Reinstallations of Toledo Museum of Art’s modern and contemporary galleries
In the lead-up to the Toledo Museum of Art’s major reinstallation, the following reinstalls of the current modern and contemporary galleries serve as exploratory experiments aligned with TMA’s institutional mission to broaden art historical narratives. As an exercise in re-contextualizing the collection, along with an outdoor installation in the sculpture garden, the galleries integrate media, contexts, and temporalities as well as feature new acquisitions and works that have never been on view.
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Gallery 6: Kay WalkingStick, Stine Bidstrup, Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Yokoyama Taikan, Morris Louis, Mel Douglas, Adolph Gottlieb, Jeng Jungdian
Gallery 6: (Jeffrey Gibson in adjacent gallery) Stine Bidstrup, Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Jack Butler Yeats, Georgia O'Keeffe, Lyonel Feininger, Kay WalkingStick
Gallery 6: Mel Douglas, Larry Poons, Yves Tanguy, Stine Bidstrup, Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Jack Butler Yeats
Gallery 6: Georgie O'Keefe, Lyonel Feininger, Kay WalkingStick, Stine Bidstrup, Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Yokoyama Taikan, Mel Douglas, Morris Louis
Gallery 10: focused on portraiture, this is intended as a contemplative space, encouraging viewers to slow down. While each work is distinct, these seemingly singular portraits embody the interconnectedness of the individual with the broader contexts and communities in which each function. Artists depicted here: Julie Macdonald, Franz von Stuck, Giorgio de Chirico, Alice Neel, and Elizabeth Catlett
Gallery 10: Gwen Knight, Man Ray, Michael A. Vaccaro, Elizabeth Catlett, various artists inspired by John Ashberr's poem, Hung Liu, Julie Macdonald
Gallery 10: various artists inspired by John Ashberr's poem "Self portrait in a convex mirror," Hung Liu, and Dinh Q. Lê
Gallery 10: Alice Neel, Elizabeth Catlett, Julie Macdonald, Gwen Knight, Man Ray, and Michael A. Vaccaro
Gallery 5 expands the Abstract Expressionist movement and explores its under-recognized progenitors while integrating TMA's renowned but previously siloed glass collection. Artists depicted here: Raymond Parker, Grace Hartigan, Matta, Irene Rice Pereira, Willem de Kooning, Věra Lišková, Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, and Mary Callery
Gallery 5: Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Carl Holty, and Mary Callery
Gallery 5: Carl Holty, Mary Callery, Ilya Bolotowsky, Esphyr Slobodkina, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Věra Lišková, and Gertrude Greene
Gallery 5: Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Raymond Parker, Grace Hartigan, and Matta
Gallery 8: Jamie Nares, "Street" (video). While the museum currently has a small time-based media collection, it is imperative to incorporate different forms of media, texture, dimension, and durationality punctuated throughout TMA's object-focused galleries.
Gallery 4: thematic display exploring the topographic, environmental and bodily, and their intersections. Artists depicted here: Thornton Dial, Jr., Marisol, April Surgent, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Wendy Red Star
Gallery 4: April Surgent, Wendy Red Star, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, Kikuo Saito, and Nadège Desgenétez
Gallery 4: Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Kikuo Saito, Nadège Desgenétez, Kiki Smith, and Marisol
Gallery 4: Kay WalkingStick (long-term loan), Marisol, and Maya Lin
Gallery 18: Nicole Chesney, "Luceo," and Takashi Ishida, "Wall of the Sea" (video)