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4/10/2003

Two exhibitions

Hudson River Museum, Yonkers

Imaging the River
Historical Views and Contemporary Visions

Celebrates the Hudson River as an inspiration for artists in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The works in the exhibition reflect the dramatic transformation in the way we view the river historically, culturally and aesthetically, documenting our on-going relationship with the Hudson. In the 19th century, the Hudson River School painters proposed an idealistic vision of man and nature living harmoniously in a landscape of unparalled virgin beauty. This became one of the central myths about the infinite promise of an expanding America, myths that artists helped to create and perpetuate.

In the last 50 years artists have taken a more critical and nuanced view of the River. While some continue to find it a source of contemplative beauty that stirs the imagination, many contemporary artists have reconceived the river, not as the ideal image of beauty, but as the cautionary image of the conflict between industrial society and nature.

The exhibition will first examine the romantic notion of the river, using paintings, drawings, and postcards from the museum's permanent collection. Contemporary works including installations, photography, painting, sculpture and video capture the sense of the river in today's culture. They reflect how the river has changed and how it continues to change. They capture both the degradation of the river and some of its more recent reclamation due to a better understanding of the impact of industry and development.

Many of the contemporary artists featured in this exhibition will draw upon the museum's permanent collection and its location on the banks of the river to make new work. Imaging the River will project the Hudson's presence as both a natural wonder and grand vehicle for artistic expression.

Colin Barclay
Alison Moritsugu
Bob Braine
Raquel Rabinovich
Jaime Davidovich
Renata Rainer
Dan Ford
Aviva Rahmani
Larry Frankel
Alexis Rockman
Sandy Gellis
Ann Rosenthal and Janice Gordon
Steffi Domike
Helen and Newton Harrison
Rosalind Schneider
Maxine Henryson
Buster Simpson
Basia Irland
Roy Staab
Susan Jennings
Jason Walz
Alan Michelson
Timothy White
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Joseph Cornell:
Thinking Inside the Box

Joseph Cornell was a pioneer of assemblage and mixed-media constructions of found objects. This year marks the centennial of his birth in Nyack. In celebration, Cornell's works from the museum collection are on view in Glenview. The museum owns two boxes and two collages by Cornell as well as a watercolor and a facsimile drawing by Cornell's younger brother, Robert.

Cornell made his box constructions from the 1930s through the early 1960s. Filled with images and fragments of text, they reflect his deep personal interests in Renaissance art, literature, astronomy, music, ballet, European travel, and Victorian games. The museum's boxes are part of two Cornell series from the 1950s. The Hotel series boxes are sparse with white interiors in peeling layers to suggest age. Cornell's later boxes can be grouped into several series, in which a main theme is developed among many layers and nuances of visual and textual reference. Like most of his work, specific meanings remain elusive, as if they are symbolist image poems.

Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10701 US
914-963-4550

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