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Jubilation | Rumination: Life, Real and Imagined
Two Lincoln Square
(Columbus Avenue at 66th Street)
New York, NY 10023
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Tues, Jan 17, 2012 – Sun, Sept 2, 2012Hours
Tues – Sat: 12 pm – 7:30 pmSun: 12 pm – 6 pm
Dreams often have an air of reality, and reality can sometimes have a dream-like quality. This provocative tension exists between the experiential nature of early American folk art and the fantastical imagery it often displays—between what is real and what is imagined. Paintings, photographs and drawings are part of this exhibition that looks at the American psyche.
Contemplate the culture and memory-driven gestures of Martín Ramírez, the impressionistic 19th-century portraits by Dr. and Mrs. Shute, and minimalist mid-20th-century soot drawings by James Castle and enjoy the permeable fluidity between art and imagination, dream and belief.
- Directions: Subway: 1 to 66th Street - Lincoln Center
About this Organization
American Folk Art MuseumHaving sold its building on West 53rd Street to the Museum of Modern Art , the museum remains open at Lincoln Square. It celebrates the artistic accomplishments of mostly self-taught artists. The collection spans three centuries of American visual expression, from quilts to contemporary sculpture.
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Ongoing The quilt was conceived and constructed by the small quilt club, Steel Quilters of United States Steel Corporation. The quilt measures eight feet high by 30 feet wide, and is constructed of 3,466 blocks in six panels.