The Fact of the Matter: Unusual Materials in Permanent Collection Artworks
September 9, 2006 – January 7, 2007 Ledger and Murray Galleries Since the advent of Dada and Cubism, American and European artists have continued to expand the objects and substances from which artworks can be…
Herman Leonard: Artistic Stylings
August 19 – November 12, 2006 Perkins Gallery Herman Leonard is one of this country’s most important portrait photographers. As a young man, he worked as an apprentice to renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh and worked…
Women Only! In Their Studios
July 15 – October 15, 2006 Dorothy Jenkins and Emily S. Macey Galleries Though the art world has become more open to artists of all backgrounds, those outside and too often inside the art world…
Pictures of Words: The Use of Text in Art
May 13 – September 3, 2006 Ledger and Murray Galleries Using works from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, this exhibition will examine the use of words within art, whether used as the primary image within an…
Inside the Outsider World: Folk Art from the Permanent Collection
May 20 – August 13, 2006 Perkins Gallery As national interest in the work of folk or “self-taught” artists has risen, work by these artists has begun to attract more attention at art museums. In…
AFTERMATH: Images from Ground Zero, Photography by Joel Meyerowitz
April 22 – July 9, 2006 Dorothy Jenkins and Emily S. Macey Galleries Joel Meyerowitz is one of the most respected color photographers working today. His first book Cape Light is considered a classic work…
Views from Within: Christian Duran and Vickie Pierre
March 5 – May 14, 2006 Perkins Gallery Christian Duran and Vickie Pierre are young artists living and working in Miami. Though they have known each other for a number of years and have even…
Pop Art 1956-2006: The First 50 Years
February 18 – April 16, 2006 Dorothy Jenkins and Emily S. Macey Galleries Exhibition Sponsored by ASC Geosciences, Inc. Though history has numerous examples of the intersection between fine art and popular culture (Shakespeare managed…
Life as Art: Wood and Fiber Art from the Permanent Collection
December 17, 2005 – April 23, 2006 Ledger and Murray Galleries Life as Art is an exhibition of artworks from the Museum’s permanent collection that are composed of wood or fiber materials. Included among the…
David Maxim: Natural Force
December 2, 2005 – February 22, 2006 Perkins Gallery Between 2002 and 2004, Robert and Patricia Maxim donated to our collection three dozen original drawings by California artist David Maxim. Some were studies for larger…
Carrie Mae Weems: The Louisiana Project
December 10, 2005 – February 12, 2006 Dorothy Jenkins and Emily S. Macey Galleries Internationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems is one of the most important artists working today. Her work in photography, video and…
Little Treasures from the Permanent Collection
July 23 – November 20, 2005 Ledger and Murray Galleries The Polk Museum of Art has exhibited paintings as wide as 30 feet and sculptures that weigh over 3,000 pounds. But bigger doesn’t always mean…
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