November is a terrific month at the Museum, highlighted by the opening of
Art and Resolution, 1900 to Today, a new exhibition of modern and contemporary work that probes artists' engagement with social and political conflict. Be sure to join us on November 15 when celebrated Israeli photographer Adi Nes visits campus to deliver the Harry Spindel Memorial Lecture. He will be at the Museum the following day to speak further about
Art and Resolution, which includes a special installation of his work. See the calendar below for a full listing of this month's programs. We are also excited about the opening on November 3 of
Where Do I Go from Here? Snapshots of Twentieth-Century Life, a new Becker Gallery exhibition of recently-donated vernacular photographs curated by Estefania Chavez-Flores '17. See you at the Museum!
Anne Collins Goodyear & Frank H. Goodyear
Co-Directors
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
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OPENING SOON
Where Do I Go From Here? Snapshots of Twentieth-Century Life
Opening November 3, 2016
Featuring a selection of American vernacular photographs recently donated to the Museum by New York collector Peter Cohen, this exhibition explores how amateur photographers circumvented and at times unsettled assumptions about what a portrait might be. It also demonstrates how subjects established and experimented with their sense of identity through photography.
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RECENTLY OPENED
Art and Artifacts of the Nineteenth Century
Closing June 04, 2017
This installation showcases a selection of American and European paintings, sculpture, photographs, and prints, and contrasts them with displays of decorative arts from around the world, including Native American baskets, netsuke sculpture from Japan, jade and porcelain from China, Malagan masks, and European fine jewelry.
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Artist Adi Nes Visits Bowdoin
Opening November 15, the work of acclaimed Israeli photographer Adi Nes will be exhibited as part of
Art and Resolution: 1900 to Today. Based in Tel Aviv, Nes (born 1966) creates large-scale color photographs that imply fictional narratives with factual undertones. Four works from the series
The Village present various tableaux depicting a utopian
kibbutz that bears subtle traces of military occupation. They are at once nostalgic and tragic.
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Collectors' Collaborative Acquisition
We are delighted to announce the Museum's recent acquisition of a striking hologram self-portrait by the Dutch artist Folkert de Jong, When H2 leaves O (2015). The work comes to the BCMA through the generosity of the Collectors Collaborative, a group of Bowdoin graduates who meet twice a year in New York to look at contemporary art.
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Interview with Steff Chávez-Flores
Steff Chávez-Flores '17 is majoring in Government & Legal Studies and Art History at Bowdoin. Steff spent last summer at the Museum as a Curatorial Fellow and Museum Education Assistant. As a Curatorial Fellow, she developed an exhibition of vernacular photography that opens on November 3.
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Become a Member of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art
We hope you'll visit the Museum this fall! There are several exhibitions, featuring art from ancient times to the present, on view for your enjoyment.
For more information, please check our home page, or contact Caroline Baljon, Membership and Programs Coordinator, at (207)-725-3276.
The support of our members helps us to realize future exhibitions, public programs, and educational offerings, which are always open to students and the general public free of charge. Membership offers special access to events and serves as a connection to a community of students and faculty who are actively engaged at the Museum. If you are not already a member, we hope that you will show your support for the Bowdoin College Museum of Art by
joining today
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calendar
November 1
Gallery Conversation with curatorial assistant Honor Wilkinson
12:00 pm
Museum of Art
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November 10
Film Screening: "Foreigners Out: Schlingensief's Container"
7:00 pm
Smith Auditorium
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November 15
Adi Nes: "Issues of Identity"
7:30 pm
Kresge Auditorium
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November 16
Gallery Conversation with artist Adi Nes
4:00pm
Museum of Art
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November 19
Family Saturday at the BCMA
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Museum of Art
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November 29
"Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculptures of the Hellenistic World"
7:00 pm
Kresge Auditorium
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November 30
Members' Preview Day: The Holiday Sale in the Museum Shop
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Museum of Art
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