Exhibition Archives Fall 2000

Visions, Fragments, and Impressions: French 19th-Century Drawings and Bronzes from the Collection of Herbert and Carol Diamond
September 9, 2000–January 14, 2001

This exhibition of drawings and small bronzes brings into focus the many and varied styles practiced by French artists during the nineteenth century. Included are 60 works by major artists such as Paul Delaroche and Edgar Degas, as well as a rich array of drawings by figures today little known. The exhibition also includes 23 small plaster and bronze sculptures by artists such as Rodin, David d'Angers, Charpentier, and Raffaëlli.

Visions, Fragments, and Impressions: French Nineteenth-Century Drawings and Bronzes from the Collection of Herbert and Carol Diamond is made possible by support from the Fellows Fund. General support for the exhibition program at Carnegie Museum of Art is provided by grants from The Heinz Endowments and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

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Lucian Freud: Etchings from the
Paine Webber Art Collection
September 16–November 12, 2000

Lucian Freud: Etchings from the PaineWebber Art Collection, organized by the Yale center for British Art, is made possible by PaineWebber Group Inc. General support for the exhibition program at Carnegie Museum of Art is provided by grants from the Heinz Endowments and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

In the 1940s, Lucian Freud had a short career as a skillful and talented etcher. He turned away from the medium for more than 30 years and became renowned as a realist painter. In 1982, he returned to printmaking, creating portraits and studies of the naked figure that achieved a comparable power and intensity to his paintings while carrying their own special magnetism. The forty-two etchings in this exhibition, which was organized by The Yale Center for British Art, provide an almost complete representation of his work since that time.

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Inside Out: New Perspectives
on the Heinz Architectural
Center's Collection
October 28, 2000–January 21, 2001
Heinz Architectural Center

The re-opening of the newly expanded Heinz Architectural Center offers an opportunity to take a fresh look at the Center's collection of drawings, photographs, models, and rare books. The first collaboration of the Center's new curatorial team, Inside Out will draw unexpected connections among objects in the collection, identify points of thematic continuity and explore recent changes in forms of architectural representation. Recent acquisitions of works by Neil Denari, Michael Graves, Arata Isozaki, Fumihiko Maki, Bernard Tschumi, Lebbeus Woods, and other current practitioners, will be exhibited for the first time.

The programs of Heinz Architectural Center are made possible by the generous support of the Drue Heinz Trust.

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Aluminum by Design:
Jewelry to Jets
October 28, 2000–February 11, 2001

Aluminum first captured the public imagination in the mid-nineteenth century when this then-precious metal was more highly prized than silver and gold. In 1886, following the invention of a process for producing aluminum cheaply using electricity, the price of aluminum dropped dramatically, and the quantities of aluminum produced increased as companies such as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company (later the Aluminum Company of America, now Alcoa) were established. Aluminum was poised to move beyond its limited luxury, novelty, and specialist markets to revolutionize industry and daily life: it was a new material for a new century. This ground-breaking exhibition explores aluminum as a major contributor to shaping twentieth-century culture and society in architecture, design, and industrial applications.

Aluminum by Design: Jewlery to Jets is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Alcoa Foundation .

Significant support has also been provided by Audi of America, Inc.

Additional major support has also been provided by The Roy A. Hunt Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Funding has also been provided by the Anne and George Clapp Charitable Trust, The Grable Foundation, the R. K. Mellon Family Foundation, Perfido Weiskopf Architects, and an anonymous donor.

In-kind contributions have been provided by Bally Design.

Acoustaguide Audio Tour provided by Acoustaguide Corporation.

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Alumi-Nuts: Collectors' Confessions
October 28, 2000–February 11, 2001

This exhibition displays highlights from eight outstanding, private Pennsylvania collections of aluminum decorative and household objects. Its major theme is emphasizing the motivations, passions, and joys of collecting. Some of the collectors, like Dr. Thomas Armour and Clayton Sheasley Jr., sons of important manufacturers of aluminum objects, want to preserve a family heritage. Others have amassed fine collections based on a scholarly and systematic approach to collecting the metal. Still others, like Sherry Kudranski of Plum, Pennsylvania, whose colorful, commonplace collection of anodized aluminum ice cream scoops sparks feelings of familiarity, acquire the objects simply because of the love they have for them.

General support for the exhibition program at Carnegie Museum of Art is provided by grants from The Heinz Endowments and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

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Aluminum in Contemporary Architecture
November 18, 2000–February 4, 2001

Aluminum in Contemporary Architecture will examine the extraordinary range of architectural uses of aluminum in the past two decades. Aluminum is an ideal material for architectural applications because of its light weight, strength, longevity, weather resistance, reflectivity, and recyclability. These qualities have enabled architects to produce innovative solutions to building problems at every scale, from ski huts to corporate headquarters. The exhibition uses architectural drawings, models, and photographs to explore aluminum's great versatility as an architectural material.

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