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Call & Response

October 17, 2020 - February 7, 2020

Ilgenfritz, Corridor, & Wright Galleries

The “Call & Response” exhibition showcases innovative works of art by regional artists while offering a glimpse of the Museum’s collection through fresh eyes. The Newport Art Museum is home to over 2,700 works of art including prints, drawings, photographs, sculptures, paintings, textiles, and decorative arts. For this exhibition, regional artists working in a diverse array of media were invited to plumb the Museum’s collection for creative inspiration with the goal of creating an original work of art, in any medium, in response to a museum object. This exhibition features each artist’s imaginative work of art beside the collection work to which it responds. 

Participating artists include:

Cicely Carew, Donnabelle Casis, Jill Colinan, Becci Davis, Holly Gaboriault, Amy Giese, Kevin Gilmore, Jungil Hong, Molly Kaderka, Rachel Loischild, Saberah Malik, Anna McNeary, Kelsey Miller, Mara Trachtenberg, and Max Van Pelt.

Collection artists include:

James Baker, Donna Bruton, Francis Adams Comstock, Howard Gardiner Cushing, Bob Dilworth, Amano Kunihiro, John La Farge, Rania Matar, Joseph Norman, Palmer Family, Lissa Rivera, Hugh Townley, Claudia Widdiss.

Francis Adams Comstock, Untitled Farm buildings, c. 1930-1950, Pencil on paper (board), 14 x 18.5 inches, Gift of Adelaid Comstock Roberts, Newport Art Museum, 2004.003.018.

John LaFarge, Trompe L'Oeil Curtain, 1882-1884, Leaded opalescent glass, 39.5 x 28 inches, Gift of Stephen J. Warner, Newport Art Museum, 1995.004.001.

Saberah Malik, No Bed of Feathers, 2020, Polyester fabrics, feathers, 16 x 28 x 20 inches, Courtesy of the artist.

Amy Giese, 073020.2228.DR.02840, 2020, Unique silver gelatin skiagram The Hallway, Transposed, 2020 Electronic composition 4min 23 sec, looped This sound is a translation of 073020.2140.H.02840. Courtesy of the artist.

Donnabelle Casis, Untitled (220-17 RM), 2020, Gouache on panel, 40 x 32 x 2 inches, Courtesy of the artist.

Bob Dilworth, Backyard, 2014, Acrylic, oil, acrylic base spray paint, paint markers and paper on canvas, Partial gift of Dr. Joseph A. Chazan; partial museum purchase, 2016.006.001

Rania Matar, Christilla, Rabieh, Lebanon, 2010, From the series “A Girl in Her Room,” Archival digital pigment print, Edition 4/10, 16 x 24 inches, 2019.001.002

Lissa Rivera, Poolside, Family Home from the series "Beautiful Boy,” 2015, archival pigment print, Museum Purchase, 2018.005.001.

Max Van Pelt, Comstock, 2020, Graphite, gouache, coffee, walnut ink, colored pencil, tea, acrylic ink and paint, archival pen, oil pastel, India ink, Rives BFK paper, 29.5 x 42 inches, Courtesy of the artist.

Events & Programming

Join us this fall for Exhibiting Artist & Curator Conversations with Senior Curator Francine Weiss and "Call & Response" artists, exclusive guided tours, and imaginatively curated concerts inspired by this exhibition.

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