2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial
April 7 through June 5, 2011
The Portland Museum of Art Biennial showcases the best in today’s art world by artists associated with Maine, from digital video to painting, installation to photography, sculpture to prints, and more. This exhibition will feature 65 works by 47 artists. As a series, the Biennial exhibitions create a visual record of Maine’s evolving contemporary art scene and testify to the profound influence that the landscape, traditions, and people of Maine continue to have on living artists. Maine has nurtured artists for centuries, and its influence reaches far beyond its borders; although the majority of Biennial artists are residents, a number are part-time residents or recent graduates of Maine’s many prestigious art programs. This blending of influences and experiences enriches the state’s artistic community and helps to define its art scene as one that benefits from a diversity of traditions both established and new.
The 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial is made possible by the William E. and Helen E. Thon Endowment Fund, with corporate support from Norton Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. Media support is provided by the Portland Phoenix.
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European Drawings at the Portland Museum of Art
March 26 through May 22, 2011
Featuring approximately 30 drawings from the Museum’s European collection, this exhibition will highlight masterworks by the finest draughtsmen of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. From portraits and figure studies to landscapes and architectural studies, the exhibition will showcase work by artists such as Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Honoré Daumier, George Grosz, Edward Lear, and Samuel Prout. This exhibition is part of Where to Draw the Line: The Maine Drawing Project, a statewide collaboration of 20 arts organizations that will present exhibitions dedicated to the medium of drawing in 2011.
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The Lay of the Land: A Celebration of Art Acquired by the Friends of the Collection (1983-2010)
January 15 through May 8, 2011
The Friends of the Collection was established in 1983 when the Museum opened the Charles Shipman Payson Building in order to enrich the permanent collection. Featuring approximately 30 works, this exhibition focuses on the art acquired with the generosity of the Friends of the Collection. The exhibition features landscapes in particular and includes paintings, watercolors, and prints by a diverse group of artists such as Harrison Bird Brown, Charles Codman, John Calvin Stevens, Robert Henri, Will Barnet, and Waldo Peirce. Thanks to the Friends, the Museum has been able to acquire more than 160 works of art—a testament to how crucial the group has been and continues to be to the Museum.
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William Pope.L piece in Third Floor Gallery
Through December 31, 2010
Credit line:
William Pope.L
United States, born 1955
MAYBE, 2009–2010
MDF board, sardine cans, plastic bag, cardboard box, nails, electrical extension cord, paint, graphite
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Maine Sardines - Goodbye to All That.pdf
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The Last Cannery Slideshow
Review of the work in the Portland Phoenix