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Thomas Demand: Animations
November 2 — December 16, 2012
I. M. Pei building and Levitt Auditorium
Thomas Demand (German, born 1964)
Pacific Sun, 2012
Video, 120 sec, stereo (Production Stills)
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Iowa Artists 2012: Print
October 5, 2012 — January 13, 2013
Print and Blank One Galleries
Alison Filley (Iowa City)
Superficial, 2012 (detail)
Screenprint on wall, synthetic raffia
114 x 216 inches
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Untitled (Structures)
September 21, 2012 — January 27, 2013
Anna K. Meredith Gallery
Leslie Hewitt (American, born 1977), Bradford Young (American, born 1977)
Untitled (Structures), 2012; Dual channel video projection, 00:16:47:00
35 mm film transferred to HD video; Produced by Karin Chien.
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The Whole World Was Watching:
Civil Rights-Era Photographs
From The Menil CollectionSeptember 21, 2012 — January 6, 2013
Lower galleries, Richard Meier building
Dan Budnik
March On Washington. Martin Luther King Jr. moments after delivering his "I HAVE A DREAM' speech, Lincoln Memorial, 1963 (Aug. 28) (c) Dan Budnik 1999 The Menil Collection, Houston, gift of Edmund Carpenter and Adelaide de Menil
Photo: © Hester + Hardaway Photographers Fayetteville Texas
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Single-channel 3: Heroic Efforts
August 3 — October 28, 2012
Video gallery, Richard Meier building
Mark Newport (American, born 1964)
Still from Heroic Efforts, 2009
3 minutes 21 seconds
Courtesy of the artist
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Hornet's Nest
Abstract Expressionists on PaperJune 22 — September 23, 2012
Print Gallery
Sam Francis (American, 1923–1994)
Untitled, 1963
Three-color lithograph on paper; 22 1/4 x 30 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections;
Gift of Joel Wachs, 1976.97
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Tony Feher
May 11 — September 2, 2012
Anna K. Meredith Gallery
Tony Feher (American, born 1956).
Sharadiant, 2000
Mop and broom handles: steel, bamboo, paint, and plastic; rope
Approximately 97 inches in diameter, 1 1/4 inches high. © Tony Feher,
courtesy The Pace Gallery and D’Amelio Terras, New York
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Single-channel 3: Standing Here
April 27 — July 29, 2012
Video gallery, Richard Meier building
Kate Gilmore (American, born 1975)
Still from Standing Here, 2010
Mixed media sculpture with video
10 minutes 48 seconds
Courtesy of the artist
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Jackson Pollock: MURAL
April 5 — July 15, 2012
Blank One Gallery
The Des Moines Art Center had the privledge of
exhibiting Jackson Pollock's ground-breaking painting, Mural.
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Delicacies
February 10 — June 17, 2012
Print Gallery
Maria Sybylla Merian (Dutch, born Germany, 1647–1717)
Caligo Butterfly, Wasp & Acenthacae, 1705 (detail)
Engraving with hand-coloring; 12 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches
Des Moines Art Center’s Louise Noun Collection of
Art by Women through Bequest, 2003.335
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Sideshow: Artists and the Circus
February 10 — April 22, 2012
Blank One Gallery
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (American, born Japan, 1889-1953)
Amazing Juggler, 1952 (detail)
Oil on canvas; 65 3/8 x 40 1/8 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections;
Purchased with funds from the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc., 1954.24
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Miguel Angel Rios: Walkabout
February 2 — April 22, 2012
Anna K. Meredith Gallery
Miguel Angel Rios (Argentinian, born 1943)
Untitled #7 (Meta series), 2010
Ink on cut out paper
11 x 14 inches (28 x 35.5 cm)
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Dario Robleto
Survival Does Not Lie In The HeavensSeptember 23, 2011 — January 15, 2012
Anna K. Meredith Gallery
Dario Robleto (American, born 1972)
The Common Denominator Of Existence Is Loss, 2008 (detail)
50,000-year-old extinct cave bear paws, human hand bones, stretched and pulled audio tape of the earliest audio recording of time (experimental clock, 1878), 19th-century mourning ribbon, bocote, shellac, glass
