Thursday, August 7, 2025

Memorial Art Gallery (8/7/2025)

Thursday, August 7, 2025
Now we are headed toward Rhode Island, with a stop at the University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery.
Memorial Art Gallery (1913, by Foster, Gade, and
Graham in Italian Renaissance style)
Former Cutler Union (1932-1933, by
Ezra Winter in "academic Gothic" style)
Untitled (1996, by Deborah Butterfield)
Penguins (1926, by Blanca Will) (KSS)
Allée along the connector between the
two main buildings
Argentum Double Positive (2016,
by Jim Sanborn) has text relating to the
history of Rochester and of photography;
this is one of two columns
Looking through the column
Process Art (An Eye for an Eye)
(2008, by Nathan Mabry) (KSS)
Lover's Rainbow (2022, by Pia Camil)
Lover's Rainbow detail (rebars?)
Broken Pavilion (2022-23, by Rashid Johnson) (KSS)
Broken Pavilion detail (KSS)
Oracle (2022, by Sanford Biggers)
Unicorn Family (2013, by Wendell Castle) 
Cameros Gallery: Seeing America: American Art to 1950:
Creampot (1765-1775, by Paul Revere)
The Night Before the Battle (1865, by
James Henry Beard) (KSS)
End Upheld (2014, by Nick Cave) (KSS)
Maquette for Swing Low (2007, by Alison Sear)
depicts Harriet Tubman as the "train" of the
Underground Railroad, but also with roots trailing behind
The Studio (1885, by Kate E Bissell) about which
was overheard that this painting was once part of the
gallery's lending library, went missing, and was later
donated by someone who bought it at a garage sale
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas:
Sailing Chart (Marshall Islands)
Olla/Jar (Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM)
Controversy & Change 1900-1950:
The White Bridge (c 1900, by
John Twachtman)
Jawbone and Fungus (1931, by Georgia O'Keeffe);
in this case there is a painting on the reverse side ...
Untitled (Abstraction) (c 1923, by Georgia O'Keeffe)
Non-Fiction (1943, by Robert Gwathmey)
Soldier on Leave (1944, by Norman Rockwell)
Galaxy (1942, by Fritz Trautman)
Modern & Contemporary Art: 1945-Present:
Euphemism (Knot Series) (2023, by
Paul S Briggs)
Pale Iris Seaform Set with Honeysuckle Lip Wraps
(1997, by Dale Chihuly)
After Grant Wood (American Gothic) 3
(2010, by Devorah Sperber)
After Grant Wood (American Gothic) 3
as seen through a clear sphere 
After Grant Wood (American Gothic) 3
is created with spools of thread
Lockhart Gallery: William Gropper: Truth, Beauty, Justice, Humor:
America: Its Folklore (1946, by William Gropper);
although commissioned by the State Department, this
depiction of the "working class" by a left-wing artist
caused Gropper to be blacklisted during "McCarthyism"
Brush Gallery: American Decorative Arts:
Music Stand (1964, by Wendell Castle)
Inuit Stone carvings of: Two Otters (1982, by
Thomassiapik Sivuarapik), Group of Ptarmigan (1974,
by Easter Paulosie), and Seal (c 1969, by Aoudia Pee) (KSS)
The Sunset Scene (1915, Tiffany Studios)
Crested Swans (c 1910, by John Scholl)
Docent Gallery: 69th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition:
Back to the Grind (2023, by Aaron Schnittman)
Greed Shreds the Fabric of Democracy
(2024, by Bob Conge) (KSS)
Greed Shreds the Fabric of Democracy
detail (KSS)
Are We Moving Backwards? (2025, by Joshua Hudak)
(See video below)
Floating Island (2023, by Jennifer DiGaetano)
Hurlbut Gallery: Avinash Kumar's Illusionary Odyssey (2024):
Murals on two sides of a corridor depict a "bird of paradise"
from birth in an origami-star egg to his flight to a home ...
... I suppose this is home

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