{"id":5724,"date":"2023-06-13T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T19:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2023-12-18T11:23:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:23:33","slug":"milwaukee-art-museum-to-present-major-painting-survey-this-fall-spanning-emerging-to-internationally-renowned-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2023\/06\/milwaukee-art-museum-to-present-major-painting-survey-this-fall-spanning-emerging-to-internationally-renowned-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Art Museum to Present Major Painting Survey This Fall Spanning Emerging to Internationally Renowned Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

50 Paintings<\/em> Explores Vast Range of Contemporary Painting with Recent Works by Amy Sherald, Cecily Brown, David Diao, Nicole Eisenman, Pat Steir, Judy Ledgerwood, and Many More<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milwaukee, WI \u2013 June 13, 2023 \u2013<\/strong> This fall, the Milwaukee Art Museum will present 50 Paintings<\/strong><\/em>, a landmark survey featuring recent pieces by 50 artists working today that demonstrates the vitality and relevance of contemporary painting as a medium. Eschewing curatorial narratives and thematic groupings, 50 Paintings<\/em> invites visitors to explore a wide array of artistic styles and strategies, engage in close looking, and formulate their own assessments of painting as it is practiced today. 50 Paintings<\/em> will be on view in the Museum\u2019s Bradley Family Gallery Nov. 17, 2023\u2013June 23, 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c50 Paintings<\/em> celebrates the enduring vitality of painting, featuring artists who are shaping our contemporary visual culture,\u201d said Marcelle Polednik, Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director of the Milwaukee Art Museum<\/strong>. \u201cThis exhibition offers our visitors a unique opportunity to participate in dialogue about the art of our time, and in relation to the long arc of painting\u2019s history represented in the Museum’s collection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From internationally recognized names like Cecily Brown<\/strong>, David Diao<\/strong>, Nicole Eisenman<\/strong>, Judy Ledgerwood<\/strong>, and Amy Sherald<\/strong> to rising talents like Jake Troyli<\/strong>, Carmen Neely<\/strong>, GaHee Park<\/strong>, and Cinga Samson<\/strong>, the 50 artists in 50 Paintings<\/em> are each represented by one painting created in the past five years. Though the works on view reflect a range of painterly styles, expressions, and concepts, all were created through the application of oil or acrylic paint with a brush to stretched canvases or other traditional painting techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn 1840, the French painter Paul Delaroche looked at a photograph and famously declared that from that day forward, painting was dead, a statement so provocative that it remains in circulation today,\u201d said Margaret Andera, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art and co-curator of 50 Paintings<\/em><\/strong>. \u201cIn showcasing the range in the language of painting being created today, 50 Paintings<\/em> provides an abundance of evidence to the contrary and serves as a timely reminder of the inexhaustible possibilities of the medium.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reflecting how approaches to contemporary painting are representative of diverse artistic voices from around the globe, 50 Paintings<\/em> includes artists from four continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America) and eight countries (China, England, Germany, Iran, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, and the U.S.), more than half of whom are women. In a marked departure from standard museum practice, the exhibition will withhold interpretive text and encourage visitors to intensively study and draw their own conclusions about the works on view and the cultural impact of contemporary painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo \u2018read\u2019 a painting is to linger over its surface, explore its pictorial space, and engage with the artist\u2019s imagination,\u201d said Michelle Grabner, artist, critic, and co-curator of 50 Paintings<\/em><\/strong>. \u201cRather than imposing a particular interpretation of a work on the viewer, our curatorial strategy for 50 Paintings<\/em> welcomes open-ended explorations and personal responses. Our hope is that visitors will find connection, inspiration, and a deeper appreciation for the broad range of contemporary painting practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 Paintings<\/em> is the Museum\u2019s first survey of contemporary painting since 25 Americans: Painting in the 90s (1995), curated by Dean Sobel, the Museum\u2019s Chief Curator at the time. That exhibition included 75 paintings by 25 American artists, four of whom, Mary Heilmann<\/strong>, Judy Ledgerwood<\/strong>, Pat Steir<\/strong>, and Philip Taaffe<\/strong>, are also featured in 50 Paintings<\/em>, as well as work by Michelle Grabner, co-curator of 50 Paintings<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50 Paintings<\/em> is organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum and co-curated by Margaret Andera, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, and artist and scholar Michelle Grabner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All 2023 exhibitions are supported by the 2023 Visionaries. The Milwaukee Art Museum extends our sincere thanks to these donors for their leadership.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Publication<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In early 2024, the Milwaukee Art Museum will publish 50 Paintings<\/em>, a companion publication to the exhibition featuring critical essays by Nigel Cooke, Michelle Grabner, Byron Kim, Barry Schwabsky, and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Milwaukee Art Museum<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Milwaukee Art Museum is an essential destination for art and architecture and a vital cultural resource that connects visitors to dynamic art experiences and one another. Housed in iconic buildings by Santiago Calatrava, Eero Saarinen, and David Kahler on a 24-acre lakefront campus, the Museum is Wisconsin\u2019s largest art institution and home to both broad and deep collections, with exceptional holdings in American painting, sculpture, and decorative arts; conceptual and minimalist art; prints and drawings; European art from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century; photography and new media; modern and contemporary design; folk and self-taught art; and twentieth-century Haitian art. A bold symbol of Milwaukee\u2019s ambition and forward-thinking vision, the Museum is a place for community building, education, and celebration that fosters creativity, free speech, and critical discourse for audiences of all ages and backgrounds. For more information, visit mam.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Media Contacts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

For more information or to request images, please contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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National media:<\/strong>
Sarah McNaughton \/ Hannah Holden
Resnicow and Associates
smcnaughton@resnicow.com<\/a> \/ hholden@resnicow.com<\/a>
212-671-5161<\/a> \/ 212-671-5154<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Local media:
<\/strong>Cortney Heimerl
Milwaukee Art Museum
cortney.heimerl@mam.org<\/a>
414-940-0490<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

50 Paintings Explores Vast Range of Contemporary Painting with Recent Works by Amy Sherald, Cecily Brown, David Diao, Nicole Eisenman, Pat Steir, Judy Ledgerwood, and Many More Milwaukee, WI \u2013 June 13, 2023 \u2013 This fall, the Milwaukee Art Museum will present 50 Paintings, a landmark survey featuring recent pieces by 50 artists working today … Milwaukee Art Museum to Present Major Painting Survey This Fall Spanning Emerging to Internationally Renowned Artists<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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-5724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5724"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5774,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions\/5774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}