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Current ExhibitionsClothing the Rebellious Soul: Revolution 1963-1973November 5, 2009 - January 22, 2010  Never-before-published vintage hippie clothing and artifacts are imaginatively displayed along with a narrative that outlines the decade 1963-1973 with an emphasis on portraying the political and social upheaval of the times. Frank Van Riper was in Chicago during the riotous 1968 Democratic National Convention and covered virtually all of the racial and antiwar turmoil that occurred in major U.S. cities during that period. From his perspective, it was the first time in history that large and important cohorts of the population found their voice, most specifically young people, women and minorities. From the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, N.Y. to the Haight Ashbury, North Beach and Golden Gate Park neighborhoods of San Francisco, young people celebrated with music and personal expression, hoping for an ideal world of peace and love. These places were ideal venues for people to express themselves through their clothing. Whether handmade or bought at a thrift store, these clothes incorporated Indian, Asian, African, Mexican and Native American talismans. Denim jeans became the canvas for the rebellious soul. Clothing of the 1960s was bright, colorful, unisex and personalized to express an inner angst or euphoric joy-sometimes on the same garment. Exuberant garments as a fringed leather "flag" jacket, painted jeans, vintage love beads and tee shirts with peace signs, along with representative groupings of peace and protest pins will be displayed on mannequins. Rare historical ephemera from private collectors Gwen and Mark Hooper include an Earth Day flag for the first Earth Day demonstration, Black Panther Party newspapers, handbills, Milton Glaser's Bob Dylan poster and Sister Mary Corita Kent's Love Justice silkscreen. A "Bring the Boys Back Home" World War II helmet by a member of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War was worn at the first Moratorium March in Washington, D.C., and is one of several uniquely painted helmets which will be on display. From San Francisco, a city of dreams, to the political staging of reality in Washington, D.C., this timely exhibition melds personal adornment with media awareness of the times. The show is curated by Nancy Gewirz in collaboration with Mark E. Hooper of Princeton, N.J. The essay that introduces the exhibition's catalogue was written by Mrs. Gewirz and photographer and journalist Frank Van Riper. Mrs. Gewirz has a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting from American University and a master of fine arts degree in sculpture from The George Washington University. The clothing and events of the 1950s and 1960s have always been a great interest of hers. Mr. Hooper graduated from the University of New Mexico with a bachelor of arts degree in archeology and art history. Mr. Van Riper covered the turbulent 1960s and 1970s as a Washington reporter for the New York Daily News. He co-authored Serenissima: Venice in Winter with Judith Goodman. Mr. Van Riper was a 1979 Nieman fellow at Harvard University. Upcoming ExhibitionsWarhol: Photographs Selected from the GW Permanent CollectionFebruary 3 - March 5, 2010  Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation, 2008. Recent ExhibitionsNancy Graves: Inspired Vision - Sculpture, Paintings, DrawingsSeptember 9 - October 23, 2009  Lent by the Nancy Graves Foundation, New York/ Courtesy Ameringer/ McEnery/ Yohe Fine Art, New York. The internationally recognized artist Nancy Graves (1939-1995) is mainly known for her sculpture but also produced paintings and drawings that parallel her three-dimensional work. The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery will exhibit works in all three media. The works, borrowed from the Nancy Graves Foundation of New York and the collection of Luther W. Brady, M.D., span three decades and show the artist's use of a variety of organic and man-made sources. Each sculpture is a complex assemblage of pieces that could be found in nature joined to the art historical remnants of previous civilizations. The largest sculpture, Herself Most Drawn, combines a large sunflower with other natural forms while a scaley texture creeps up toward a fragment of a colorful capital. This rather weighty and bold work is balanced by a delicate suite of 12 drawings on graph paper depicting snakes, Native American costume and cave paintings. Many of Graves' subjects were likely drawn from her interest in and study of anthropology. She is a graduate of Vassar College and received an M.F.A. from Yale School of Art. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue featuring an essay by Zina Davis and produced by the Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford for their exhibition, Nancy Graves: Inspired Vision, from which our exhibition was derived. Jules Olitski: An Inside ViewMay 14 - July 2, 2009  Courtesy of Knoedler & Company, New York City. Image: Jeff Baird, Brattleboro, Vermont. "Inherent in the process of printmaking is the element of suspense," wrote Judith Stein in the exhibition's catalog. The more than 40 prints by renowned color field artist
Jules Olitski parallel his painting styles during his long career. Olitski began making etchings in 1956, working in both abstract and figurative modes. This retrospective of
