The Curated Object

Exhibitions Wichita. The Mary Wilson Supremes Collection. The Wichita Art Museum. The Curated Object

Courtesy of the Wichita Art Museum

 

Courtesy of the Wichita Art Museum

 

A Supreme Show at WAM

The Mary Wilson Supremes Collection, open November 13, 2011 through January 12, 2012.  

Wichita:  Sequins, feathers, satin and glitter give the glamorous gowns worn by members of the group, The Supremes, their characteristic style. That style and fashion will be on display in the Museum’s upcoming exhibition The Mary Wilson Supremes Collection, open November 13, 2011 through January 12, 2012. Former member of The Supremes Mary Wilson, saved dozens of trend-setting dresses and accessories that marked their meteoric rise to fame in the early 1960s.

The exhibition will feature more than 50 distinctive gowns that the Motown hit makers wore during their climb to the top, as well as rare memorabilia that spans their colorful career. The unique exhibition will guide visitors on a journey through the careers of the trio, highlighting the various designers that helped create their signature look as well as the history that surrounded their chart-topping songs. The gowns, in which they performed, were created by designers such as Bob Mackie, Michael Travis and Stephan Burrows. Their elaborately beaded, sequined and feathered dresses were their trademark fashion that is their artistic legacy.

In honor of the special exhibition, former Supremes member Mary Wilson will be appearing at the Wichita Art Museum to sing and reminisce about her time as a member of the hit-making group. Tickets are on sale now and can be obtained by calling 316-268-4921 or visiting the Museum website http://wichitaartmuseum.org/catalog/.

The Supremes recorded 12 No. 1 hits from 1964 to 1969, including “Baby Love,” “Stop in the Name of Love,” and “Back in My Arms Again.” The only group to record five consecutive No. 1 hits, the Supremes’ distinct style became the hallmark of a generation and left a legacy as lasting as their timeless music. 

This exhibition was organized by Blair-Murrah, Inc. and made possible in Wichita by

the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum, Inc. Endowment.

For more information please visit: The Wichita Art Museum

 

 

 

 

Exhibitions Wichita. The Art of Adornment: Artists Embellish the Body. The Wichita Art Museum. The Curated Object

 

Marjorie Schick, Schiaparelli’s Circles, 2005. Painted wood, canvas, and thread. On load from the artist, courtesy of the Wichita Art Museum

Gina Westergard, Eclipse (Funerary Urn) 2005. Copper, sterling silver, gold leaf, palladium leaf, enamel paint, chrysoprase, On loan from the artist, courtesy of the Wichita Art Museum

Larry Schwarm, Melvin Miller, Greensburg, KS, 2000. Color photograph. On loan from the artist, courtesy of the Wichita Art Museum

Larry Schwarm, Ann, Emporia, 2001. Color photograph. On loan from the artist, courtesy of the Wichita Museum of Art

The Art of Adornment: Artists Embellish the Body

January 23-May 29, 2011

 

The Wichita Art Museum explores one of the most basic of human elements: to define and express one’s uniqueness by adorning the body. Centuries of artists have sought inspiration from the human form, and the exhibition The Art of Adornment: Artists Embellish the Body, celebrates the age-old muse - the human body. 

Guest curator and art dealer Trish Higgins, along with the Museum’s Chief Curator Stephen Gleissner, have currated a new and unique exhibition that invites artists who have already made their mark in a particular medium to create art that either theoretically or literally adorns the human body. This eclectic mix of objects ranges from sculptures featuring wigs as their foundations, to photographs of tattooed bodies and jewelry of precious metals as well as found objects. The goal of the exhibition is to give viewers a peek inside the human psyche.

For more information please visit: The Wichita Art Museum

Exhibitions Wichita. Central American Textiles from the Collection of Jerry Martin. The Wichita Art Museum. The Curated Object: International Decorative Arts Exhibitions

Central American Textiles from the Collection of Jerry Martin
Nov. 23, 2008 through March 1, 2009

This exhibition showcases an outstanding local collection of contemporary – and brilliantly colorful – Central American textiles of the highest level of craftsmanship and design sophistication.

For more information please visit: The Wichita Art Museum
-Joanne Molina