Spring & Summer 2013 Exhibitions
Black and White and Read All Over: Artists & the Mass Media
April 15 – August 31, 2013
Works of art lurk in all sort of unexpected places in the library: in the stacks of bound periodicals, on rolls of microfilm, in online digital collections. You might find an artwork in the pages of an old Harper’s Bazaar or when flipping through back issues of Fortune Magazine. The artists included in this exhibition each made works of art that appeared in the mass media: in a magazine, in a newspaper, or on television. Rather than make unique, precious objects destined for exhibition in a gallery, museum, or private collection, these artists bypassed the art world and created artworks that could circulate far and wide.
Sports at Carleton: A History in Photographs
May – August, 2013
This exhibit, created by Carleton’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Physical Education, Athletics and Recreation (PEAR) department, features a brief photographic history of several varsity sports at Carleton. The history of some sports at Carleton predates their varsity programs, giving rise to some campus traditions like Rotblatt. Special thanks must be made to the PEAR for supporting this exhibit
Women, Femininity, and Power in South Asia
May 30 – June 11, 2013
Women in South Asia are caught between powerful and conflicting forces. How do they reconcile their different roles and representations in society? This exhibition was created by Professor Amna Khalid’s History 259 Spring 2013 Class: Truc Anh Kieu, Shanti Penprase, Emma Rapperport, Sarah Robinson, Morgan Tuff & others.
Baedeker Books: The Birth of the Travel Guide
Spring Term, 2013
This exhibit features fifteen Baedeker books – a series of popular travel guides invented in 1827 by German publisher, Karl Baedeker (1801-1859). The Baedeker books, known for their distinctive red covers, were celebrated for their function as practical guides, providing European tourists with everything from restaurant recommendations to common language translations. Organized by Gabrielle Petersen ’13.
Tina Chen: Drawings from William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence
Spring Term, 2013
Inspired by William Blake’s The “Auguries of Innocence”and its rich visual imagery, Tina Chen ’14 has created twelve watercolor paintings that all demonstrate Blake’s elusion to the sublime reality of mankind and nature. In this stunning series, Tina illustrates Blake’s portrayal of joy, terror, and sorrow through her own interpretations of the piece, expressing her own emotional responses and shedding light on the dramatic narrative that is implicit within the poem.
Image courtesy Tina Chen ’14
Winter 2013 Exhibitions
Voice And Visibility: Exploring Contested Identities In Dubai
February 28 – April 1, 2013
This exhibition showcases student research conducted in Dubai, U.A.E., on the multifaceted themes, ideas, and social issues the students encountered in Emirati society. The exhibition offers glimpses of the students’ experiences and analyses of a range of voices and visions of the Emirates, the Gulf region, Arab society, and Africa as represented in one of the most dynamic and emerging global cities.
Extra Ordinary Times: Diaries from Gould Library’s Collections
January 10 – March, 2013
What makes diaries so fascinating? This exhibition features original, hand-written diaries kept by Carleton alums and donated to the College archives; published editions of diaries of historical or literary interest; and a variety of artist’s interpretations of diaries. The common thread linking all these books is the way diaries connect personal stories with history and the broader culture. The diaries and diary-inspired books in ExtraOrdinary Times come from the College Archives and Gould Libraries Special Collections. This exhibition complements John Peña: Daily Geology, the concurrent exhibition in the Perman Teaching Museum. Peña makes a drawing a day, documenting daily events through a sort of visual diary. keep them, who they are written for, and why they’re so interesting.
John Peña’s exhibition in the Perlman Teaching Museum
Gould Library Fall Exhibitions 2012
Hand, Voice, & Vision: Artists’ Books from Women’s Studio Workshop
September 10-November 25, 2012 Carleton College presents an exhibition featuring artists’ books by several artists published over thirty years by Women’s Studio Workshop. Curated by Kathleen Walkup, the exhibition is a comprehensive retrospective featuring some of the most influential contemporary book artists in America. The works in Hand, Voice & Vision celebrate three facets that characterize the artist’s book program at Women’s Studio Workshop: the hand-made mark of the book-maker, the unique voices and viewpoints of a broad and diverse range of artists, and the visionary nature of artwork that forges new directions in the medium of book arts. Since 1974, Women’s Studio Workshop has provided close to two hundred artists, both emerging and established, with studio facilities and technical expertise to produce limited edition artists’ books.
Change in Action: The Legacy of Paul Wellstone
October, 2012
Paul Wellstone (1944-2002) was a Carleton Professor of political science for 20 years. During his time here he fostered an atmosphere of community organizing and activism through his involvement in grass roots organizing in Northfield. In 1990 Wellstone ran for U.S. Senate (Minnesota) and won. Through his new position he continued his involvement in many issues such as, the environment, healthcare, and labor. He also worked alongside his wife, Sheila, to support victim of domestic violence.
Spring Exhibitions 2012
Photographers & Authors
March 26 – June 9, 2012 Gould Library is fortunate to own a significant collection of portraits of twentieth-century authors made by notable photographers. The Photographers and Authors collection was created by Carleton parents Raphael and Jane Bernstein to mark the 1984 expansion of Gould Library and is exhibited every two years to celebrate outstanding achievements in the literary and visual arts.
Image, Text, Page: Artists & Writers in Collaboration
In these collaborations, visual artists and writers are paired to create something new: an illustrated book in which words lend new vibrancy to the images, and the images add color and depth to the text. The pages that result are more than the sum of their parts. The volumes in this exhibition come from publishing projects based in the libraries of two great museums: the books by Doug Aitkin and Beatriz Milhazes were published by the Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, and the others by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art. They are part of a collection of artist’s books donated to Gould Library Special Collections by Hadassah Brooks Morgan.
The 26th Annual Off-Campus Studies Photo Exhibit
May– August, 2012
An annual favorite of Carleton students, faculty and staff, the Off Campus Studies Photo Contest exhibition will open with a celebration in late April. A panel of judges will select 25 photographs from over 200 entries, awarding prizes in the person, place, story, and library categories.
Staging Selves: Cameroonian Portrait Photography. Photographs by Joseph Chila, Samuel Finlak, Jacques Touselle
April 6 – June 17, 2012
Gould Library
This exhibition features the work of Joseph Chila, Samuel Finlak, and Jacques Touselle, professional portrait photographers from Cameroon. Most of the images they made were for state identification cards, but both men documented weddings, funerals, births, and other family events and celebrations, sometimes photographing their clients in their studios, sometimes traveling miles to the clients’ homes. Drawn from an archive of more than 4,000 images, the portraits in this exhibition highlight the vibrant and compelling tradition of African photography in the pre-digital age.
How Red is Read: Color Standards
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April – October, 2012
The accurate representation and description of color is of great importance to a variety of people: artists, birders, designers, biologists, and art historians all need standardized methods of reproducing and describing color. This exhibit features color charts, illustrations, tables, and sample cards featured in books from Gould Library’s collections.