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ExhibitsUSA Announces Tour of The Most Difficult Journey: The Poindexter Collections of American Modernist Painting
The Most Difficult Journey: The Poindexter Collections of American
Modernist Painting opened on January 22, 2004, at the J. Wayne Stark
University Center Galleries in College Station, Tex. The show features
59 paintings from a remarkable collection of American modernist art acquired
by George and Elinor Poindexter between 1950 and 1994.
The collection includes work by many of the country’s most important
painters of the postwar era: Richard Diebenkorn, Willem de Kooning, and
Franz Kline, as well as lesser-known artists who nonetheless made significant
contributions to American modern and abstract painting. It is now divided
between the Montana Historical Society and the Yellowstone Art Museum.
Mary Chen (left) of Albuquerque
and Meredith Lewis of Richardson view The Most Difficult Journey:
The Poindexter Collections of American Modernist Painting on display
in the J. Wayne Stark University Center Galleries in Texas A&M's Memorial
Student Center January 22–March 16, 2004. Photo courtesy Aggie Daily
and the Texas A&M Web site.
In 1962, George Poindexter (1900–1975) said that the
most difficult journey he had ever taken was into the appreciation of
abstract art. Yet after initially regarding abstract expressionism and
other modern artistic trends with bafflement, Poindexter learned to understand—and
even love—abstract art. The Most Difficult Journey provides
a glimpse into the New York gallery scene, the aesthetics of the Poindexters
themselves, and new perspectives on the concepts of abstraction in the
midst of the pop art and minimalist movements. Though individual works
and smaller selections from the Poindexter collections have been exhibited
before, this is the first time that a large portion of this extraordinary
legacy is touring nationally.
Upon closing in College Station on March 16, The Most Difficult Journey
travels to the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, Calif., and on to eight
more venues through May 2006. The initial schedule, which is subject to
change, is provided below.
The Henry Luce Foundation generously provided
funds that made possible the research and conservation necessary for this
exhibition and accompanying catalog. The Most Difficult Journey
is curated by Ben Mitchell, senior curator at the Yellowstone Art Museum
in Billings, Mont. The exhibition is organized by the Yellowstone Art
Museum and toured by ExhibitsUSA.
The purpose of ExhibitsUSA is to create access to an array of arts and
humanities exhibitions, nurture the development and understanding of diverse
art forms and cultures, and encourage the expanding depth and breadth
of cultural life in local communities. ExhibitsUSA is a national division
of Mid-America Arts Alliance, a private, nonprofit organization founded
in 1972.
The Most Difficult Journey: The Poindexter Collections of
American Modernist Art
Touring January 2004 through January 2007
January 22–March 16, 2004
J Wayne Stark University Center Galleries
College Station, Texas
April 06–May 25, 2004
City of Walnut Creek, Bedford Gallery
Walnut Creek, California
September 01–October 20, 2004
Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Salt Lake City, Utah
January 28–March 16, 2005
Art Museum of South Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
June 16–August 11, 2005
Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art
Jacksonville, Florida
November 09, 2005–January 08, 2006
Louisiana Art & Science Museum
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
April 06–May 25, 2006
Museum of the Southwest
Midland, Texas
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