prints was organized by Brattleboro Museum and Art Center (Brattleboro, Vt.), in collaboration with Knoedler and Company (New York) and the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery is the
third stop on a multi-city tour. The prints range from early self-portraits, to diaphanous screenprints from the 1970s, to intensely brilliant monotypes that were created during
the last years of his life. Who Loves You Baby: A New York "Eclection"April 1 - May 1, 2009  Image: Dave Scavone. New Yorkers Lucy and Robert Reitzfeld are collectors who also make art. Exploring the many storefront galleries to be found in New York's East Village and SoHo during the 1980s
and 1990s, they came in contact with artists and art dealers, became their friends, and while producing works themselves, collected works by an eclectic group of artists active in
this vibrant moment in the art world. With an aesthetic that grew out of a love for the streetscape of New York, pop culture, and the inspiration of comic art, together they sought
out divergent but compatible works to collect. Sarah McCoubrey: A Ten-Year RetrospectiveJanuary 14 - March 13, 2009  Private Collection. Image courtesy of Locks Gallery. Sarah McCoubrey's work depicts the blurred line where civilization meets the wilderness. The landscapes on exhibit are populated with mundane objects such as a concrete mixer, road
signs, a Weber grill, and childrens' toys. Her images are reminiscent of the Hudson River School painted with the precision of Northern Renaissance panel paintings. She turns the
traditional subject of landscape painting into a statement on modern society by including vestiges of human habitation. The Academic Tradition: Teaching and PracticeOctober 8 - December 19, 2008  The Academic Tradition: Teaching and Practice is the first in a series of three exhibitions paying tribute to the legacy of fine arts and art history up to the millennium at
The George Washington University. Featured in this exhibition are artists, who are or have been, professors in GW's Department of Fine Arts and Art History. The exhibit
features work representing subject matter pursued in academics: history, portraiture, genre, landscape, and still life. The artists are Arthur Hall Smith, professor emeritus
of painting; Clarice Smith, assistant professorial lecturer of art; Douglas H Teller, professor emeritus of design and graphics; William Woodward, professor emeritus of
painting; and Frank Wright, professor of drawing. Stars and Stripes: The Political Flag Collection of Mark and Rosalind ShenkmanSeptember 10 - 27, 2008  The American flag was once a graphic device used in campaigning for the presidency. During presidential campaigns of the 19th century, the faces of Ulysses S. Grant,
Grover Cleveland, and Theodore Roosevelt; a raccoon and the moon; tall ships; a log cabin; and platform slogans could be found on the American flag. Although the U.S. Congress
decreed in 1905 that the use of text or portraits on the official insignia of the United States would be outlawed, the practice continued for a number of years. Hail to the Buff and Blue: Selections from the Permanent CollectionMay 14 - July 3, 2008  Fernando Botero's painting, The Young Bishop is GW's newest acquisition and a formidable addition to the University's holdings of contemporary art. It is featured in the current exhibition at the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. "Hail to the Buff and Blue" is the GW fight song. The song plays on the carillon chimes over campus every day and the crowds roar it out at sporting events. But how did the University choose those colors? Buff and blue were the colors of General Washington's uniform and in reverence to the country's first President, on February 22, 1905, the GW trustees declared them to be the official colors of the University. Color has meaning beyond its representational value in art and in life. It has the ability to remind us of our past experiences, move us emotionally, and possibly even bring us to a higher spiritual understanding. The works in this exhibition are all different shades of buff and blue and were chosen to demonstrate the breadth of the University's permanent collection and how prevalent buff and blue are found in art of all eras, media, and cultures. Bringing Buddhism to AmericaMPA Building, 2nd Floor Cases April 14 - May 30, 2008  This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery and the GW Department of Religion. It features Buddhist religious objects in daily use in religious practice in monasteries in Tibet and in the United States, particularly from the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism. The exhibition was researched and assembled by Professor Reverend Ane Kunga Chodron and undergraduate students currently enrolled in the course Tibetan Buddhism offered in the George Washington University Religion Department spring semester 2008, in order to enhance students' hands-on experience of Tibetan religious culture and its manifestation in daily life. Lenore Miller, Director, University Art Galleries and Chief Curator, provided consultation on the project. Annual Awards ShowApril 2 - May 2, 2008  The Annual Awards Show features works by undergraduate and graduate fine arts students from The George Washington University's Department of Fine Arts and Art History. All works on display are eligible for various awards to be granted by this year's judge, Victoria Reis, Executive Director of Transformer. Co-sponsored by the University Art Galleries and the Department of Fine Arts and Art History. Where There's a Will, There's a WayMPA Building, 2nd Floor Cases November 12, 2007 - March 31, 2008  In anticipation of the inauguration of The George Washington University's 16th president, Steven Knapp, we are mounting the Monro-Lenox (or Munro-Lenox)
portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart and pages from the Will of George Washington lent by the Fairfax County Circuit Court in the Luther W. Brady
Art Gallery. Out of the Chateau: The Demuth Museum CollectionJanuary 16 - March 14, 2008 The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery will host the first-ever touring exhibition of the Demuth Museum collection, Out of the Chateau: Works from the Demuth Museum. The Demuth Museum collection comprises more than 30 works that span the career of modernist artist Charles Demuth (1883-1935), from early childhood drawings to late floral works. Many of the works on view show the beginnings of the American precisionist style that would bring Demuth fame as a modernist. Before joining the Demuth Museum's permanent collection, the works were long held in private hands in Lancaster, Pa., and were seldom or never publicly exhibited. While individual works have been previously lent to exhibitions at other institutions, the collection as a whole has never been seen outside of Lancaster.  Charles Demuth, Self-Portrait,1907, oil on canvas, 26 1/16 x 18 inches, The Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA. Photograph: John Herr. Out of the Chateau Press: In Circulation: Works on PaperOctober 18 - December 14, 2007  A university is in a constant state of change. Students, professors, and visitors constantly cycle through the campus. Mirroring this rotation are
the works of art around campus that are placed on view, taken down, and catalogued by the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. The first step in this cycle is
acquisition, when the University accepts or purchases a new work of art. Building on its growing collection of prints, photographs, and drawings, the
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery exhibits some of their recent acquisitions to the GW Permanent Collection of more than 3,600 objects, including screenprints
by Jules Olitski, two monoprints by Hannelore Baron, and photographs by Carl Chiarenza. Also, experimental new works based on her impressions of the
Japanese painter, Sesshu (1420-1506) will be exhibited by artist, Keiko Hara. Hara currently is exhibiting other new works at the American University
Museum at the Katzen Art Center. Generations of the Washington Color School RevisitedMay 9 - July 13, 2007 DATES EXTENDED: September 4 - October 5, 2007 The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery is participating in the city-wide event, ColorField.Remix. The George Washington University was part of a network of institutions and private collectors that supported and perpetuated the artists and works of the Washington Color School. Drawing from its history of both exhibiting and collecting the works of artists such as Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Howard Mehring, Alma Thomas, and Willem DeLooper, the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery will build on the 1984 exhibition Generations of the Washington Color School, held at the Dimock Gallery, by adding significant new acquisitions and loans of never before seen works by New York artist, Rosette Bakish, who studied with Robert Motherwell; local artist, Amy Lin; and a pivotal work new addition to the GW Permanent Collection by DeLooper.   Annual Awards ShowMarch 28 - April 27, 2007 The George Washington University's Luther W. Brady Art Gallery and the Department of Fine Arts and Art History present the 2007 Annual Awards Show, featuring works by undergraduate seniors and graduate fine arts students. This year's judge was Renee Stout.   Turning Wood Into Art: A Gift from Jane and Arthur Mason to The Gelman LibraryOctober 20th - December 23, 2006  Back: John Jordan, Bowl with a Bullet, red leaf maple. Front: Michael Hosaluk, Untitled, split bowl painted in acrylics: black, wine, yellow. Presented in the second floor cases, this recent gift of wood art from the collection of Jane and Arthur Mason demonstrates great craftsmanship and inspired design from a variety of artists. The artists represented in the exhibition are: Trent Bosch, Phil Brown, Dan Cunningham, Dan DeLuz, Joe Dickey, Michael Hosaluk, Bill Johnson, John Jordan, Dan Kvitka, Stoney Lamar, Bruce Mitchell, Gene Pozzesi, Allen Ritzman, Jack R. Slentz, Tim Stokes, Jack Straka, and David Ellsworth. Envisioning the GW Campus: The Trachtenberg YearsFebruary 7 - March 9, 2007 In the 19 years that Stephen Joel Trachtenberg has been president of The George Washington University, the campus has been enhanced with more than twelve new buildings, outdoor sculptures, monumental gates, signage, nest pocket parks, seating, and landscaping. The Brady Gallery takes a closer look at these projects through architectural plans, drawings, photographs, and original artworks.   