NEW MEDIA, NEW MILLENNIUM:
DIGITAL ART FROM THE THOMA FOUNDATION HUNTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Chattanooga, TN
Feb. 9 - Apr. 29, 2018
A new exhibition of fifteen works from our collection opens at the Hunter Museum of American Art in early February. Featuring time-based, dynamic, and interactive digital art, New Media, New Millennium surveys the range of contemporary art-making with digital tools: screens, software, and coding. Works by leading digital artists Leo Villarreal, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Jim Campbell will be on view. Thoma Foundation curator Jason Foumberg leads a tour of the exhibition on February 22 from 6:00-7:30 PM.
Image: Daniel Rozin, Selfish Gene Mirror, 2015, video camera, custom software, computer, monitor
SITELab9 R. LUKE DUBOIS:
A MORE PERFECT UNION SITE SANTA FE Jan. 19 - Apr. 4, 2018
Opening at SITE Santa Fe this month, R. Luke DuBois: A More Perfect Union presents new and recent works by the New York-based artist exploring democracy, elections, politics, and demographics. Central to the exhibition is Hindsight is Always 20/20, a work from the Thoma collection. DuBois' 43 letterpress prints synthesize the State of the Union addresses of 41 US presidents, organizing their most frequently used words into the familiar descending format of the Snellen eye chart.
Image: R. Luke DuBois, Hindsight is Always 20/20, 2008, 43 letterpress prints on Somerset paper
NEW ACQUISITION OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY Early 17th century, Peru
The practice of praying with a rosary began in 12th century Europe, when it was said that the Virgin Mary herself had given the first rosary to Saint Dominic of Guzmán with instructions to offer prayers to her. The Thoma Foundation is pleased to have acquired a new Spanish Colonial work portraying this event. The small painting on copper Our Lady of the Rosary with Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena would have been used for private devotion. Read more about the work here!
Image: Unidentified artist, Peru, Our Lady of the Rosary with Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena, early 17th century, oil on copper with gold embellishment added in the 18th century
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE:
ART, IMAGE, STYLE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM Salem, MA
Dec. 16, 2017 - Apr. 1, 2018
The first exhibition to explore the art, image, and personal style of iconic artist Georgia O'Keeffe has traveled from the Brooklyn Museum to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, where it is on view through March. We are delighted to have sponsored the exhibition catalog Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern, a dedication to the artist's modernist aesthetic by curator Wanda M. Corn.
Image: Wanda M. Corn, Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern, New York: Prestel, 2017
IN REAL TIME:
COLLECTING DIGITAL ART ART HOUSE SANTA FE Dec. 1, 2017 - Sep. 15, 2018
In Real Time features newly acquired works from the Thoma digital art collection that use real-time software to autonomously generate virtual simulations. Real-time software allows an artwork to deliver a live, constantly evolving animation of infinite duration that never repeats. On view now at Art House are simulations programmed by John Gerrard, Jason Salavon, and Siebren Versteeg.
Image: Siebren Versteeg, Long Division, 2014, computer-animated algorithm loaded on computer drive, projector
OUR MISSION The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation recognizes the power of the arts to challenge and shift perceptions, spark creativity and connect people across cultures. We lend and exhibit artworks from our collection and support innovative individuals and pivotal initiatives in the arts.
