| Date(s): Tuesday, February 17, 2009 to Sunday, August 23, 2009 |
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UPSTAIRS/DOWNSTAIRS
In a creative blend of yesterday and today, CARL OSTENDARP was offered the chance to investigate storage items from the permanent collection at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, 224 Benefit Street, Providence, in order to blend them with the mural installation that comprises his “Pulled Up” exhibit. Ostendarp is known for his declarative paintings “that respond to and take off from the history of late Modernist art,” with “biomorphic forms, words, or images, and flat color that merges Pop, Color Field, and Minimalism into a profoundly deadpan but witty language of its own,” according to his host. He came out of the East Side cellar with pieces by Odilon Redon, Jean Arp, Joan Miró, Adolph Gottlieb, Barnett Newman, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, John Wesley, Ed Ruscha, and others. See how his show is affected by all the history. “Pulled Up” runs through August 23 | 401.454.6500 | risdmuseum.org
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The Lowdown |
The RISD Museum features an impressive collection of more than 80,000 artworks from all over the world in a variety of media, with a focus on Asian art, textiles, and paintings. Ongoing exhibits include a look at Ancient Roman sculpture and architecture. The Pendeton House, newly refurbished, is an appendage of the main museum, and specializes in the exhibition of decorative arts, such as French wallpaper and Chinese export porcelain. Open Tues-Sat from 10 am-5 pm, and on the third Thurs of the month until 9 am. Admission $8 adults, $5 seniors, $3 college students, $2 children 5-18. Free every Sun from 10 am-1 pm, from 5-9 pm on the third Thurs of each month, on Fri from noon-1:30 pm, and the on last Sat of the month. Got that?
THROUGH OCT 8 RISD Collaborations: Contemporary Prints by Visiting Artists, 1991-2006
THROUGH OCT 15 An-My L: Small Wars
THROUGH OCT 15 Razzle Dazzle: The Language of Ornament in Asian Costume and Textiles
THROUGH OCT 29 Videos in Progress presents: Wunderground Video Mix
THROUGH NOV 26 A Process of Protest: Prints and Drawings of K the Kollwitz
THROUGH MARCH 4, 2007 Re-viewing The 20th Century
THROUGH JAN 7, 2007 Wunderground: Providence, 1995 to the Present
THROUGH JAN 14, 2007 Expanding the Surface: Multiple-Panel Prints in Edo-Period Japan
THROUGH FEB 11, 2007 Turn Left at the Camel: A Curators Tale of Uzbekistan
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Getting There |
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No |
| Cross Street: |
Waterman St. |
| Handicap Accessible: |
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