Quest for Fire Studios
January 27–March 22, 2012
Community Gallery
The artists of Quest for Fire Studios, inspired by the Small Worlds exhibition, create works related to scale and perception based on their own unique worlds. Viewers will feel both large and small in relation to these objects in a variety of media. Some artists will show other work as well. Current and relevant, the work of these active local artists always makes for a dynamic exhibition. Installed by guest artists Jerry Gray and Kerry Krow. Free opening reception January 27 from 7–10 P.M. Families welcome.
European Expressionist and Cubist Works on Paper
December 2. 2011–March 11, 2012
Gallery 18
The early 20th century was a period of great innovation in style and graphic technique and in the exploration of new subjects, ranging from modern society to poetic fantasies and highly personal allegories of human existence. Drawn from the TMA collection, this exhibition features prints, illustrated books, and drawings from France and Germany in the first decades of the 20th century and includes work by Picasso, Matisse, Kollwitz, Kirchner, Kandinsky, and others who emerged or came to maturity during this time. Organized by art history students at the University of Toledo. Free admission.
Small Worlds
November 18, 2011–March 25, 2012
Canaday Gallery
Small Worlds brings together intricate, charming, disquieting, and thoughtful artwork on the smallest of scales, although some of the resulting works aren’t small at all. Each of the engaging works in this free exhibition creates an intimate space or environment, and shows scenes which are familiar but perhaps slightly askew. Five contemporary artists present more than 40 “small worlds” rendered via relief paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photos. The in-depth exhibition also features video and live installations, interactive components, and a 65-square-foot, fully-functional house. Some of the compositions have been created specifically for Small Worlds, showing—and in some cases incorporating—facets of the Toledo Museum of Art and its environs. IMAGE: Gregory Euclide. Capture #9. Acrylic, buckthorn root, cedar needles, foam, grass, paint can, sedum, sponge 47 x 24 x 17 in. (119.4 x 61 x 43.2 cm) 2009. Courtesy of the artist and David B. Smith Gallery © Gregory Euclide, 2011
Storytelling in Miniature
October 7, 2011–March 4, 2012
Works on Paper Galleries
Approximately 140 miniature engravings and prints from the Renaissance through modern and contemporary eras from the Toledo Museum of Art collection are featured in this companion exhibition to Small Worlds. Several 16th-century printmakers specialized in producing very small engravings—so small in fact that a magnifying glass is required to appreciate them fully. Georg Pencz, Heinrich Aldegrever, Albrecht Altdorfer, and Hans Sebald Beham rendered detailed images of mythological and Old Testament stories. Also featured are small works by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Charles Meryon, and others. Companion digital catalogue available when exhibition opens. IMAGE: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) Lady on Horseback and Lansquenet (detail). Engraving, 1496. Museum purchase, 1943.28
