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Charles Addams Fine Arts Library
Clay@Penn
September 5 through October 21
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| Jaguar God of the Underworld by Simon Martin. |
Tall Vase by Andy Brayman. |
Untitled by Megumi Naitoh. |
Burrison Gallery Exhibit
Through October 19
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Painting by Laurel Wood Ramsden |
Amarna, Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun
Penn Museum
Through October
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| Ring bezel, Amarna, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (1353-1336 BCE), faience. Ring bezel decorated with the cartouche of Tutankhamun. Photo courtesy of Penn Museum. |
The city of Amarna was bordered on its eastern side by cliffs of uniform height. Almost at midpoint of the city, the cliffs are interrupted by a gap (the Wadi Abu Hasan el Bahri). Viewed from afar, this break in the cliffs creates a large natural silhouette of the hieroglyph for "horizon" (akhet). Akhenaten may have chosen this site for his new capital city dedicated to his god, the disk of the sun, the Aten, because this natural rock formation created the "Horizon of the Aten" or, as it was known by its ancient Egyptian name, Akhet-aten. This view is taken from the south. Photo by David Silverman. |
Statue of an Amarna Princess, probably from Amarna, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (1353-1336 BCE), limestone and pigment. Amarna art placed considerable emphasis on the six daughters of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Meritaten, Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Nefernefruaten Tasherit, Nefernefrure and Setepenre. The identity of this princess is not known. Photo courtesy of Penn Museum. |
Other Penn Museum Exhibits |
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Abdul Ameer, wearing his traditional “aba” long coat and headgear. Included in,
Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940. |
| Penn Museum’s new exhibit: River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures From Sitio Conte. Embossed plaques like this one were attached to the garments of high-ranking members of the ancient society and often served as breastplates during battle, 8.6 x 8.9 inches. This exhibit tells the story of the Penn Museum’s 1940 excavation at an ancient cemetery discovered when the river changed its course. The exhibit features almost 150 artifacts, including 120 Pre-columbian gold objects more than a thousand years old. |
Frozen Architecture
Esther M. Klein Art Gallery
Through December 9 |
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Photographic prints taken from snow research labs of the U.S. Dept. of Argriculture |
German Video from the Collections of the Kunstmuseum Bonn: Joseph Beuys to Today
Slought Foundation
Through October 13 |
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The first exhibition in the U.S. of video works from the collection. |
Stars Shine Bright on Shatter Light:
An Exhibition of Visual Poetry by David Daniels
Kelly Writers House
September 9 through October 18
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| A presentation on visual poetry and a live reading of selected show pieces. |
ICA Exhibits
Through August 5 |
| ICA presents four new exhibits this fall. The exhibits on display are Ensemble; Project Space: Jay Heikes; Eileen Neff: Between Us; and this year’s ramp project, Fly Thru. Included in the exhibits are sounds, photographs, and installations featuring a pre-fab house and drawings. These exhibits are on display until December 16. |
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| Untitled by Boursier-Mougenot, Céleste, 1999-2000. Materials: resin with wood armature, motor and heaters, 94 x 9 3/4 inches. |
iT House by Taalman Koch rendered in “Hedge.” |
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| So There’s This Pirate... by Jay Heikes, 2005. Tempera, marker and graphite on photocopy, 30 x 40 inches. |
Circle in the Rain by Eileen Neff, 2007. C-print mounted on aluminum, 15 x 28 1/2 inches. |
Arthur Ross Gallery Exhibits
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| Treasured Pages: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts from the Free Library of Philadelphia. Featuring both codices and single leaves from one of the most significant collections of Western European illuminated manuscripts in the United States, the exhibition addresses diverse themes based on subject matter and use: Ritual, Devotion and Prayer, Learning and Leisure, and Politics and Law, and the Bible. Through Januar 6, 2008. |
Van Pelt Dietrich Library Center Exhibit
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| Spontaneous Appealinair Contemprate Apollinaire, a photocard photoduplicator print by Bob Cobbing, 1968. This work is part of the exhibit Make Perhaps This Out Sense Of Can You, on display at the Rosenwald Gallery of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center until December 16. |
Garden Railway
"Great American Train Stations"
Daily through October 8, 10:00am-4:00pm
Morris Arboretum |
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| The Garden Railway is a miniature world of model trains running on a quarter mile track, set in the splendor of the Arboretum’s summer garden. The miniature world features historic buildings created entirely of natural materials, each meticulously detailed with leaves, bark, vines and twigs. Logs and branches are also used to create unique tunnels and overhead trestles. Nestled among woody plants, colorful annuals and perennials, the finished product is an enchanting landscape that never ceases to delight visitors both young and old. Free with regular admission. |
meta Metasequoia
Morris Arboretum
Ongoing |
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| Nestled within the dawn redwood grove, meta Metasequoia will provide a fresh perspective of these wonderful trees. The exhibit will elevate visitors up into the tree canopy of the dawn redwoods by means of an artistic structure with stairs leading to the "basket," an open-air room whose floor is 12 feet above grade. Climbing up into the structure, nicknamed the "Grasshopper," visitors will be able to revist the childhood feeling of being in a tree house, enjoy the views and relax in unusual intimacy with these majestic trees. |
Coming to the Small Screen: Ormandy & Television
Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
Ongoing |
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| Drawing by Alfred Bendiner, ca. 1952.
Eugene Ormandy dedicated his life to music, from the age of three, when he first picked up a violin, to shortly after his 84th birthday, when he conducted his last concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra. It is with this orchestra that Ormandy's name will forever be associated, by virtue of his serving as its Music Director for 42 years. Image courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives. |
A Wonderful Life: A Daughter's Tribute to a Family of Educators
Lobby, GSE
Ongoing |
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Pennsylvania Daughter by Joan Myerson.
Digital "painting" of the artist's mother as Penn student. |
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Almanac - September 4, 2007 Volume 54 No. 2
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