The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Artists of The First Three YearsNovember 8, 2006 - January 26, 2007  Photograph of Franz Bader by Robert Lautman Since 2002, the Franz and Virginia Bader Fund has distributed $185,000 to 10 grantees. For many of the artists the grant came at a critical juncture in their careers, enabling them to sustain a dream of self-realization through their art. The funds enabled the artists to take time off from other jobs, cover traveling expenses for exhibitions, construct new studio space, and experiment in other media. The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery exhibits the work of the first seven recipients of this unique grant. The artists in the exhibition are Alex Kanevsky, Steven Kenny, the late Kevin MacDonald (GW B.F.A. '69), Susan Moore, Scott Noel, Charles Ritchie, and GW Visiting Assistant Professor Yuriko Yamaguchi. The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Kevin MacDonald (1946 - 2006). The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund was established in 2001 in accordance to the will of the late Virginia Bader to provide grants to visual artists who have reached the age of 40 and reside within 150 miles of Washington, D.C. The grants are awarded by a committee of nine, all friends of Franz and Virginia Bader. Virginia Forman Bader, was the widow of Franz Bader, a well known Washington gallery and art bookstore owner who was given an honorary D.F.A by GW in 1984. Recent Acquisitions to the GW Permanent CollectionOctober 4 - 27, 2006  Linda Tish Goldstein, Warming George, 2004, watercolor The George Washington University has collected artwork since 1821 and now owns works by such renowned artists as Rembrandt Peale, Gilbert Stuart, Marc Chagall, William Hogarth, and Sam Gilliam. With more than 3,600 works of art, the GW Permanent Collection constantly is growing through gifts and purchases. The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery presents fifteen of the latest acquisitions to the collection, including works by Sam Gilliam and Jules Olitski. Two works by Joan Miro and Giorgio de Chirico also will be shown from a collection of promised gifts. 2005-2006 Exhibition ScheduleJules Olitski: Works on PaperMay 10, 2006 - July 14, 2006  Jules Olitski, After the Fire, 2004, Monotype on all rag paper, 14 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches, Photo courtesy of Knoedler & Company, New York Presented in conjunction with the citywide celebration, " Washington, D.C. Celebrates American Originals," this exhibition shows twenty of Olitski's newest works. Created in 2004 and 2005, these monotypes range from figural works of female nudes to abstracted celestial landscapes. Almost all bear the trademark border that is present in many of Olitski's painted works as well. Olitski's many accomplishments include representing the United States in the 1966 Venice Biennale, being the first living artist to have a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969, being elected to the National Academy in 1993, and Olitski will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters on May 17, 2006 in New York City. His work is in the collections of such institutions as the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Tate. 
Annual Awards ShowApril 12 - 28, 2006
Twenty-six works by emerging student artists are featured in the Annual Awards Show. Awards have been given for work in ceramics, design, drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. This year's judge is Phyllis Rosenzweig, Former Curator of Works on Paper at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden who also selected the works for inclusion in the exhibition. Sam Gilliam: Prints from the Artist's CollectionFebruary 8, 2006 - March 31, 2006
A show of Sam Gilliam's rarely seen prints will be exhibited in Sam Gilliam: Prints from the Artist's Collection at the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. In this first retrospective treatment of Gilliam's printed works, the experimental quality seen throughout his painting career also is true of his prints. "Sam Gilliam: Prints from the Artist's Colletion" presents a selected, yet comprehensive, range of his printmaking oeuvre. While some of his prints exhibit the irregular shapes and bold colors so characteristic of his paintings, others are cool and minimally austere. The exhibition of 15 works of art was organized by the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery along with the Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, D.C., as a complement to Gilliam's recent retrospective at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In a Wall Street Journal review of the retrospective Tom Freudenheim writes, "Throughout his career, Mr. Gilliam has investigated how colors interact, in the tradition of Hans Hofmann, to whom he often seems to be paying homage." The accompanying catalogue to Sam Gilliam: Prints features an essay by Ruth Fine, Curator of Special Projects in Modern Art at the National Gallery of Art. She writes, "Gilliam's prints, in fact, both exploit and defy traditional printmaking methodologies as they extend his visual language." Gilliam is well represented around the world and in local collections with works in the Tate Modern Museum in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., as well as a number of works in the collection of The George Washington University Permanent Collection. Uguisu (1986) is a large acrylic on canvas plus aluminum sculptural pieces installed on the first floor of the newly renovated Norma Lee and Morton Funger Hall. The painting was a gift of Donald A. Brown, Esq. and Mrs. Ann W. Brown. Don Quijote: The Real and the ImaginedNovember 16, 2005 through January 2006   L to R: Terreros, "Imagining Don Quijote" Don Quijote Deconstructed, cor-ten steel. On loan from the Artist Terreros, Sketch for Don Quijote Deconstructed, 2001, ink on paper. GW Permanent Collection. Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of the iconic work Don Quijote de la Mancha, the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery is pleased to present a collection of publications and artworks based on Miguel de Cervantes' memorable character. By combining books, sculpture, paintings, and drawings, the exhibit covers the many facets of Don Quijote that have emerged from 1605 until present day. We are honored to acknowledge co-sponsorship of the event by the Spanish Mission to the OAS (Mision Observadora Permanente de Espana ante la OEA) and we are grateful to the Embassy of Spain, Washington, Cultural Office for their cooperation on this exhibition. We are indebted to Professors Ellen Echeverria and Ines Azar from the Department of Romance, German, and Slavic Languages and Literatures. Located in the 2nd floor cases of the Media and Public Affairs Building, 805 21st Street, the exhibit will be on view through the rest of the semester. Imagination and Knowledge: Centennial Celebration of Einstein's Miraculous Year - Images and IdeasNovember 2, 2005 - December 16, 2005
September 6, 2005 - October 28, 2005
EXPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPES OF JOHN WALKER ON DISPLAY AT GW's LUTHER W. BRADY ART GALLERY, SEPT. 6-OCT. 28
2004-2005 Exhibition ScheduleIntimate TreasuresMay 12, 2005 - June 3, 2005
18th Biennial Exhibition of Prints from Collections of Members of the Washington Print Club Annual Awards ShowApril 7, 2005 - April 29, 2005 A ballerina's toe shoes are envisioned tapping inside an impossibly small box,
Lego blocks are assembled to create an image of the dollar bill, and Barbie doll
parts are arranged inside a red tableaux. These are among the 30 works by emerging
student artists featured in the Annual Awards Show at GW's Luther W. Brady Art
Gallery. The exhibition juxtaposes traditional pieces alongside more innovative
works. For example, there are a number of technically precise, realistic drawings
including a riveting life-like self portrait by Christopher Locke, along with
abstract paintings, evidenced by the swirls of color on Valentine Wolly's large
diptych and the hints of brilliant color through the stark black background on
Nicholas Moses' works. The featured photographs also demonstrate different styles
through an exploration of the technical possibilities of photography. Pamela
Nabholz's images are painterly and ethereal, while the focus and resolution in
Diana Rodrigues' photographs make the subjects appear three-dimensional. The show
also features a number of works incorporating new media, including flash animation
and a video installation. February 3, 2005 - March 11, 2005
The Age of Enlightenment represents
a critical time in American history when the country was established and the
culture was formed. During the century that followed, the early days of our
nation were glorified and romanticized. This exhibition examines the ways
eighteenth-century themes, imagery and styles appeared in nineteenth-century art,
fashions and decorative arts and how these interpretations continue to shape our
understanding of the past. The works in the exhibition include pieces on loan
from the DAR Museum as well as works from The George Washington University
Permanent Collection. The George Washington University Community CollectsOctober 13, 2004 - December 10, 2004 Normally private collectors' works can only be seen by their friends
and family. However, the upcoming exhibition at GW's Luther W. Brady Art
Gallery will enable the public to glimpse the diversity of the collections
from some of the gallery's patrons and members of the GW community. The
continued operation of the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery is made possible
through the generosity of its patrons, particularly the Friends of the
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. While these donors support public access
to art through the efforts of the gallery, they also maintain their own
art collections. October 13, 2004 - December 10, 2004 This exhibit showcases Lawrence M. Rozanski's collection of ancient ceramics spanning 1400 years. September 9, 2004 - October 12, 2004 Just as the United States is said to be a "melting pot" where people
of many countries and origins have come together, the Jewish community
in America is similarly composed of people from around the world.
Jewish cooking in America reflects the diversity and complexity of the
community as a whole. The cookbooks in these cases attest to the unique,
complex, and significant contribution Jewish cuisine has made to American
cooking. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the first
Jews in New Amsterdam, the Luther W. Brady Art gallery has worked with
Joan Nathan to bring together this display of the history of Jewish cookbooks
in America. Fritz ScholderSelected works by the celebrated Native American artist September 7, 2004 - September 24, 2004
Fritz Scholder (born 1937) is an outstanding Native American painter and colorist.
The exhibition of his work at the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery is timed to coincide
with the opening festivities for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American
Indian in Washington, D.C. Scholder is one-quarter Luiseņo Indian, a tribe native
to the area now known as San Diego County. 2003-2004 Exhibition ScheduleOscar Bluemner: A Daughter's Legacy
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