Transitions and Transformations

November 17, 2019 – January 10, 2021

Exhibition

Image Gallery

Genevieve Gaignard, Nothing Can Dim The Light That Shines From Within, 2018. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased with funds provided by Michael and Dianne Bienes by exchange Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

Michael Vasquez, Done with Hell Week (Mario), NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of Joan and Michael Salke © Michael Vasquez

Christian Holstad, It Comes in Waves, 2003. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, Key Biscayne, FL © Christian Holstad

Onajide Shabaka (b. 1948, Cincinnati, OH; lives and works in Miami, FL) 1984 I have prosperity, 2013. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased with funds provided by Michael and Dianne Bienes, by exchange © Onajide Shabaka. Photo: Francesco Casale

Guerrilla Girl Installation. Photo by Steven Brooke

Mickalene Thomas (b.1971, Camden, NJ; lives and works in New York City) Portrait of Mama Bush 1, 2010. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; promised gift of David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good © Mickalene Thomas. Courtesy of the artist, Lehman Maupin, New York and Hong Kong, and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Elaine de Kooning (American sculptor, painter, and writer, 1918 1989) Double Portrait of Selima Stavola, late 1940s early 1950s. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; courtesy of Anthony R. Stavola and Claire Hunter in loving memory of their mother Selima Elaine de Kooning Trust

Nan Goldin (b. 1953, Washington, D.C.; lives and works in New York, NY, and Paris, France). Jimmy Paulette and Tabboo! Undressing, NYC, 1991. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; promised gift of David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good © Nan Goldin

Sue Williams (b. 1954, Chicago Heights, IL; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) Pink and Blue, 2003. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; promised gift of David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good © Sue Williams, Courtesy 303 Gallery, New York

Zilia Sanchez Domínguez (b. 1926 in Havana, Cuba; lives and works in Puerto Rico), Eros y la comunicación sublimada no. 1 (Infinite series of Eros; the time, silence and space), 1967/1985. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of Rosa Maria Garcia Sarduy © Zilia Sánchez

Cecily Brown, Puce Moment, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good © Cecily Brown

Catherine Opie Justin Bond, 1993 Chromogenic print, ed. 8/8, 2AP NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased with funds provided by Michael and Dianne Bienes by exchange © Catherine Opie

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Transitions and Transformations

Transitions and Transformations transforms Remember to React, the previous installation of NSU Art Museum’s collection, with the addition of new acquisitions, other works from the collection and works on loan to the Museum. The exhibition will continue to change over the course of the year as works are added and removed. Many works incorporate the element of time or suggest the passing of time. Others represent physical transformations, as well as turning points in the history of contemporary art.

Artworks from the collection include those by: Cecily Brown, Elaine de Kooning, Teresita Fernandez, Theaster Gates, Genevieve Gaignard, Phillip Guston, Christian Holstad, Jim Lambe, Glenn Ligon, Zanele Muholi, Catherine Opie, Zilia Sanchez, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Mickalene Thomas, Michael Vasquez and others. Among the works on loan is Cookie’s Doll, one of Julian Schnabel’s early broken plate paintings. Transitions and Transformations is curated by NSU Art Museum Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater.

Exhibitions and programs at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale are made possible in part by a challenge grant from the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation. Funding is also provided by Nova Southeastern University, Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. NSU Art Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

Top image: Genevieve Gaignard: Nothing Can Dim The Light That Shines From Within, 2018. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; purchased with funds provided by Michael and Dianne Bienes by exchange.