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Utah Museum of Fine Arts Tour of Special Exhibition: Power Couples

Enjoy a tour with of the special exhibition, Power Couples: The Pendant Format in Art, with Whitney Tassie, Senior Curator at the UMFA. This special exhibition considers how two interdependent works, called “pendants,” convey meaning. The study of this popular format reveals a variety of artistic strategies at play—desires to communicate social hierarchy, gender roles, racial issues, complementary ideas, the passage of time, the continuity of space, and the appearance of truth in art. Drawn from the UMFA’s rich collection and strengthened with select loans, this expansive exhibition displays works conceived as pairs in European, American, and regional art from the fifteenth century until the present day. Artists on view include Barthel Bruyn the Younger, Dirck Hals, Peeter Neefs the Elder, Gabriel and Augustin de Saint-Aubin, Gilbert Stuart, Edmonia Lewis, Robert Rauschenberg, Lorna Simpson, Nina Katchadourian, Kerry James Marshall, and Roni Horn. Despite its prevalence across time periods and cultures, the pendant, unlike its hinged predecessor the diptych, has never before been the subject of a comprehensive exhibition.

Fall 2019

09-27-2019, Friday

2:00 PM

Location: Utah Museum of Fine Arts

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