Exhibitions 2012-2013

OLAFUR ELIASSON: The uncertain museum
July 19 – September 30, 2012

Uncertain - Photo by J Caldwell

 

The museum devoted a gallery pavilion to this walk-in sculpture installation, a circular, translucent room. Visitors were encouraged to step inside and cast patterns of projected light and shadows from hanging, mirrored discs. Outside The uncertain museum, visitors observed silhouettes of people moving about inside. The work is part of the Nasher Museum’s permanent collection, purchased with funds provided by Blake Byrne, T’57, Monica M. and Richard D. Segal, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill and Bill and Ruth True. Image: A visitor interact with reflections, shadows and light, as encouraged by the artist.

Video

D.L. Anderson (IndyWeek) created a breathtaking video about The uncertain museum. 

MARK BRADFORD
AUGUST 11 – DECEMBER 9, 2012

Mark Bradford, a star in the contemporary art world, is known for making large-scale collages and installations from signage and salvaged materials, often taken from the streets of South Central Los Angeles where he lives. This installation featured four of his monumental works. Image: Visitors tour an installation of Mark Bradford’s work, including his mixed media work Red Painting, Soccer Ball Bag 4 and Potable Water with Trevor Schoonmaker, Chief Curator and Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art.

Visitors tour an installation of Mark Bradford’s work, including his mixed media work Red Painting, Soccer Ball Bag 4 and Potable Water with Trevor Schoonmaker, Chief Curator and Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art.

Installation behind-the-scenes

TImE CAPSULE, AgE 13 TO 21: The Contemporary Art Collection of Jason Rubell
August 23, 2012 – January 6, 2013
Jason Rubell by J Caldwell
Free Family Day by J Caldwell

Jason Rubell, one of today’s most important collectors, reconstructed his 1991 exhibition of his own collection that constituted his senior thesis project at Duke, at the former Duke University museum of Art. Images: Rubell gestures toward photographs by Thomas Ruff, including a portrait of Rubell as a student. A young visitor takes in Keith Haring’s works on paper.

Audio Guide

Jason Rubell talks about Time Capsule, Age 13 to 21: The Contemporary Art Collection of Jason Rubell.

COLLECTING MATISSE AND MODERN MASTERS: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore
November 4, 2012 – February 10, 2013

Installation photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion

Installation photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion

Wells Fargo NBC-17

Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters told the story of two Victorian-era sisters whose remarkable collection was financed by their brothers’ textile empire in North Carolina in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition featured more than 50 masterpieces by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Pierre- Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Camille Pissarro and others.

Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters was organized by The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Jewish Museum, New York, and the Vancouver Art Gallery.

In Durham, the exhibition was presented in collaboration with the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. At the Nasher Museum of Art, lead foundation support was provided by the Crow Creek Foundation. Lead corporate support was provided by Wells Fargo. The media sponsor was NBC-17. Major support was provided by the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, Marilyn Arthur, Trent Carmichael, Carol O’Brien Associates, Inc., Katherine Thorpe, Office of the President at Duke University, Office of the Provost at Duke University, Frances Rollins, Drs. Victor and Lenore Behar, Christie’s, and Thomas S. Kenan,

III. Additional generous support was provided by the Cemala Foundation, Stefanie and Douglas Kahn, Kelly Braddy Van Winkle and Lance Van Winkle, Graduate Liberal Studies at Duke University, Parker and Otis, Jo and Peter Baer, Pepper and Don Fluke, Mindy and Guy Solie, Carolyn Aaronson, Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin, Clinical Ambassador, Diane Evia-Lanevi and Ingemar Lanevi, Janet Holderness and William Transou, Caroline and Arthur Rogers, Angela O. Terry, Ruth Glesby Wagner, and Jewish Life at Duke. This exhibition was supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Collecting Matisse

Revisit the fascinating story of the Cone sisters and Matisse.

LIGHT SENSITIVE: Photographic Works from North Carolina Collections
February 14 – May 12, 2013
Installation photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion 
WANGECHI MUTU: A FANTASTIC JOURNEY
MARCH 21 – JULY 20, 2013
THE HUMAN POSITION
JUNE 20 – AUGUST 29, 2013
Installation photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion