Nasher Sculpture Center Explained

Nasher Sculpture Center
Coordinates:32.7882°N -96.8002°W
Location:2001 Flora St, Dallas, Texas
Type:Art Museum
Architect:Renzo Piano, Peter Walker
Publictransit: M-Line: Olive & Flora, St Paul & Woodall Rodgers

Opened in 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum in Dallas, Texas, that houses the Patsy and Raymond Nasher collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. It is located on a 2.4acres site adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the Dallas Arts District.

Founding

Patsy and Raymond Nasher began collecting sculpture in the 1950s. Together they formed a comprehensive collection of masterpieces by Harry Bertoia, Constantin Brâncuși, Alexander Calder, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Paul Gauguin, Willem de Kooning, Mark di Suvero, Alberto Giacometti, Barbara Hepworth, Ellsworth Kelly, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Claes Oldenburg, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, Richard Serra, and David Smith, among others.

In 1997, Raymond Nasher acquired a plot of land in downtown Dallas across the street from the Dallas Museum of Art and hired architect Renzo Piano to design the Nasher Sculpture Center. The Nasher Foundation funded the entire $70 million cost of designing and constructing the museum, which includes indoor and outdoor galleries. The Sculpture Center opened in 2003 and features a regularly changing exhibition of works from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection. By placing the facility on what was formerly part of the old Caruth family farm of, Ray Nasher began the realization of the Arts District in Dallas, which has since been enhanced by the construction of the Winspear Opera House and the Wyly Theater.

Architecture and garden

Renzo Piano, winner of the Pritzker Prize in 1998, is the architect of the Center's 55000square feet building; he had been selected after Nasher met him at the opening of the Beyeler Foundation in Basel, Switzerland, in 1997. Piano has designed several critically acclaimed art museums; foremost among them are the Beyeler Museum in Basel, the Menil Collection in Houston, and Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris (in collaboration with Richard Rogers). He has been praised as an architect who has the genius to meld art, architecture, and advanced engineering to create some of the most remarkable museums in the world.

Piano worked in collaboration with landscape architect Peter Walker of PWP Landscape Architecture on the design of the 2acres Garden. Walker has exerted a significant impact on the field of landscape architecture over a four-decade career. The scope of Walker's landscape projects is expansive and varied. It ranges from small gardens to new cities, corporate headquarters and academic campuses to urban plazas.

The building was constructed by The Beck Group, which also served as associate architect.

The facility opened in 2003 in a 55,000-square-foot building on a 2.4-acre site adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art. Reflective glare of the nearby Museum Tower, constructed in 2012, comes in through the glass roof, putting portions of the collection at risk of damage. Artist James Turrell considered his work Tending (Blue) to be effectively destroyed by the tower's intrusion on its view, and the museum closed the artwork's chamber to the public at his request.[1]

The museum has two levels: the ground level houses four galleries, institute offices, and a boardroom.[2] The garden terraces downward to the auditorium, creating an open-air theater.

Program

The Nasher Sculpture Center features rotating exhibitions drawn from the Nasher Collection as well as special exhibitions in its indoor and outdoor galleries. Among the major exhibitions organized by the Nasher are Matisse: Painter as Sculptor, the first Matisse sculpture retrospective in the U.S. in 20 years; Tony Cragg: Seeing Things, the first major U.S. museum exhibition of the artist in 20 years; and Variable States: Intention, Appearance, and Interpretation in Modern Sculpture, an exhibition and symposium on sculpture conservation organized in conjunction with the Getty. The Nasher Sculpture Center has also presented Jaume Plensa: Genus and Species; Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy; and Ken Price Sculpture: A Retrospective.

Monthly events include Target First Saturdays for children and families, Til Midnight featuring Al Fresco dining, twilight strolls, bands and movies, and the NasherSalon series which welcomes distinguished speakers for an evening of discourse on art, architecture, and other cultural topics of interest. The Nasher Sculpture Center also participates in the Block Party Series together with the Dallas Museum of Art, the Crow Museum of Asian Art, and others in the Dallas Arts District.[3]

360 Speaker Series: Artists, Critics, Curators

Ann Veronica Janssens / Piero Golia with Ann Goldstein / Mai-Thu Perret / Martha Thorne / Agents, Advisors, Devils and Apostates: A New Art World, Panel Discussion / Plaster: Medium and Process, Panel Discussion / Kathryn Andrews / Michael Dean / Rachel Rose

Melvin Edwards / Stories from the French Sculpture Census / Iván Navarro / Jonathan Hammer / Phyllida Barlow with Tyler Green / Philip Beesley / Giuseppe Penone / Alex Israel / Edmund de Waal

