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Feature exhibition
Street Seen: The Psychological Gesture in American Photography, 1940–1959
January 30, 2010–April 25, 2010
Abstract Expressionism, film noir, Beat poetry, and the New Journalism are all widely recognized aftershocks of World War II, representing a broad aesthetic revolution that championed spontaneity and subjective interpretation as the guiding principles of creative practice. Postwar photographers in many ways set the rhythm and tenor of this new approach, not least because the hand-held camera was naturally suited to chance discoveries and impulsive gestures.
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Also on view
Scholastic Art Awards: 2010 Wisconsin Regional Exhibition
February 6, 2010–March 21, 2010
Green Furniture Design
November 12, 2009–March 14, 2010
Fifty Works for Fifty States: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
December 17, 2010–February 28, 2010
Feature events
Target Family Sundays: Street Seen LIVE from the Streets of Milwaukee
Sunday, February 28,
10 AM–4 PM
MAM After Dark: Street Seen
Friday, February 19,
5 PM–Midnight
Upcoming events
Gallery Talk: Scholastic Art Awards
Tuesday, February 09 | 01:30 PM
A Kiss Is Still a Kiss
Thursday, February 11 | 05:00 PM
Express Talk: Street Seen
Thursday, February 11 | 12:00 PM
Film Noir Screening: The Big Sleep
Thursday, February 11 | 06:15 PM
Book Salon: The Big Sleep
Saturday, February 13 | 10:30 AM
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