Art & Artists of South Carolina
February 24, 2009–January 3, 2010

Four complementary installations explore South Carolina’s role in the evolution of American art and history, from the Colonial era portraiture of America’s first professional female artist, Henrietta Johnston, to the iconic modernism of Jasper Johns.  Watch for a complete schedule of related activities, including gallery talks each Sunday in March at 2pm.

There are four separate exhibitions included within the theme, including one titled Art & Artists of South Carolina. Three others fill other galleries on the fourth floor:

Jasper Johns: Just Thinking of a Series of Dreams

William H. Johnson: Native Son;

The Charleston Renaissance.

 
Andrew Wyeth: The Greenville Collection
March 11–October 11, 2009

Greenville’s prestigious in-depth collection of works by America’s Painter, Andrew Wyeth, spans seventy years of the artist’s masterful watercolors. Paintings by his father N.C. Wyeth and son Jamie Wyeth are included in this exhibition, which also features the newly-acquired watercolor, Eagle Quill, 2007.

Special programming begins May 28 at 6:30, when Greenville painter Anthony Conway offers his thoughts on Wyeth in the Museum's continuing Artists Talk series. The Wyeth Collection is also the focus of Sunday gallery talks on June 7, 14, 21, and 28 at 2:00 pm.

Unpainting
March 11–May 3, 2009

An exhibition of things that aren't painting, from wall hangings and assemblages to drawings and photography. Drawn from the Museum collection.

Ideas Distanced from Objects
May 26–July 27, 2009

Art that's related to South Carolina takes an abstract turn in this exhibition, which is on view through July 27. Works by Brian Rutenberg, Laura Spong, Corrie McCallum, and Tom Dimond, among others.

Anna Heyward Taylor
The Strike, 1933

William H. Johnson
Copper Kettle, 1933–4

Whale Rib, 1993 watercolor ©Andrew Wyeth

Tom Dimond, Release, 1991
in Ideas Distanced from Objects