Thomas Heatherwick / Anna-Bella Papp / Sarah Thorton / Tony Tasset / David Bates / Not Vital / Bettina Pousttchi / Mark Grotjahn / Tod Lippy / Liz Glynn

Mark Dion / Ken Price Sculpture Panel / Heather Cook / Matthew Collings / Nathan Mabry / Liz Larner / Katharina Grosse / Lewis Kachur / Analia Saban / Return to Earth Symposium / Nasher XChange Panel / Make Art with Purpose Panel / Charles Long with Tyler Green

Elliott Hundley / Tony Feher / Trenton Doyle Hancock / Erick Swenson / Ernesto Neto / Joseph Havel / The Art Guys / Kathryn Andrews / Lawrence Weiner / Catherine Craft / Eva Rothschild

Charles Renfro / Jessica Holmes/ Alfredo Jaar / A Conversation on Statuesque / Charles Long / Aaron Curry and Thomas Houseago / Annette Lawrence / Heather Rowe / Tony Cragg / Diana Al-Hadid / Lawrence Weschler/ Dore Ashton with Michael Corris

Michael Craig-Martin/ Adam Silverman and Nader Tehrani / William Jeffett / Allegra Pesenti / Linda Ridgway / Evan Holloway / Rick Lowe / Richard R. Brettell and Joachim Pissarro / Michael Corris / Antony Gormley / Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art Panel

Exhibitions

Nasher XChange

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Nasher Sculpture Center presented Nasher XChange from October 19, 2013, to February 16, 2014. Nasher Sculpture Center Director Jeremy Strick stated that Nasher XChange focused on public art, which engages the people and culture of Dallas.[25] The Nasher XChange exhibition was made possible in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works, and a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts.[26]

Nasher Prize

The Nasher Prize was established in April 2015. The award is dedicated exclusively to a living artist who has proven excellence in contemporary sculpture.[27]

Doris Salcedo was born in 1958 in Bogotá, Colombia, her current residence. Salcedo has created sculptures and installations that transform familiar, everyday objects into moving and powerful testimonies of loss and remembrance.[28]

Huyghe was born in 1962 in Paris, he lives and works in Chile and New York. Huyghe has profoundly expanded the parameters of sculpture through artworks encompassing a variety of materials and disciplines, bringing music, cinema, and dance into contact with biology and philosophy and incorporating time-based elements as diverse as fog, ice, parades, rituals, automata, computer programs, games, dogs, bees, and microorganisms.[29] [30]

Gates was born in 1973 in Chicago, Illinois, where he continues to live and work as a professor at the University of Chicago. His work explores the material aspects of memory, history, and place.

Genzken was born in 1948 in Germany. Genzken has continually reinvented the language of sculpture by creating objects inspired by popular culture and historical events that explore the complexities of contemporary realism.

Rakowitz was born in 1973 in Long Island, New York. He is Iraqi-American and much of his work explores his identity as an American artist of Iraqi Jewish descent. His work explores the complex history between the US and Middle East, as well as cultural heritage and humanitarian crisis.

Baghramian, born 1971, is an Iranian-born German visual artist. Baghramian takes the creation and presentation of sculpture as her de facto subject yet makes works highlighting the poignant, contradictory, and sometimes humorous circumstances that can suffuse both the artistic process as well as everyday life. Over the past three decades, she has explored elements of sculptural practice and installation to create works that challenge their settings and upend expected modes of presentation as well as the architectural, sociological, political, and historical contexts that inform them.[32]

Nengudi was born in 1943 in Chicago and is known for works exploring the body, as well as for combining sculpture and performance. Nengudi rose to prominence among the Black avant-garde of the 1970s and 80s.

Key people

Nasher Sculpture Center Board of Trustees

The Director

Jeremy Strick has been the Director of the Nasher Sculpture Center since March 2009. Mr. Strick oversees collections, exhibitions, and operations at the 2.4 acre museum located in the heart of downtown Dallas’ Arts District.

