From Alice to Zeus: The Art of John Rocco
July 14 - October 28, 2012
The exhibition, From Alice to Zeus: The Art of John Rocco, is the eighth in the OMA's Art of the Picture Book Series. This series draws families to the OMA each summer to view popular artists featured in books for youths. The covers for the bestselling Percy Jacksonseries as well as the Kane Chronicles are illustrated by Rocco. The exhibition will feature approximately 60 preparatory and finished drawings by Rocco.
Southernmost Art and Literary Portraits: Photographs of Fifty Internationally Noted Artists and Writers in Florida by Jimm Roberts
August 4 - October 28, 2012
In the 1980s and 1990s, Orlando-based photographer Jimm Roberts traveled throughout Florida to meet, photograph and interview prominent artists and writers then living in the State. The photographs are sensitive, engaging images of these exceptional individuals that often reveal telling qualities of their personalities. With the rich tones of traditional black-and-white photography, Roberts captures his subjects in a variety of poses from formal to candid in the surroundings of their Florida homes and studios. The exhibition will include more than 80 photographs and a selection of original notes and letters by the artists and writers. Dr. Phillips Charities is the Lead Sponsor of this exhibition.
Modern American Artists from Florida: Paintings, Sculptures and Prints from the OMA Collection
August - October 2012
Beginning in the 1960s, a generation of important modern American artists established homes and studios throughout Florida. Some came to work at facilities like the University of South Florida's Graphic studio, while others came to the State to retreat from the pressures of demanding careers. Among the most prominent of these artists are Richard Anuszkiewicz, John Chamberlain, Roy Lichtenstein, Jules Olitski, Robert Rauschenberg and James Rosenquist, all of whom had or still have a strong connection to Florida. This exhibition will be presented as a companion toSouthernmost Art and Literary Portraits: Photographs of Fifty Internationally Noted Artists and Writers in Florida by Jimm Roberts.
Going Places: Adventures in Art from the OMA Collection
December 2012 - February 2013
Going Places is designed as a family-friendly learning experience that will also enhance the OMA's educational programing for individuals with developmental disabilities. The exhibition will take visitors on a journey through four thematic sections: In the Garden, In the Snow, At the Beach and At Home. In each section, a variety of outstanding paintings, sculptures and photographs will be discussed by viewers to interpret how artists use their imagination to explore the world around them.
Contemporary Glass Sculpture: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Studio Glass
December 22, 2012 - March 31, 2013
Through its presentation of Contemporary Glass Sculpture: Celebrating the
50th Anniversary of Studio Glass, the OMA will be joining a celebration of this anniversary that will include more than 160 events at museums, galleries and universities nationwide. The exhibition will feature approximately 65 works by internationally renowned artists such as Dale Chihuly, Laura de Santillana, Harvey K. Littleton, Dante Marioni, William Morris, Christopher Ries, Therman Statom, Lino Tagliapietra and many others. Also included will be exciting younger artists who are taking the medium in new directions. The exhibition will explore the concepts and techniques of these artists and how each uses the intrinsic characteristics of glass, its mass, fluidity, color and transmission of light for expressive purposes.
Chris Harris: Scenic View
March 16 - June 2, 2013
Christopher Harris is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has been screened at festivals, museums and cinémathèques throughout North America and Europe. Chris Harris: Scenic View is a film and gallery installation exploring themes related to the town of Eatonville for the town's 125th Anniversary. This digital video installation is about looking out and looking in, looking back in history and looking at the present.
Presses, Publishers and Prints: Selections from the Contemporary American Graphics Collection
April 20 - June 2, 2013
Since the 1960s, printmaking has evolved from a secondary activity for most artists into a major form of expression. For some artists, such as Jennifer Bartlett, Alex Katz, Elizabeth Murray and Robert Rauschenberg, printmaking has been central to their artistic production. For others, the print media has provided an opportunity for them to experiment, develop new ideas or introduce their work to a larger audience. While artists have been at the forefront of this revolution in contemporary printmaking, presses and publishers have been critical to its success. Names like Universal Limited Art Editions, Crown Point Press and Graphicstudio are less familiar to the public, but these and many other presses and publishers provided the support, expertise and creative environment needed for today's prominent artists to excel. Presses, Publishers and Prints includes approximately 12 print publishers and features more than 40 examples from the OMA's Permanent Collection by these printmaking studios.
Contemporary American Graphics
June 15 - 30, 2013
Contemporary American Graphics is an exhibition featuring more than 130 limited edition lithographs, etchings, silk-screen prints and woodcuts from the OMA's Permanent Collection. Most of these prints are no longer available for purchase in the art market. On display are examples of major traditional printing techniques, as well as new and innovative processes. The works vary from realism to abstraction, reflecting, in the variety of techniques and styles, the revolution of fine art printing that has occurred in the last 40 years. More than 100 of America's most renowned artists, including Katherine Bowling, Lesley Dill, Jim Dine, Mary Heilmann, Alex Katz, James Rosenquist, Edward Ruscha and other American masters are showcased.