42 ¾ x 47 ½ x 47 ½ inches
Collection of Nancy and Stanley Singer, East Hampton, New York
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Vincent van Gogh
and the Psychology of PortraitureOctober 7, 2011 — February 5, 2012
Blank One Gallery
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)
Portrait of Dr.Gachet (L'Homme à la Pipe), May 25, 1890 (detail)
Etching on paper, 13 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collection; Purchased with funds
from the Mildred M. Bohen Deaccession Fund and from funds given by
Harriet Macomber in Memory of J. Locke Macomber, 2011.4
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Black White Gray Blue
September 23, 2011 — February 5, 2012
Print Gallery
Glen Ligon (American, born 1949)
Untitled, from "Runaways," 1993 (detail)
Lithograph on paper, 16 x 12 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of The Bohen Foundation, New York, 1994.19.1
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Single-channel 2: Keys To Our Heart
January — December 2011
Video gallery, Richard Meier building
Kalup Linzy (American, born 1977)
Keys To Our Heart, 2008
DVD, 24 minutes
Courtesy of the artist
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Iowa Artists 2011: Matt Corones
August 12 — October 2, 2011
Lobby and I. M. Pei windows
Matt Corones
Aqua Night (Saarinen lobby), 2011
Archival ink jet transparency film and ink
15 feet x 21 feet, 3 inches
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Iowa Artists 2011: Matthew Kluber
August 12 — October 2, 2011
Blank One Gallery
Matthew Kluber
Deeper into Movies II, 2011 (detail)
Alkyd on aluminum, custom software, computer, digital projection
44 x 96 inches
Courtesy of the artist
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Iowa Artists 2011: Stephanie Brunia
June 3 — August 7, 2011
Blank One Gallery
Stephanie Brunia
Untitled, 2008 (detail)
Archival inkjet print, 10 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the artist
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The Fashion Show
May 27 — September 18, 2011
Print Gallery
(Etcher) Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart (French, 1837-1880)
(After) Antonio Moro (Dutch, 1521-1575)
Élisabeth de Valois, Reine d'Espagne, (Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain)
1568, ca. 1870 (detail); etching on paper
8 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches
Des Moines Art Center; Richard and Kay Ward Colection, 2010.7
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Surface Value
May 6 — September 4, 2011
Anna K. Meredith Gallery
Mickalene Thomas (American, born 1971)
Don't forget about me (Keri), 2009 (detail)
Rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel on wood panel
84 x 72 inches
Courtesy the Sender Collection
Image courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
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Off Guard: Street Photography
from the Permanent CollectionMarch 4 — May 22, 2011
Blank One Gallery
Larry Fink (American, born 1941)
Studio 54, New York City, May 1977, printed 1983 (detail)
Silver gelatin print, 16 x 20 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanet Collections
Gift of Jeff Perry in honor of Myron and Jacqueline Blank, 2009.112
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Anselm Reyle
January 28 — April 17, 2011
Anna K. Meredith Gallery
Anselm Reyle (German, born 1970)
Untitled, 2010
Neon, cables, chains; dimensions variable
Image courtesy of the artist
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1911
January 28 — May 22, 2011
Print Gallery
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Nature morte avec la bouteille de Marc, 1911 (detail)
Drypoint on Arches wove paper
26 5/8 x 18 3/8 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections
Purchased with funds from the Mildred M. Bohen
Deaccessioning Fund, 2006.17
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Henry Ossawa Tanner
and his ContemporariesDecember 17, 2010 — February 27, 2011
Blank One Gallery
Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, 1859-1937)
The Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water, ca. 1907 (detail)
Oil on canvas; 51 1/2 x 42 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of the Des Moines Association of Fine Arts, 1921.1