GRAM and Ox-Bow
Joint Centennial Celebration Exhibition and Artist Series
Grand Rapids Art Museum
June 4 - August 22, 2010
Made Possible By
Haworth
A unique collaboration will celebrate the joint centennials of Ox-Bow school of art and artists' residency, affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Grand Rapids Art Museum. Both organizations were founded in 1910. GRAM and Ox-Bow are the two oldest art organizations in West Michigan. Over thirty artists from throughout Ox-Bow's history will be featured at the Art Museum in a special exhibition. A summer Ox-Bow Series at the Art Museum will feature Ox-Bow artists from across the country to discuss issues of contemporary art. This collaboration will continue in future years and gather Grand Rapids with the lakeshore communities of Grand Haven, Holland and Saugatuck.
American, 1925-1992
River, 1989
Oil on canvas
Joan Mitchell Estate
Born in Chicago, Joan Mitchell became one of the most distinguished artists associated with Abstract Expressionist movement in New York. Along with Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler and Grace Hartigan, she was one of the few women artists of her generation to win critical acclaim. After completing her BFA at the School of the Art Institute in 1947 she moved to New York. in 1955 she relocated to Paris and subsequently to Vetheuil along the Seine river outside Paris where she lived and worked in a house adjacent to Monet's residence. In addition to Monet, Mitchell was influenced strongly by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Cézanne. A constant in her work is a deep love for the physical act of painting and the ability to capture the fleeting and exhilarating colors of the physical world.