Tricks of the Trade: Trends and Techniques in Contemporary Art
December 2012 - June 2013
Tricks of the Trade: Trends and Techniques in Contemporary Art considers the creative practice of a number of important artists represented in the OMA's Permanent Collection. The exhibition includes sculptures by John Chamberlain and Ursula Von Rydingsvard, paintings by Robert Rauschenberg and Pat Steir and prints by Chuck Close and Jennifer Bartlett.
Darkroom to Digital: Photography from the OMA Collection
December 2012 - June 2013
This exhibition presents works by masters of 20th-century photography such as Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Yousuf Karsh and Alfred Stieglitz. These and other photographers of their time created iconic images that established photography as a major medium for modern art. Today a new generation of artists, including James Casebere, Sarah Charlesworth and Gregory Crewdson, use digital technology to create images that were not possible to make in previous generations.Darkroom to Digital explores the shared ideas, practices and aesthetics of these artists and the new directions of photography today.
Common Ground: The Art of the American Landscape
Continuing
The landscape has been a subject of enduring interest for American artists. Common Ground: Art of the American Landscape brings together paintings and sculptures by artists from the mid-19th century to the present and explores themes that have continued to interest artists over time. These shared themes include celebrated landmarks associated with America's national identity such as the Hudson River and Rocky Mountains, the use of light and atmosphere to convey ideas about spirituality and the transcendent qualities of nature, and the impact of the development and use of natural resources as seen in the paintings of the Hudson River School and works by contemporary artists. The exhibition includes paintings by George Inness, Thomas Moran, Georgia O'Keefe, April Gornik, Joseph Raffael and Frank Moore and sculptures by Thomas Ridgeway Gould, Hermon Atkins MacNeil and Bryan Hunt.
Life Stories: American Portraits of Past and Present
Continuing
A good portrait must be more then an accurate likeness of the subject. The artist's task is also to find a story to tell about his subject and employ his skill to make that story compelling. Life Stories: American Portraits Past and Present features paintings, photographs and sculpture spanning a period of two hundred years. The exhibition explores how styles and purposes of portraiture have changed over time, reflecting changing social values and the shift of emphasis from formal to casual representations of the individual. From the late 19th and early 20th centuries, portraits by John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam and Robert Henri are on view. Cindy Sherman, Elizabeth Peyton and Anneè Olofsson are among the contemporary artists represented in the exhibition.
Aztec to Zapotec: Selections from the Ancient Americas Collection
Continuing
Aztec to Zapotec: Selections from the Ancient Americas Collection features more than 180 works made prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Europeans during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Representing a time period of more than 3,000 years, the exhibition is drawn from the OMA's comprehensive Art of the Ancient Americas Collection and gives a rare glimpse into the life and culture of numerous civilizations from the North, Central and South American regions. Significant ancient works of gold, silver, jade, ceramic, shell and wood are included from the cultures of the Aztec, Maya, Moche, Nasca, Inca and Zapotec.
The OMA's ancient Americas collection is considered to be the broadest and most representative collection of its type in the Southeast, as proclaimed by Dr. S. J. K. Wilkerson, Director of the Institute of Cultural Ecology of the Tropics, Veracruz. Regarding the Collection, renowned University of Florida scholar Michael Moseley has stated, "...the Collection is magnificent. There are many very superb pieces ... in conjunction with your other holdings it will put the museum on the map for Andean scholars."
Living in Style: African Art of Everyday Life from the Collection of William D. and Norma Canelas Roth
Continuing
Living in Style presents beautifully crafted functional objects created by both men and women from traditional African societies throughout the continent. These objects are primarily personal and household items used in everyday life. Included are domestic implements, containers, furniture, weapons, jewelry and apparel. These objects were made to fulfill a useful purpose, but they were also created to be expressive works of art and treasured possessions. As works of art they communicate important cultural ideas within each society through their form, decoration and aesthetic quality. These ideas affirm shared values about social relationships, civic organization and spiritual beliefs. By enhancing these utilitarian objects with aesthetic and cultural meaning, they become more than luxuries or conveniences. In the hands of African artists these works became expressions of their way of life-their style of living.
Monumental Outdoor Sculpture
Continuing
Contemporary outdoor sculptures are situated on the grounds and on the
City of Orlando Sculpture Plaza next to the OMA in Orlando Loch Haven Park. Sculptures include Jean-Claude Farhi's Victory of Winds, whose sweeping curves are composed of welded Corten steel from which a fountain cascades into a pool below; Wing Stepper, Jackie Ferrara's large-scale wood construction inspired by the egrets and herons of Central Florida; Ernest Shaw's Ruins VIII, composed of interlocking steel beams which rise up and arch to form a cantilevered structure; andDwellings, Barbara Sorensen's nine colorful and whimsical sculptures which greet the OMA's visitors as they enter the building.
New Work: A Series of Bimonthly Exhibitions of Contemporary Art
Continuing
This program is a continuing series of bimonthly exhibitions that feature new work by contemporary artists from Florida and around the country. Exhibitions emphasize work that explores new media, installations and collaborative projects. Exhibitions includes digital photography, video, painting and site specific installations by individual artists, as well as group exhibitions.
