Multi-Part Art: Contemporary Works in the Collection
through April 19, 2009
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Andrew Lord, Tasting, 1996-1998. The Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British Art |
The history of art has a rich tradition of multi-part works, including Renaissance altarpieces and other narrative cycles. Contemporary artists working in a variety of materials, styles, and formats extend this tradition in radically new directions, often eliminating any obvious narrative content. A number of recent acquisitions are exhibited at the Museum for the first time: an alabaster triptych by Tacita Dean, a sculptural quilt diptych by Anna Von Mertens, a set of four brass ventilation grates by Martin Boyce, a painting diptych on furnishing fabric by Louise Hopkins, two chairs by Roy McMakin, and a five-part metal relief by Louise Lawler and Allan McCollum, in addition to other works in the collection.
