at the National Gallery..free.
Sept. 16-Jan 21st
This is the first comprehensive survey of Edward Hopper's career to be seen in American museums outside New York in more than 25 years. Focusing on the period of the artist's great achievementsâ??from about 1925 to midcenturyâ??the exhibition will feature such iconic paintings as Automat (1927), Drug Store (1927), Early Sunday Morning (1930), New York Movie (1939), and Nighthawks (1942).
Edward Hopper's classic works captured the realities of urban and rural American life with a poignancy and beauty that have placed them among the most enduring and popular images of the 20th century. This exhibition of about 48 oil paintings, 34 watercolors, and 12 prints will reveal Hopper (1882â??1967) as a creator of compelling images who produced remarkably subtle and painterly effects in both oil and watercolor. It will also examine how his images were seen in his own time.
There is also this exhibit, that seems awesome.
10-28 through 3-30
Drawn from more than 400 prints by Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925) that are a key component of the National Gallery of Art's collection of contemporary works on paper, the exhibition features approximately 60 examples from all periods of the artist's work in print media. It chronologically reviews the development of Rauschenberg's prints, from intimate, brushy lithographs studded with black-and-white media images to larger color impressions that combine sophisticated print processes. The artist has included new techniques such as digital imaging and experimented with unconventional papers, cardboard, fabric, and plastic. Similar to Rauschenberg's widely known "Combines," the prints appropriate the commonplace through his integration of images from newspapers, magazines, and his own photographs. Perhaps even more than his other works, Rauschenberg's prints celebrate unpredictability, created in a collaborative setting and cultivating possibilities in print technique.
