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February 2004  

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Dublin, Ireland

Martin Puryear
Irish Museum of Modern Art
January 21 - May 9, 2004

Title: Vessel, 1997-2002
Artist: Martin Puryear
Medium: Pitch pine, mess and tar
Dimensions: 461 x 213.4 x 172.7 cm
Collection of the Artist
Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York
Image Courtesy Irish Museum of Modern Art

Martin Puryear, noted US post-minimalist sculptor,  has an exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) starting January 21st, 2004.  His work is predominantly based around traditional craft techniques of woodworking, furniture making, basketry and boat making. His preferred medium is wood which he uses to create meticulously hand-crafted sculptures.

Influences on the artist include nature, wildlife, history, and geography along with an interest in Native American, African, Scandinavian, Japanese and Arctic Cultures. IMMA Director Enrique Juncosa notes that IMMA is "Delighted to give Irish gallery-goers the opportunity to experience this extraordinary body of work by Martin Puryear, whose originality makes him one of the most important American artists of our time."

Wilmington, Delaware

Glorious Dignity:
Drawings of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Harvey Dinnerstein and Burton Silverman
February 7 - March 7, 2004
Delaware Art Museum

Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955. A bus driver told Rosa Parks to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. When she  refused she was arrested, found guilty of disorderly conduct, and fined. In response the African American community decided to extend its one-day bus boycott to protest her treatment.  Harvey Dinnerstein and Burton Silverman effectively captured the cataclysmic event in their artwork.

Title: Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1956
Artist: Burton Silverman (b. 1928)
Medium: Graphite on paper, 11-1/4 x 9-3/4 inches
Gift of Robert Lehman, 1994
Image Courtesy: Delaware Art Museum

The Delaware Art Museum has scheduled special events to highlight this exhibition including:

February 14 1 - 4 pm
Looking Back/Looking Forward Part One:
LOOKING BACK

Speakers:
James M. Baker, Mayor of Wilmington 
Clara L. Small, Professor, Department of History, Salisbury State University

Film: Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks.

February 28
Looking Back/Looking Forward Part two:
LOOKING FORWARD

Speakers:
Representative from Wilmington NAACP
Representative from Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League

Film: Awakenings Part One in the PBS Series, Eyes on the Prize, covers the period from 1954-1956, the beginning of the modern black freedom struggle.

Singapore

Highlights from the Singapore Art Museum
Permanent Collection
through March 28, 2004
SAM Galleries 1, 3 & 4

Title: Hiding Rituals and The Mass Production II
Artist: Nindtyo Adipurnomo
Image Courtesy of the Singapore Art Museum

This exhibition, featuring works from the Singapore Art Museum permanent collection, offers four inter-related themes in Southeast Asian art that explore the complex terrains of Southeast Asian modernity: Realism and Social Commitment, Abstraction and the Search for Identities, Continuities in Traditions, and Contemporary Perspectives. Modern and contemporary artists in this presentation include Nguyan Gia Tri, Fernando Amorsolo, S. Sudjojono, Prasong Lemuang, Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, Bayu Utomo Radjikin, Kamin Lertchaiprasert and others.  Ahmad Mashadi is the curator of the exhibition.