela Applebaum Wyett. Cranbrook Art Museum is supported, in part, by the memberships and fund-raising activities of ArtMembers@Cranbrook, including both Fanfare and Serious Moonlight; contributors to the Annual Fund of both Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum; and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Cranbrook Art Museum is a non-profit contemporary art museum, and an integral part of Cranbrook Academy of Art, a community of artists-in-residence and graduate-level students of art, design and architecture. Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook Art Museum are a part of Cranbrook Educational Community, which also includes Cranbrook’s Institute of Science, Schools and other affiliated cultural and educational programs. Cranbrook Art Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums. For information call toll free 1-877-GO-CRANBrook (1-877-462-7262). To become a member of ArtMembers@Cranbrook call 248-645-3032. Museum Hours Wednesday through Sunday, 11am – 5pm Fourth Fridays, 11am – 9pm Closed Mondays and Tuesdays and the following holidays during the exhibition: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Day, New Year’s Eve and Day Cranbrook Art Museum Members: Free! Adults: $6 Full-Time Students with ID and Teens 13 and over: $4 Senior Citizens (65+): $4 Children 12 and under: Free! No credit cards accepted Personal checks welcomed U.S. currency only For more information, please call 1.877.GO.CRANBrook. (1.877.462.7262)