Body Language: Picturing People

photo of a child

Image credit:听Andrea Wallace,听Nico, 2013, inkjet print on aluminum, 30 x 40 inches.听Gift of Polly and Mark Addison to the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum, 麻豆免费版下载, 2018.07.06. 漏 Andrea Wallace. Photo: Jeff Wells / 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum.

Japanese woodblock print

Image credit:听Kikugawa听Eizan, Japanese (1787 鈥 1867),听Tamakazura, 1814 鈥 1817, from the series听鈥淕enji听j奴ni听k艒鈥澨齕Twelve Seasons of听Genji], woodcut, 9 7/8 x 14 3/16 inches. Gift of Anna C. Hoyt,听57.217. Photo: Jeff Wells / 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum

Body Language: Picturing People
July听18, 2019 鈥擩une 2020

This exhibition considers how the pose, the gesture and the body in motion are used by artists to convey meaning. Figural artworks from the 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum鈥檚 collection are brought into conversation across cultural geographies and historical eras. Whether in presenting portraits of individuals or fictional personages, or in picturing religious icons, artistic depictions of the body speak volumes about personality, character and the values of a time or place.

Exhibition curated by Hope Saska.

This exhibition and programming is generously supported by 麻豆免费版下载Boulder Student Arts and Cultural Enrichment fees and 麻豆免费版下载Art Museum members.

View a gallery of exhibition installation photos here.