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Félix de la Concha, Molly Bode, Dartmouth College Student Assembly President, oil on linen. Collection of artist. On view in the exhibition Félix de la Concha: Private Portraits/Public Conversations.
Unknown artist, Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, Tapis Raja Medal (detail), woven in silk and cotton and embellished with gold-wrapped thread, silk floss, wool, gold wire, and sequins. Lister Family Collection. Photo © 2004 by John Bigelow Taylor. On view in the exhibition Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity.
Honore Victorin Daumier, Mr. Daumier, your series . . . is . . . charming . . . (Monsieur Daumier, votre serie . . . est . . . charmante . . . ), plate 78 from the series Caricaturana (Robert Macaire), 1838, handcolored lithograph on wove paper. Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund; PR.2000.39.1. On view in the exhibition France in Transformation.
Ganessa Bryant, Point Basket, 2008, brown ash and sweetgrass. Purchased through the Alvin and Mary Bert Gutman '40 Acquisitions Fund; 2008.46. Photo by Jeffrey Nintzel. On view in the exhibition Spirit of the Basket Tree.
The exhibitions program of the Hood Museum of Art represents one of the most important means by which the museum fulfills its primary mission: to foster a greater appreciation of the visual arts as a medium for the expression of ideas and cultural values. The exhibitions presented by the museum are intended to contribute to scholarship in art history and related disciplines and to offer insight into the artistic production of many different historical periods and cultures. In addition to ongoing displays from its permanent collection, the museum also presents approximately eight special exhibitions each year, covering a broad range of topics, and two teaching exhibitions each academic term. Organized in conjunction with Dartmouth College courses, these exhibitions are intended to facilitate the curricular use of the museum's collections.
April 4 through September 27, 2009
The Hood continues its series of major public art projects with an exhibition at the museum and in Baker Library exploring issues of conflict and reconciliation, the theme of the Dartmouth Centers Forum for 2008-10, in the lives of residents of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley communities. During the fall of 2008, the museum commissioned fifty-one portraits by Spanish painter Félix de la Concha. While painting the sitters, the artist conducted conversations with them about conflicts they have experienced, audio-and videotaping each session.
Generously supported by gifts from Constance and Walter Burke, Class of 1944, and Yoko Otani Homma and Shunichi Homma M.D., Class of 1977.
April 11 through August 31, 2009
Hand-woven from cotton and silk threads, colored with ancestral dye recipes, embellished with gold- and silver-wrapped threads, embroidered with silk or pineapple-fiber threads, appliquéd with mirrors and mica, these ornate tube dresses were created by elite women of Lampung, South Sumatra. The product of a culture located between the two maritime routes between East and West Asia, these sumptuous garments communicate a family's global contacts, social station, and clan identity. Guest curated by Dr. Mary-Louise Totton, assistant professor of art history at Western Michigan University, the exhibition combines selected tapis from the Stephen A. Lister Family Collection with contextual archival photographs.
Generously supported by the Evelyn A. J. Hall Fund and the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund.
April 25 through August 24, 2009
One of the most witty and adept caricaturists of all time, Honoré Daumier created a body of social and political cartoons that continues to resonate today. The Hood Museum of Art’s collection offers a rich overview of Daumier’s career as a graphic artist, presenting a picture of France at a time in the mid-nineteenth century when cultural and societal changes were ushering in a new era of modernity.
Generously supported by the Frank L. Harrington 1924 Exhibition Fund.
December 20, 2008, through June 28, 2009
Spirit of the Basket Tree: Wabanaki Ash Splint Baskets from Maine, guest curated by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune, focuses on the rich visual dialogue between contemporary Wabanaki basket artists of Maine and the legacy of Native American basket making in northern New England and southeastern Canada. Originally created for indigenous use, baskets emerged as valued items of trade with European settlers during the colonial era. They have remained at the center of cultural exchanges between Wabanaki people and Americans of non-native descent up to the present day, serving to solidify cultural identity, perpetuate intergenerational continuity, and symbolize political sovereignty for Wabanaki tribal members through the centuries. Jennifer Sapiel Neptune, a basket maker herself and a co-manager of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA), also has written an essay for the gallery brochure that accompanies the exhibition.
Generously supported by the Frank L. Harrington 1924 Exhibition Fund.
Ongoing
At the entrance to the museum
A Space for Dialogue is a unique opportunity within Dartmouth's senior internship program, which includes museum positions in curatorial, public relations, and educational work. Interns choose objects from the Hood's permanent collection, write descriptions of the objects, design a space, create a brochure, and conduct a public gallery presentation. The program also allows students to develop art projects and displays within the Hood Museum of Art and on the Dartmouth College campus, creating "spaces for dialogue" between works of art and their viewers.
A Space for Dialogue, founded with support from the Class of 1948, is made possible with generous endowments from the Class of 1967 and the Bonnie and Richard Reiss Jr. '66 Education Access Fund.
Ongoing
Baker Library, Reserve Corridor
The Epic of American Civilization is an extensive mural painting created by Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco between 1932 and 1934. The mural is composed of twenty-four distinct panels depicting the history of the Americas from the Aztec migration into Mexico to the industrialization of modern society. Located in the reserve corridor of Baker Library, these scenes cover nearly 3,200 square feet of wall space. The Epic of American Civilization is not only one of Orozco's finest creations as well as one of Dartmouth's most treasured collections, but is, additionally, considered among the most exemplemary works of mural painting in the nation.
