Upcoming Exhibits

UPCOMING EXHIBITS

phil 2 Photo/Realism:
From the Permanent Collection
June 18 through September 7, 2008
American artists and art patrons have always had a fascination for realism. This exhibition spans realist trends in painting, photography and printmaking from the 18th to the 21st centuries. Among the artists are: Steven Assael, Mary Borgman, John Linton Chapman, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Robert Gates, Todd Hido, Joseph Hirsch, Edward Hopper, Eastman Johnson, Brittain McJunkin, Rubens Peale, Lilla Cabot Perry, Philip Pearlstein, Levi Prentice, John Sloan and William Sonntag.

Image Credit:
Chuck Close
Phil II
hand-made paper, ed. 11/15
1987 Purchase funded by
The Collectors Club

Clarence Sinclaire Bull, Greta Garbo, ca. 1931, Gelatin Silver print, courtesy of George Eastman House The Best of Photography and Film
from the George Eastman House Collection
July 5 through September 14, 2008
Organized by the George Eastman House
Reception: July 17, 6 to 8 pm, free and open to the public

This comprehensive exhibition of more than 200 images will take visitors on a journey through the history of photography and film, beginning with William Henry Fox Talbot’s 1845 salted paper print of lace to Jeff Mermelstein’s 9/11 photo of the Statue of Liberty. From the Eastman House’s world renowned photography collection, The Best of Photography and Film includes iconic images such as Mathew Brady’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the first photograph of lightning by William Jennings, Alfred Stieglitz’s The Steerage, Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother, Edward Weston’s Pepper No. 30, and Ansel Adam’s Moonrise Hernandez.

Representing motion pictures are film clips such as Peter Pan (1924), The Lost Horizon (1925), The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and The Fall of the House of Usher (1928); thirty celebrity portraits of legends such as Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy and James Stewart; and a timeline of the career of Buster Keaton. The exhibition is organized by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, NY.

Image Credit:
Clarence Sinclaire Bull (American, 1895-1979)
Greta Garbo, ca. 1931
Gelatin silver print
Courtesy of George Eastman House

Downtown Charleston ArtWalk
The ArtWalk showcases Charleston’s thriving art scene presenting the best of local, regional and nationally recognized artists. Join us at the Center for free public receptions in the art gallery from 5 — 9 pm on Thursday, July 17.
Sponsored by: The Collectors Club

Autobiographies: Six West Virginia Artists
September 27 through November 16, 2008
Charleston and Huntington area artists – Peter Massing, Robin McClintock, Mark Tobin Moore, Eric Pardue, Emily Ritchey, and Claire Sherwood – create works that reflect their concerns, artistic influences, affinities to certain materials or forms, and personal histories.

Image Credit:
Mark Tobin Moore
Archives Painting #2, 2008
Mixed Media on BFK paper
18"x 24"

Close to Home: West Virginia Artists from the Permanent Collection
September 10, 2008 through January 4, 2009
The Clay Center’s permanent collection includes more than 100 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures by West Virginia artists. This exhibition presents a selection of modern and contemporary works from those holdings. Among the artists are: Paula Clendenin, Harold Edwards, James Gibson, Charles Hamilton, Vernon Howell, David Jeffrey, June Kilgore, Blanche Lazzell, Susan Petryszak, Lee Savage, Grace Martin Taylor and Lyn Wyatt.

Image Credit:
Blanche Lazzell
Abstraction
mixed media on paper
1989 Purchase funded by
The Collectors Club

Downtown Charleston ArtWalk

The ArtWalk showcases Charleston’s thriving art scene presenting the best of local, regional and nationally recognized artists. Join us at the Center for free public receptions in the art gallery from 5 — 9 pm on Thursdays, November 28 and December 18.
Sponsored by: The Collectors Club