In a 2004 Review of the Cincinnati Art Museum Historian Paul Breidenbach
Review Essay The Cincinnati Wing:The Story of Art in art and society in America generally. the Queen City." A Permanent Exhibition The opening of the Cincinnati Wing makes the at the Cincinnati Art Museum. museum a much more than inviting place, and draws visitors toward the new exhibition. Within the principal In the bound of2003,the Cincinnati ArtMu- entrance,visitors are enticed toward the exhibiseum opened its Cincinnati Fly, renovating tion by i of its best physical features, the floorsome eighteen,000 square anxiety of gallery infinite in toceiling window that ends the cardinal hallway its imposing edifice that overlooks the c ty from directly opposite the primary entrance. Previously, Eden Park. A new permanent exh bto in that location museum guests, put in a humble, reverent frame The Story of Art in the Queen Urban center, ' app es deas of mi id by huge Dorie columns and mighty oak developed in recent contextual- and glass doors, faced a fundamental ist art history in an attempt to ' west : ha [way equally inviting equally a cave. demonstrate Cincinnati'southward ia , 64 ,r At present solar day ght beckons, leading tional prominence,mainly north the Sa 1 toward the window and the I % = SE nineteenth century, as a centre ' new w grand, which is guarded by for the production of art. The .. - . .., 1 ... . '' ; Eve D sconsolate," a big nude exhibition places this story n a f' effigy 'northward narble by Hiram Powlarger historical context by bandage : . 4 .one '· i :* ' ' . ers,the liost famous sculptor of ing Cincinnati every bit a case study of « » m d northward ieteenth century America, 7 Southward the intertwined evolution of who began his career with extenart and manufacture in the Un ted ·« , 1 " i ':.»' s ve help from wealthy CincinStates . Fittingly, the curators naticins. The sculpture serves take a broad view of what con as an apt symbol of the metropolis' southward stitutes fine art, display ng house · ·. 48 · aw tr 4 att stic leadership in that era, hold luxury items,some of them t»* t,» j,» , , » and perhaps as well in its display of factoryproduced ,in additon to , nudity as an ironic reference to 1:. 11 paintings,sculpture,the art pot- the Mapplethorpe fiasco,which Robert Southward. Dulicalison, Portrait ot tery of Rookwood and its local N cholas I.ongworth, 18 FR Oil O, 1 helped constitute a more contempo competitors,and samples from a canvass,84 x 60 one/ 4 in. ( 213.4 10 153 reputation for Cincinnati as renational woodcarving craze,of cni). Academy of Cincinnati Fine Arts flexively conservative in matters which Cincinnati was one of the Cc, 1lection artistic and sexual. chief centers. Although quite The pocket-size orientation gallery successful in documenting the impressive artistic backside Eve, with its excellent video presentation, achievements of the city,the exhibition succeeds to provides an highly-seasoned introduction to the exhibia bottom caste in the much more than daunting task of tion. Beautifully composed and projected digitally reconstructing the social context of art in Cincin- on a wide fiat screen. the short video dazzles the nati,or in shedding light on the interplay between eye while it introduces the exhibition' southward main themes: OHIO VALLEY HISTORY 64 Patronage," " The Rise of Manufacture," " Art Education ," and, finally, " Identity." The video's rendition of these themes culminates in a very affecting imagea tedious pulling back from paintings in the collection that depict a variety of local cultures, until gradually the images lose their individuality, only to resolve themselves into pixels in a larger pic of the Tyler Davidson Fountain,perhaps the best known symbol of Cincinnati ' southward identity and borough pride. Information technology is a first-class mode to suggest the infjuence of many cultures in Cincinnati' s art earth and public life. The " Identity" theme forms the footing of the exhibition 'due south underlying civics lesson, a plea for a vibrant, inclusive,tolerant public culture anchored past art. Given the city's recent travails and longterm trendsriots , a boycott, depopulation, and economic stagnationthis plea has particular urgency. And the museum seems to be doing its function to brand real the platonic it portrays: Thanks to a large donation from Lois and Richard Rosenthal, admission to the museum has been free to all since the new wing opened. The Cincinnati...
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