Detroit Institute of Arts Sculpture Exhibition on View Across Michigan Starting May 22 in St. Joseph
Updated May 31, 2022
May 31, 2022 (DETROIT) - The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) announces today it is co-organizer of a new traveling exhibition, Rethinking Monuments: American Sculptures in its Time, which will go on a statewide tour to three partner Michigan museums from May 22, 2022 - April 9, 2023. Nineteen sculptures drawn from the collections of the four collaborating museums – made between 1850 and 2000 – each present different approaches American artists used to confront the past, shape the present, and hope for a brighter future.
Rethinking Monuments: American Sculptures in its Time will be on view at the collaborating museums Krasl Art Center (St. Joseph, MI) from May 22 – August 28, 2022; the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum (Saginaw, MI) from September 10, 2022, to January 2, 2023, and the Grand Rapids Art Museum (Grand Rapids, MI) from January 13 to April 9, 2023.
The exhibition marks the second in a series of American art exhibitions created through the Art Bridges Initiative, a program which supports multi-year, multi-institutional partnerships among museums nationwide. The DIA received nearly $1 million in support from the initiative to support the two-part exhibition tour across the state of Michigan.
“The DIA’s continued vision is to serve audiences across the state of Michigan through statewide programming,” said Salvador Salort-Pons, DIA Director. “With this support from Art Bridges and the Art Bridges Initiative, we are able to highlight these incredible American Artists and sculptures to a diverse audience throughout the state. We also gain an opportunity to learn from the expertise and experience of other institutions, and to collaborate with them to create exhibitions that address the interests of a range of different audiences.”
Rethinking Monuments: American Sculptures in its Time looks to the past to understand contemporary debates. The sculptures in this exhibition—made between 1850 and 2000—show different approaches American artists used to confront the past, shape the present, and hope for a brighter future. A bronze portrait transforms an American businessman into a Roman emperor. A pyramid of plywood reimagines the form of an ancient wonder. Abstract steel and fiberglass ice cream challenged notions of what a monument could be. Some were made for private commemoration and others for busy city streets.
To learn more about the Rethinking Monuments: American Sculptures in its Times, visit www.dia.org.
May 31, 2022 (DETROIT) - The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) announces today it is co-organizer of a new traveling exhibition, Rethinking Monuments: American Sculptures in its Time, which will go on a statewide tour to three partner Michigan museums from May 22, 2022 - April 9, 2023. Nineteen sculptures drawn from the collections of the four collaborating museums – made between 1850 and 2000 – each present different approaches American artists used to confront the past, shape the present, and hope for a brighter future.
Rethinking Monuments: American Sculptures in its Time will be on view at the collaborating museums Krasl Art Center (St. Joseph, MI) from May 22 – August 28, 2022; the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum (Saginaw, MI) from September 10, 2022, to January 2, 2023, and the Grand Rapids Art Museum (Grand Rapids, MI) from January 13 to April 9, 2023.
The exhibition marks the second in a series of American art exhibitions created through the Art Bridges Initiative, a program which supports multi-year, multi-institutional partnerships among museums nationwide. The DIA received nearly $1 million in support from the initiative to support the two-part exhibition tour across the state of Michigan.
“The DIA’s continued vision is to serve audiences across the state of Michigan through statewide programming,” said Salvador Salort-Pons, DIA Director. “With this support from Art Bridges and the Art Bridges Initiative, we are able to highlight these incredible American Artists and sculptures to a diverse audience throughout the state. We also gain an opportunity to learn from the expertise and experience of other institutions, and to collaborate with them to create exhibitions that address the interests of a range of different audiences.”
Rethinking Monuments: American Sculptures in its Time looks to the past to understand contemporary debates. The sculptures in this exhibition—made between 1850 and 2000—show different approaches American artists used to confront the past, shape the present, and hope for a brighter future. A bronze portrait transforms an American businessman into a Roman emperor. A pyramid of plywood reimagines the form of an ancient wonder. Abstract steel and fiberglass ice cream challenged notions of what a monument could be. Some were made for private commemoration and others for busy city streets.
To learn more about the Rethinking Monuments: American Sculptures in its Times, visit www.dia.org.