{"id":5190,"date":"2019-08-08T10:50:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T15:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=5190"},"modified":"2019-08-08T10:50:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T15:50:55","slug":"milwaukee-art-museum-unveils-robert-indianas-the-american-love-sculpture-at-special-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2019\/08\/milwaukee-art-museum-unveils-robert-indianas-the-american-love-sculpture-at-special-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Art Museum Unveils Robert Indiana\u2019s The American LOVE Sculpture at Special Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>The Museum will celebrate the installation of Robert Indiana\u2019s iconic <\/em>The American LOVE (1966-99)<em> sculpture with an unveiling on the East End<\/em>.<em> &#8211;<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 August 8, 2019 \u2013 The Milwaukee Art Museum <\/strong>will celebrate <strong>Robert Indiana\u2019s<\/strong> iconic <strong><em>The American LOVE <\/em><\/strong><strong>(1966\u201399)<\/strong> sculpture during a special <strong>Grand Unveiling<\/strong> event <strong>Sept. 5, 2019<\/strong>. The community celebration will highlight the gift of the sculpture to the institution and its installation outdoors near the Museum\u2019s East End patio, facing Lake Michigan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The American LOVE<\/em> <em>(1966\u201399) <\/em>was previously on display during <strong>Sculpture Milwaukee<\/strong> <strong>2018<\/strong> and then donated to the Museum\u2019s Collection, thanks to the support of an anonymous donor and the <strong>Greater Milwaukee Foundation<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Milwaukee Art Museum is thrilled to receive this iconic sculpture for the collection,\u201d said <strong>Margaret Andera, interim chief curator and curator of contemporary art, Milwaukee Art Museum.<\/strong> \u201cRobert Indiana\u2019s work has always connected with Milwaukee; his design for the MECCA floor in the 1970s is a Milwaukee icon, and now the LOVE sculpture\u2019s prominent location on the lakefront will allow both locals and Museum visitors to enjoy his work for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Lubar Auditorium with <strong>Joe Martin Lin-Hill, deputy director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery<\/strong>, who will discuss Robert Indiana and his career. The unveiling of the installed sculpture on the East End will take place at 6:45 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sponsorship by Meijer of Meijer Free First Thursday makes admission to both events, and the entire Museum, free all day for everyone.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSculpture Milwaukee is honored to have community partners who are helping build a world-class legacy of sculpture in the city, which includes the donation of Robert Indiana\u2019s LOVE to the Milwaukee Art Museum,\u201d said <strong>Marilu Knode, director, exhibitions and programs, Sculpture Milwaukee<\/strong>. \u201cThanks to our donors, the Milwaukee Art Museum team and all the other supporters of Sculpture Milwaukee for bringing these amazing works to our robust arts community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conjunction with <em>The American LOVE<\/em> <em>(1966\u201399)<\/em> unveiling, a number of works by Robert Indiana from the Museum\u2019s Collection will be on view in the K108 Gallery, including Indiana\u2019s study for the MECCA floor, color screenprints and an important early wood sculpture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFriends of Art is thrilled to support the official unveiling of the iconic LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana. This highly recognizable piece is a welcomed addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s collection,\u201d said <strong>Annette Melcher, president,<\/strong> <strong>Friends of Art<\/strong>. \u201cWe hope that members of our museum and community will join us in celebrating this milestone, and recognize how fortunate we are to have this amazing piece of art to enhance the Museum&#8217;s reputation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lecture is sponsored by the Contemporary Art Society. OnMilwaukee is the media sponsor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The community celebration is made possible by the support of the Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s Friends of Art support group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibitions are made possible by the Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s Visionaries including Debbie and Mark Attanasio, Donna and Donald Baumgartner, John and Murph Burke, Sheldon and Marianne Lubar, Joel and Caran Quadracci, Sue and Bud Selig and Jeff Yabuki and the Yabuki Family Foundation.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Museum will celebrate the installation of Robert Indiana\u2019s iconic The American LOVE (1966-99) sculpture with an unveiling on the East End. &#8211; Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 August 8, 2019 \u2013 The Milwaukee Art Museum will celebrate Robert Indiana\u2019s iconic The American LOVE (1966\u201399) sculpture during a special Grand Unveiling event Sept. 5, 2019. The community <a href=\"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2019\/08\/milwaukee-art-museum-unveils-robert-indianas-the-american-love-sculpture-at-special-event\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Milwaukee Art Museum Unveils Robert Indiana\u2019s The American LOVE Sculpture at Special Event<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1501,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5191,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190\/revisions\/5191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}