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X-WR-CALNAME:Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection in 
	Houston at Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston - Eventful
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SUMMARY:Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection
DESCRIPTION: Official web siteColor into Light: Selections from the MF
	AH Collection Museum of Fine Arts\, HoustonDecember 13\, 2008-April 5\
	, 2009The Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston presents the exhibition Color 
	into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection. On view December 13\,
	 2008 - April 5\, 2009 at the Caroline Wiess Law Building. Color into 
	Light focuses on the various ways in which artists use color as a libe
	rating force\, ranging from the high modernist era of the 1940s and 19
	50s to today´s digital revolutions. Drawn from the permanent collectio
	n of the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, the exhibition is made up of 
	approximately 50 works embracing all media. The exhibition opens with 
	a series of watercolors and three major canvases by Hans Hofmann\, who
	se explorations of the "push-pull" dynamics were to shape color theory
	 and expression in American painting at mid-century. Additionally this
	 section addresses the theme of genesis\, explored by Barnett Newman\,
	 Adolph Gottlieb\, and Clyfford Still\, artists who found in color and
	 abstraction a means into the sublime. The second section of the exhib
	ition opens with the work of Mark Rothko\, introducing the generation 
	of Color Field artists\, who in the words of Clement Greenberg\, pione
	ered a new "post-painterly abstraction ... [stressing] contrasts of pu
	re hue rather than contrasts of dark and light."  Characterized by a f
	usion of color and openness\, major canvases by Helen Frankenthaler\, 
	Morris Louis\, and Kenneth Noland are included\; additional artists fe
	atured in this section include Jules Olitski\, Larry Poons\, Walter Da
	rby Bannard\, and Friedl Dzubas. Complementary currents in Latin Ameri
	can and European art are charted in the works Lucio Fontana\, Carlos C
	ruz-Diez\, and Abraham Palatnik\, among others. Their investigations i
	nto the physical properties of space and light offer a radical alterna
	tive to Color Field aesthetics\, as the physicality of their installat
	ions literally intrudes into the viewers´ environment. James Turrell´s
	 Acro\, 1968\, an installation new to the MFAH collection\, introduces
	 the next segment of the exhibition. Using projected light to create t
	he illusion of tangible form\, Turrell´s work explores the phenomenolo
	gy of perception. Also featured in this section will be Jo Baer´s Stat
	ions of the Spectrum\, 1964-1974\, and Marcius Galan´s untitled room e
	nvironment. The final section of the exhibition explores the ways in w
	hich artists exploit the subjective nature of color\, both celebrating
	 and questioning the associations tied to particular colors and moods.
	 Concluding this segment is the interactive We Feel Fine project\, cre
	ated by Jonathan Harris and Sepandar Kamvar.  Pictured: Hans Hofmann\,
	 Sparks\, 1957\, 2004.24. Bequest of Caroline Wiess Law © Renate\, Han
	s and Maria Hofmann Trust/ Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York.\n
LOCATION:Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston @ 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, Texa
	s 77265 United States
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