Curators

Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger

David J. Haemisegger and Nancy A. Nasher serve on the Board of Directors of the Nasher Sculpture Center, a museum founded in 2003 by Nancy's father, Raymond D. Nasher, which houses the Raymond D. and Patsy R. Nasher Collection of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture. Nancy worked closely with her father on the creation and development of the Sculpture Center. David currently serves as President of the Nasher Sculpture Center, and is on the Finance and Audit Committees. David and Nancy serve on the Nasher Foundation Board.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dallas Museum Simmers in a Neighbor's Glare. Pogrebin. Robin. New York Times. 2012-05-01. 2013-02-20.
  2. Jonathan Glancey (July 5, 2004), Oasis, Texas The Guardian.
  3. News: Things To Do in Dallas This Weekend: Oct. 18 – Oct. 21 – D Magazine. 2018-10-18. D Magazine. 2018-11-08. en-US.
  4. Web site: Lynda Benglis May 21, 2022 - September 18, 2022 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  5. Web site: Magali Reus: A Sentence in Soil May 14, 2022 - October 9, 2022 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  6. Web site: Harry Bertoia Sculpting Mid-Century Modern LifeJanuary 29, 2022 - April 24, 2022 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  7. Web site: Carol Bove: Collage Sculptures October 16, 2021 - January 9, 2022 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  8. Web site: Betye Saar: Call and Response September 25, 2021 - January 2, 2022 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  9. Web site: Guerrilla Girls: Takeover May 12, 2021 - October 25, 2021 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  10. Web site: Nasher Mixtape February 6, 2021 - September 26, 2021 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  11. Web site: Barry X Ball: Remaking Sculpture January 25, 2020 - January 3, 2021 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  12. Web site: Elmgreen & Dragset: Sculptures September 14, 2019 - January 5, 2020 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  13. Web site: Sheila Hicks May 11, 2019 - August 18, 2019 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  14. Web site: Sterling Ruby: Sculpture February 2, 2019 - April 21, 2019 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  15. Web site: The Nature of Arp September 15, 2018 - January 6, 2019 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  16. Web site: First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone January 27, 2018 - April 28, 2018 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  17. Web site: Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony September 16, 2017 - January 7, 2018 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  18. Web site: Roni Horn May 20, 2017 - August 20, 2017 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  19. Web site: Richard Serra: Prints January 28, 2017 - April 30, 2017 | Exhibition - Nasher Sculpture Center .
  20. Web site: Sightings: Michael Dean October 22, 2016 – February 5, 2017 Exhibition – Nasher Sculpture Center. Center. Nasher Sculpture. www.nashersculpturecenter.org. 2016-12-08.
  21. Web site: Kathryn Andrews: Run for President September 10, 2016 – January 8, 2017 Exhibition – Nasher Sculpture Center. Center. Nasher Sculpture. www.nashersculpturecenter.org. 2016-12-08.
  22. Web site: Joel Shapiro May 7, 2016 – August 21, 2016 Exhibition – Nasher Sculpture Center. Center. Nasher Sculpture. www.nashersculpturecenter.org. 2016-12-08.
  23. Web site: Doris Salcedo: Plegaria Muda February 27, 2016 – April 17, 2016 Exhibition – Nasher Sculpture Center. Center. Nasher Sculpture. www.nashersculpturecenter.org. 2016-12-08.
  24. Web site: Sightings: Mai-Thu Perret March 12, 2016 – July 17, 2016 Exhibition – Nasher Sculpture Center. Center. Nasher Sculpture. www.nashersculpturecenter.org. 2016-12-08.
  25. Web site: Gibbins. Kristen. NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER ANNOUNCES HISTORIC PUBLIC ART PROJECT NASHER XCHANGE IN COMMEMORATION OF 10TH ANNIVERSARY. Nasher Sculpture Center. Nasher Sculpture Center Press. 24 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203023105/http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/About-NSC/Press/NASHER-SCULPTURE-CENTER-ANNOUNCES-HISTORIC-PUBLIC-. 3 February 2014.
  26. Web site: Nasher Sculpture Center. NASHER XCHANGE 10 YEARS. 10 ARTISTS. 10 SITES. October 19, 2013 – February 16, 2014 CITYWIDE. Nasher Sculpture Center. 24 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140129111414/http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/Exhibitions/nasher-xchange. 29 January 2014.
  27. Web site: Nasher Sculpture Center Establishes International Nasher Prize for Sculpture. 2 April 2015. Nasher Sculpture Center. 9 December 2016.
  28. Web site: Doris Salcedo ART21. www.art21.org. 2016-02-24.
  29. Web site: Nasher Sculpture Center Announces Pierre Huyghe as Winner of the 2017 Nasher Prize News & Press – Press Release. Center. Nasher Sculpture. www.nashersculpturecenter.org. 2016-12-08.
  30. Web site: Pierre Huyghe MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art. 2016-12-08.
  31. Web site: Nairy Baghramian Awarded 2022 Nasher Prize for Sculpture . Art Forum 2022 . 14 September 2021.
  32. Web site: Nairy Baghramian . The Museum of Modern Art . 14 September 2021 . en.
  33. News: D'Souza . Aruna . Senga Nengudi Wins the 2023 Nasher Prize for Sculpture . 16 October 2022 . . 21 September 2022.

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