Word: exhibit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Label Show" is not the part of the MFA to visit when you're suffering from museum fatigue; it really makes you work, both physically and mentally. The exhibit deals with three questions: what art is; how art mirrors the time in which it is created; and how museums deal with contemporary art, which often seems to defy established categories...
Although the show concentrates on the faults and foibles of the art world, it suggests the actual works of art should take equal prominence. The exhibit forces the viewer to interact directly with the art-- and makes the process varied and worthwhile. All but one work (a Donatello relief) is contemporary, but the range is still incredible, Every conceivable medium is represented, as well as work by both relatively unknown and famous artists (a Mapplethorpe photograph and a Warhol Oxidation Painting--urine on canvas--are two notable examples...
...condition of being an object, and in between the four major "moments" there lies "fetishism, aura, measurement, and embellishment." This might seem like a lot to swallow on a leisurely visit to the Fogg to check out some paintings, and the preponderence of jargon in a visual exhibit is certainly a turn-off, but Dilnot's choice to include these guides (the "four moments" are writ large on the walls of the gallery) is actually very helpful. They provide a very specific context for the objects, and without them it might be more difficult to prove, as it seems...
Students whose reading levels are two years below those of their peers are often classified as dyslexic. Yet despite this disorder, dyslexics exhibit average to above average intelligence. Brilliant luminaries such as Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Thomas Edison, Agatha Christie and Woodrow Wilson are believed to have been dyslexic...
...This exhibit does more than chronicle the artist's career; it leaves the viewer with a clear idea of the artistic process Frankethaler undertakes with each print. The show demonstrates that process by placing working proofs of a print next to the finished product. Informative labelling explains the relationship between the stages, showing how the proof led Frankethaler to the final piece. The exhibit also illustrates the parallel between the artist's prints and her paintings, giving the viewer an idea of Frankenthaler's career as a whole and showing how her work in different media is inspired...