Past Exhibitions
Results
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Invented Worlds of Valton Tyler
February 11–April 30, 2017This exhibition features a rare series of etchings and paintings from the imagination of Texas artist Valton Tyler, whose unique forms, brilliant colors, and uses of organic, mechanistic, and surreal shapes provide a glimpse into unparalleled worlds.
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Between the Lines: Gego as Printmaker
February 7–August 6, 2017This intimate exhibition of Gego’s dramatic black-and-red prints celebrates the vibrant diversity of line, from zigzags and curves to diagonals and scribbles, and explores her interest in the intersection between line and space.
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David Ellis: Animal
November 5, 2016–June 4, 2017Animal is a lively film that takes you on an exhilarating journey through David Ellis’ spontaneous creative process. The rhythmic time-lapse shows the artist creating creatures, landscapes, and abstractions to an accompanying soundtrack.
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Horizon Lines
November 2, 2016–March 5, 2017Horizon Lines uses visual perspective to remind us that our experience of space and our relationship to our environment—whether the sea, land, or constructed urban landscape—shifts depending on our different points of view.
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Border Cantos: Richard Misrach | Guillermo Galindo
October 15–December 31, 2016Border Cantos, a multidimensional collaboration between heralded photographer Richard Misrach and innovative artist-musician Guillermo Galindo, uses photography, musical instruments, and video to examine the border between the United States and Mexico through a revelatory, humanistic lens.
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Abstract Texas: Midcentury Modern Painting
October 1, 2016–October 8, 2017Abstract Texas presents the work of a few of Texas’ trailblazing artists of the mid-20th century who drew inspiration from their surroundings and used abstract styles to portray characteristics of expressive truth—regardless of the conservative tastes of the time.
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American Photographs, 1845 to Now
August 20, 2016–February 12, 2017American Photographs brings together more than 70 photographs that span the history of the medium and reflect the diversity of photographic practices during America’s industrial development, highlighting the central role of photography in the United States.
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Gabriel Dawe: Plexus no. 34
August 16, 2016–December 31, 2018Commissioned for the Carter, this large-scale, site-specific installation looks like frozen, Technicolor vapor. Created out of more than 80 miles of multicolored thread, Plexus no. 34 draws attention to the majestic architecture and natural light of the Museum’s Atrium.
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Sam Francis: Prints
August 3, 2016–February 5, 2017This exhibition features more than a dozen prints by Sam Francis, who combines loose strokes and splatters in order to create vibrant lithographs evocative of traditional symbols and biological specimens that pop with color and pulse with energy.
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Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis
June 4–August 21, 2016Procession is the first comprehensive museum exhibition on Norman Lewis, a pivotal figure in the Harlem art community. Lewis’ masterful ability to integrate social issues with abstraction creates an exhibition that is as intellectually stimulating as it is beautiful.
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Identity
April 30–October 23, 2016Identity explores community, celebrity, and individual representation through portraiture, delving into the idea that identity in American culture is as much influenced by individual presentation as factors that are externally determined.
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Discarded: Photographs by Anthony Hernandez
March 3–August 7, 2016Discarded explores Americans’ penchant for discarding what we no longer want using the evocative photographs of renowned photographer Anthony Hernandez. Focusing on the buildings, people, and land in Southern California, these meticulous photographs lure us into this challenging subject.
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Louise Nevelson: Prints
February 17–July 31, 2016Though Louise Nevelson is known for her sculpture, Prints explores a series of lithographs she created in the 1960s. These prints share with her sculpture an interest in silhouetted forms, but her use of vivid color sets them apart.
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American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood
February 6–May 1, 2016American Epics explores the previously overlooked relationship between Thomas Hart Benton’s artwork and movie making. The first major exhibition to feature his life and works in 25 years, it highlights Benton’s unique style and way of storytelling.
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Focal Points: New to the Photography Collection
October 17, 2015–April 10, 2016Focal Points highlights new holdings of the Carter’s photography collection, displaying works from contemporary artists and classical artists alike. All of these exciting acquisitions explore the way that artists have embraced and questioned the concept of America as a land of opportunity.