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You can't miss the distinctive stainless steel and brick building designed by architect Frank Gehry. Step inside to take in the museum's incredible collection featuring early 20th-century American artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe and Marsden Hartley, as well as a diverse selection of contemporary art. With our exciting array of programs and special exhibitions, there is always something interesting to see and do at the Weisman. Free parking in the Weisman parking ramp under the museum (you must bring your Museum Adventure Pass to the front desk for validation).
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No adventures have been submitted - be the first to share your story! Upcoming EventsWeisman Art Museum 2009-2010 Exhibition SeasonReflects "Art and the Everyday"Home videos posted on YouTube. Personal photos shared with the world on Flickr. The widespread appeal of the Do-It-Yourself cable channel. These popular social and cultural trends indicate a pervasive interest in "everyday" life in America. Beginning in fall 2009, the Weisman Art Museum launches a yearlong exploration of the idea of the everyday in art and culture. Artists' focus on the everyday isn't unique to today-a focus on the relationship between art and everyday life has long been a hallmark of American art. For example, in the early 20th century, American painters founded the Ashcan School and depicted the street life of New York City. Later, in the 1960s and 1970s, artists like Robert Rauschenberg and Joseph Beuys questioned the distinctions between art objects and everyday objects. "The status of the art object has, since classical times, been understood as transcendental and separate from common experience," curator Diane Mullin explained. "The moment seems ripe to think about what our definition of everyday life is. Because of a new global culture, our shifting economic situation, our new political realities-how do those forces shape our collective notion of the everyday? WAM as an art museum can look at how artists have thought about this problem. WAM's strength in modern American art makes us uniquely qualified to explore this tangle of the everyday." The trend has resurfaced in recent times. In the 1990s, many artists (among them Pierre Huyghe, Nina Katchadourian, Claude Closky, Tom Friedman, and Sue Webster) emerged with work that indicated a clear interest in the ordinary and quotidian. This interest has spurred critical and historical studies reflecting a fascination with the mundane across the modern era, resulting in recent a spate of scholarly publications such as Johnstone's The Everyday/Documents of Contemporary Art and Casarino and Negri's In Praise of the Common. Recent interest in and reexamination of the largely overlooked aspects of our everyday experience has only been strengthened by the current economic turmoil, with people turning to common pleasures rather than luxury pursuits. Because of the contemporary relevance of this issue, the Weisman has chosen the topic of the everyday as the focus of its 2009-2010 exhibition season. Major Exhibitions 2009-2010:Common Sense: Art and the Quotidian February 6-May 23, 2010 The problem of "the everyday" is central to much of the most enduring and challenging twentieth-century art, design, and craft. This exhibition will feature works from the Weisman collection that reveal how this period engaged, celebrated, and investigated the ideas of the everyday and the common. Works will include Joseph Beuys's Eraser; Warren MacKenzie's functional pottery; the work of American pop artists such as Lichtenstein, Warhol, Rosenquist, Oldenburg, and Dine; works by conceptual artists such as Robert Morris, who used words as a way to bridge the gap between art and reality; and the documentary photography of Walker Evans. Ordinarily Here June 19-September 30, 2010 To close the year-long series, the Weisman will present an exhibition of Minnesota artists whose work addresses the issue of art and everyday life. Artists will include Diane Willow, Vince Leo, and Max Schollette, among others. Programs will include artist tours in the galleries and a WAM Chatter with selected artists moderated by curator Diane Mullin. Other Exhibitions:
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