Bowdoin College Museum of Art

• Sep 01, 2005 – Jul 26, 2007
• Other

• Oct 14, 2007 – Jan 06, 2008
• Media Gallery

Eve Sussman’s and the Rufus Corporation’s 89 Seconds at Alcázar christens the new Media Gallery, which will be devoted to video and digital art. In 89 Seconds at Alcázar, contemporary artist Eve Sussman imaginatively “captures” the moments leading up to and immediately following the dynamic moment of artistic conception in Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas; a dazzling and iconic painting that late Italian painter Luca Giordano christened the “theology of painting”. In its unique envisioning of the past through the distinctly modern medium of film, 89 Seconds at Alcázar complements the Museum of Art’s reopening programming by enlivening the dialogue between past and present. 

• Oct 14, 2007 – Jan 13, 2008
• Boyd Gallery

The American Scene reintroduces the distinguished and remarkably rich selection of early American work that comprises the permanent collection. Drawing upon the nationally significant Federal and Colonial portraits and early 19th century landscapes, this exhibition focuses on the quintessential American identity, and how it emerged in early portraiture and was reinforced through landscape study. This exhibition will include work by Gilbert Stuart, John Smibert, Robert Feke, John Quidor and Winslow Homer, and will be followed by a second show of late 19th and early 20th century American portraits and landscapes in the spring of 2008. 

• Oct 14, 2007 – Nov 25, 2007
• John A. and Helen P. Becker Gallery

The nineteenth century witnessed a tremendous change in definitions of artistic identity and success. This exhibitions investigates how women artists have adopted, challenged, and played with the conventions of artistic representation. Gallery talk November 25th .....

• Oct 14, 2007 – Mar 09, 2008
• Halford Gallery

Great Graphics:1470-1970 highlights more than sixty works on paper from the Museum’s renowned holdings of prints and drawings. Curated by esteemed print collector, scholar, and Bowdoin alumnus David Becker, this show will feature a comprehensive display that unites Rembrandt and Picasso, Rubens and Homer, Dürer and Cassatt, and Goya and Klee in lively juxtapositions of hand, date, medium, and topic transcending borders and time.

• Oct 14, 2007 – Jun 22, 2008
• Rotunda

The Human Figure-2500 B.C. to 2000 A.D. returns the handsome domed and decorated Rotunda to its original designation as a sculpture hall. Seven sculptures, beginning with a very early Cycladic marble torso, through a plaster cast of Michelangelo’s Dying Slave, to Rodin, Giacometti, and finally a contemporary work by Joel Shapiro, embody different interpretations of this fundamental form in Western art.

• Oct 14, 2007 – Mar 09, 2008
• Bernard and Barbro Osher Gallery

Seven Bowdoin alumni and alumnae, representing classes from 1937 to 2000, are sharing works from their collections of recent art. Classic Pop art by Warhol, Rosenquist and Lichtenstein is included, as are African-American political statements by Betye Saar, Glenn Ligon, and Kara Walker; conceptual games by Vik Muniz and Raymond Pettibon, the strange Surrealism of Bontecou and Kusama, and the poignant storytelling of Kiki Smith.

• Nov 27, 2007 – Jan 20, 2008
• John A. and Helen P. Becker Gallery

• Oct 14, 2007 – Jan 20, 2008
• Focus Gallery

In the only solo exhibition of the reopening program, artist and ’74 alumnus Stephen Hannock’s gift of a large painting conceived for the Museum of Art will be accompanied by other small works. Hannock’s dramatic neo-Luminist paintings have been featured in numerous national publications and museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. 

• Oct 14, 2007 – Feb 03, 2008
• Center Gallery

By juxtaposing ancient Chinese scrolls and prints with contemporary Chinese photography, prints, and mixed media works, this show illuminates the tangible link between past and present. 

• Jan 19, 2008 – Jun 08, 2008
• Boyd Gallery

The American Scene: Part II thematically focuses on the development of modern American identity and aesthetic vision through the Museum’s impressive holdings of American art. This exhibition will include work by Albert Bierstadt, Cecilia Beaux, Robert Henri, John Sloan,William and Marguerite Zorach, and others.

• May 01, 2008 – Jun 01, 2008
• Zuckert Seminar Room

An exhibition curated by the students of Art History 216, “The Early Modern Printed Image.”  In the period between 1400 and 1700, European artists developed and perfected a variety of printmaking techniques, ranging from woodcuts to engravings and etchings. 

• Mar 04, 2008 – Apr 27, 2008
• John A. and Helen P. Becker Gallery

From the conditions of individual bodies social scientists can gain rich understandings about the dynamics of the body politic. In this exhibition works of art can be conceived of as documents of physical and social experiences.

• Feb 06, 2008 – Jun 01, 2008
• Center Gallery

Great Graphics II is continuation of the fall 2007 inaugural exhibition, Great Graphics: Prints & Drawings 1470-1970.  In this selection,  guest curator David P. Becker showcases the Museum's collection of prints since 1970.

• Mar 18, 2008 – Jun 22, 2008
• Focus Gallery

Reflective of the Museum of Art’s mission to promote understanding and access to non-Western art,  Glimpses into the Floating World:  The History of Ukiyo-E will showcase the Museum’s varied holdings of Japanese works on paper.

• Jan 22, 2008 – Mar 02, 2008
• John A. and Helen P. Becker Gallery

Lawn Boy Meets Valley Girl: Gender in the Suburbs addresses issues of urbanization, suburbanization, and the changing gender and social roles prompted by the mass expansion and development that occurred in mid-twentieth-century America.

• Jun 11, 2008 – Jun 29, 2008
• John A. and Helen P. Becker Gallery
• Center Gallery

This exhibition will feature approximately 60 entries to the Maine chapter of the American Institite of Achitects' competition.   

• Apr 15, 2008 – Jun 08, 2008
• Media Gallery

Moving Landscapes features two canonical short films: Fog Line (1970) by Larry Gottheim and Sky Blue Water Light Sign (1972) by JJ Murphy. These two works are inspired equally by nineteenth-century American landscape painting and by early cinema.

• Jan 09, 2008 – Apr 13, 2008
• Media Gallery

Six works by Patty Chang, a New York-based performance and media artist, will be featured in the Museum of Art’s new Media Gallery. Chang’s works are characterized by the bold, outrageous and yet subtle use of her own body to test the borders of flesh and the body.

• Jan 22, 2008 – Mar 06, 2008
• Focus Gallery

The photographs in this exhibition, ranging from the 1860s to 1990, show complex portrayals of individuals from all walks of life. Artists range from Nadar, Thomas Eakins, and Gertrude Kasebier to Todd Webb, Louise Dahl-Wolf, and Harry Callahan. The Museum of Art is dedicating this exhibition to the memory of our friend and collaborator Ruth Bartlett. A “people person” if there ever was one, her cheerful presence and creative assistance with the Museum’s multiple technology challenges will be deeply missed. Ruth's enthusiasm and positive thinking helped us over many potentially rough and fractious patches as if we were all embarked on a great adventure.”

• Apr 29, 2008 – Jun 01, 2008
• John A. and Helen P. Becker Gallery

Examines photography’s complex relationship to human vision. What can the camera reveal that the eye literally cannot see?