In a Decade: Recent Acquisitions to Our Collection
Sep 18, 2020 – Jan 10, 2021
Since the mid-1950’s, the Taubman Museum of Art (which was then known as the Roanoke Fine Arts Center) built a collection of noted works that explore and celebrate arts and culture within the larger narrative of American art.
In a Decade: Recent Acquisitions to Our Collection explores works that have been generously gifted to the Museum within the past ten years — in particular, works from three collectors who are among our most prolific:
• Mitchell Kaneff, focusing heavily on modern and contemporary art
• Ray Kass and Jerrie Pike, both of whom have a penchant for photography, abstract, and folk art
• Kevin Concannon and Margo Crutchfield, delighting visitors with unique fine art multiples
The pieces featured throughout In a Decade were curated for this exhibition to specifically reflect diverse elements from our collecting mission, which is to focus primarily on 19th and 20th century art, American art, modern and contemporary art, regional and folk art, photography, and new media, as well as design and decorative arts that emphasize artists in the American Southeast.
The Taubman Museum of Art’s collection also includes a smaller number of European and ancient Mediterranean art, as well as international works in modern and contemporary art and design. The Museum dedicates four or more galleries to showcase its permanent collection.
SELECTED WORKS
Robert Mars, Untitled (detail), Undated ca. 2000, Oil, collage and resin on canvas, 30 in. x 24 in. x 1 in., Gift of Mitchell Kaneff, 2018.007
Sanford Biggers, Cheshire Smile, 2008, Battery-powered silkscreened plastic box, 2 in. x 4 in., Gift of Kevin Concannon and Margo Crutchfield, 2015.006
Peter Coffin, Untitled, 2006, Silver gelatin prints mounted on paper, 11 × 9 × 2 1/4 in., Gift of Kevin Concannon and Margo Crutchfield, 2015.009
Kara Walker, Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times (detail), 1997, Printed and die-cut pages in faux leather cover, 9 1/2 in. x 8 in. x 3/4 in., Gift of Kevin Concannon and Margo Crutchfield, 2015.049
Lyle Bongé, Untitled (detail), Undated, Silver gelatin print photograph, Gift of a private collection, 2012.005
Robert Sulkin, Vanitas (detail), 2000, Digitally output photograh on Hanemuhle Fine Art Paper, 17 in. x 22 in., Gift of the Artist, 2020.008
Daniel Hesidence, Untitled (1777), 2006, Oil on canvas, 48 in. x 48 in. x 2 in., Gift of Mitchell Kaneff, 2018.006
Yoshitomo Nara, Pup Cup, 2003, Painted plastic with battery-operated motor, 9 1/2 in. x 8 in. x 8 in., Gift of Kevin Concannon and Margo Crutchfield, 2015.034
Roy Lichtenstein, Paper Plate, 1969, Silkscreened cardboard plate, 1 1/2 in. x 10 1/4 in., Gift of Kevin Concannon and Margo Crutchfield, 2015.023
EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHTS
In a Decade Collector Spotlight: Ray Kass
In a Decade Collector Spotlight: Mitchell Kaneff
