Traveling Exhibitions
Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century
Exhibition tour
Frist Art Museum: June 22–September 16, 2018
Chrysler Museum: November 15, 2018–April 28, 2019
Available: May 24–September 8, 2019
Exhibition contents
Chaos and Awe presents paintings that relate to a contemporary version of the sublime, capturing sensations of disturbance, curiosity, and wonder at the ineffable forces that shape and disrupt society. The exhibition will feature approximately fifty paintings by an international array of established and emerging artists.
Interpretive materials
Fully illustrated exhibition catalogue, with an introductory essay by Mark Scala and chapters by artists Simon Morley and Matthew Ritchie and art historian/critic Media Farzin. Wall texts, chat labels, and gallery guide.
Space requirements
8,000–10,000 square-foot gallery with wall height of at least 15 feet.
Organizer
Mark Scala, chief curator, Frist Art Museum
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615.744.3336
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Image: Wangechi Mutu (b. 1972, Nairobi; based in Brooklyn). Funkalicious fruit field, 2007. Ink, paint, mixed media, and plastic pearls on Mylar, 92 1/8 x 106 in. Collection of Glenn Scott Wright, London. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London. © Wangechi Mutu
Nick Cave: Feat.
Exhibition tour
Frist Art Museum: November 10, 2017–
June 24, 2018
Orlando Museum of Art: September 15–December 31, 2018
Akron Art Museum: February 16–June 2, 2019
Reserved: June 29–September 22, 2019
Mississippi Museum of Art: October 24, 2019–February 16, 2020
Exhibition contents
A selection of 10 soundsuits, projected video, graphic mural, wall-mounted sculptures, and large, multi-media installation piece
Publication
A limited-edition, alternative format artist “tapestry” with a curatorial essay and reflections from past collaborators and community members.
Interpretive materials
Wall texts, labels, and gallery guide (supplied digitally)
Space requirements
Approximately 6,000 square feet or 600 lineal feet
Participation Fee
Available upon request
Organizer
Katie Delmez, curator, Frist Art Museum
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Image: Nick Cave: Feat. installation view, photo by John Schweikert
American Ballads:
The Photographs of Marty Stuart
Exhibition tour
Frist Art Museum: May 9–November 2, 2014
Morris Museum of Art: September 8–November 27, 2016
Haggin Museum: September 21–November 19, 2017
Booth Western Art Museum: July 7–November 18, 2018
Available
Birthplace of Country Music Museum: August 1, 2019–
January 30, 2020
Available
Exhibition contents
84 black and white photographs by Marty Stuart from three bodies of work: The Masters, Blue Line Hotshots, and Badlands
Publication
Hardcover book with 80 plate illustrations co-published by Vanderbilt University Press with an introduction by Marty Stuart and a scholar essay by photography historian and Frist Art Museum executive director and CEO Dr. Susan H. Edwards
Interpretive materials
Wall text and label digital copy; gallery guide digital file
Space requirements
Approximately 2,000 square feet or 200 lineal feet
Participation Fee
Available upon request
Organizer
Katie Delmez, curator, Frist Art Museum
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 615.744.3245
Image: Marty Stuart. John R. Cash, Last Portrait, September 8, 2003, 2003. Archival pigment print. © Marty Stuart
Slavery, the Prison Industrial Complex:
Photographs by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick
Exhibition tour
Frist Art Museum: February 23–May 28, 2018
Art + Practice, LA: September 22, 2018–January 5, 2019
Hilliard Art Museum at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette: February 8–May 18, 2019
Baltimore Museum of Art: June 16–October 27, 2019
Available through 2020.
Exhibition contents
Approximately 25 black-and-white photographs and 2 videos documenting life in Angola, a maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana, made by New Orleans natives Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick, and 1 wooden bench carved by exonerated inmate Henry James
Publication
Hardcover book published by Lucia|Marquand with 70 plates, a foreword by Dr. Deborah Willis, chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, a career overview by photography historian Dr. Susan H. Edwards, and an essay placing the images of Slavery, the Prison Industrial Complex in the context of other prison photographs by Dr. Makeda Best, Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography, Harvard Art Museums
Interpretive materials
Wall texts, labels, and gallery guide (supplied digitally)
Space requirements
Approximately 2,000 square feet or 200 lineal feet
Participation Fee
Available upon request (includes 10 copies of the publication, additional copies available at a discount)
Organizers
Susan H. Edwards, PhD, Executive Director and CEO
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 615.744.3328
Katie Delmez, Curator
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Image: Keith Calhoun. TWO TO A SIX-BY-EIGHT-FOOT CELL AT ANGOLA PRISON, 1980. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist. © Keith Calhoun