WAM to Re-Install Permanent Collection : Image of America

Written by Ralph Watanabe Thursday, 09 December 2010 22:28

WICHITA, KS - For two years, visitors to the Wichita Art Museum have seen A Collective Image of America: Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Wichita Art Museum, including works such as Edward Hopper’s Sunlight on Brownstones and Winslow Homer’s In the Mowing.  The current installation will come down with the new arrangement opening Sunday, August 6.

Though the name of the exhibition remains, the works of art and theme will change.  Now, visitors will be able to explore the look of the American land.  The Louise Caldwell Murdock Gallery will feature representations of rural America and its landscape, while the Elizabeth S. Navas Gallery will exhibit visions of urban America.  The Excel/Cargill Cares Gallery, which links the two galleries, will present art of the American Southwest.

“Together, the art of the three galleries will unite some of the strongest works in the Museum collection and explore a collective image of America based on its diverse physical spaces,” explains Stephen Gleissner, Wichita Art Museum chief curator.

Highlights of the new installation include Charles Sheeler’s Skyline, Edmund L. Davison’s Ufer’s Alley, Walter Ufer’s Hurd House Frieze, Childe Hassam’s Spirit of the Harvest, Edward Hopper’s Conference at Night and John Sloan’s Eve of St. Francis, Sante Fe.

The new installation will remain on view until mid-Spring 2007.

The Wichita Art Museum opened in 1935.  It is home to The Roland P. Murdock Collection, one of the premier collections of American Art in the country.  The Museum is proud to be supported through public and private funds, owned by the City of Wichita and managed by a private entity, Wichita Art Museum, Inc.

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