Previous Exhibitions
 

2010

Exhibitions are listed in reverse chronological order by opening date.

 

 


njcrafts_winterselise_thumbNJ Arts Annual Craft: Make Me Something Beautiful 

June 16 through August 8, 2010

Ninety-seven objects by forty-nine artists highlighting the works of New Jersey’s visual artists and craftspeople. This exhibition commemorates the Museum's centennial anniversary.  The event, held annually at one of six sponsoring museums, is part of a unique exhibition program.







fullimage_zunigaIndigenismo
June 16 through August 8, 2010

The Newark Museum marks the centennial celebration of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) with this exhibition of works from the Bank of America Collection Arts in our Communities Program.






 


/assets/0/64/658/660/a48801e9-329d-46cb-9b48-713de914a547.jpgConstructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America  

February 17 through May 23, 2010

Constructive Spirit investigates the formative geometric abstract art movements of Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.  This exhibition is the first to explore the conceptual connections and exchanges that existed between artists in the Americas.  Featured are more than 90 paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, drawings and films.









/assets/0/64/658/664/6bb5a3ea-baf7-4506-b24a-95a731e59419.jpgBLACKOUT: A Centennial Commission by Paul Henry Ramirez 

February 17 through May 23, 2010

This site-specific installation allows viewers to experience painting as an environment that one can enter.  Using the Museum's Charles Engelhard Court as his canvas, Ramirez employs his signature curvaceous biomorphic forms amidst a profusion of pop-inspired colors in dialogue withe the Court's distinctive Beaux-Arts architecture.