#first thursday

This Thursday: Opening reception for fall exhibitions focusing on this year’s thematic concept of ‘Time.’ Artist Fred Wilson will be on hand for informal discussion about about his AMAM installation “Wildfire Test Pit,” as well as his works in the Ellen Johnson Gallery exhibition “Black to the Powers of Ten.” His acclaimed museum 'interventions’ often expose biases embedded within the history of art and material culture.

Other fall exhibitions include: “Piet Mondrian: Realism and Abstraction,” “Conversations: Past and Present in Asia and America,” which connects art that would otherwise be divided by temporal and cultural boundaries; “Time Well Spent: Art and Temporality,” which uses art from various time periods and mediums to examine how we define and perceive the idea of time; “Marking Time: Seasonal Imagery in Japanese Prints,” an installation highlighting the rich tradition of Japanese art and literature that evokes and represents seasonal change; “(Anti) Corporeality: Reclaiming and Re-presenting the Black Body,” featuring works by five contemporary artists that counter the dim history of pro-slavery ideologies; and an installation of two recently acquired works by the contemporary African artists El Anatsui and Malangatana Valente Ngwenya.

All museum galleries will be open for you to revisit old favorites, explore the new installations, discover new works, listen to our audio tours, or browse through our exhibition catalogs. AMAM staff and student docents will be on hand to answer questions and chat with you about the museum’s holdings.