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Circus & Vaudeville

The Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation

February 4 – October 16, 2016

Photo of a white gallery wall with a large, colorful tapestry hung on it. To the left of us there are two small, dark sculptures mounted on rectangular white blocks. On the very bottom right of the frame there is a small red stool beneath the tapestry.
Two white gallery walls intersect to the left of us. On the right wall a colorful tapestry is hanging, and on the left the vibrant composition by Mimi Gross, "Fred Dean's Circus in Maine" is hung up closest to us. Between those two pieces there are four small art works hung in three cream frames and one black frame. A small dark brown sculpture of four female figures, by Chaim Gross, "The Flying Ballerinas" sits in the middle of the two walls and a small, dark brown sculpture of a person standing on a horse is in the bottom right of the frame, in front of the other pieces.
White gallery wall with large printed description beneath a decorative title "Circus & Vaudeville" in colorful, vintage type. On the left of the description is a large painting with performers and an audience in a medium brown frame, and to the right is painting of man wearing a crown and a red cape in a beige frame with a gold outside. On a small shelf beneath the paintings and description there are two smaller artworks in beige frames on the left, and two photos in black frames and a black bust of a man's head on the right.
Two white gallery walls intersect to the right of us. On the left wall is a yellow-brown sculpture of two female figures balancing on each other hung up with three small black and white photos in black frames on a shelf beneath it. In the corner where the walls intersect is a dark brown, small sculpture of woman stepping forward.

Installation view of our current exhibition, Circus & Vaudeville

Photo of a white gallery with light brown wood floors and a young man standing on a metal ladder painting the wall to the right of us. On the wall to the left behind him there is a sculpture hung of two female figures, one laying down with the other balancing on her legs. To the right front of him there are three dark brown sculptures of people, and the illustration by Marc Chagall, "The Circus Performers".

Artist Tim Curtis painting the title wall
 

Photo of a white gallery wall with light brown wood flooring beneath it. In front of us is a large black sculpture of three tiny people balancing on a gigantic horse. Behind this sculpture is another black sculpture by Chaim Gross, "The Flying Ballerinas" which is a symmetrical composition of four female figures, one standing and holding the other as they fly horizontally outwards on each side. On the wall behind the sculptures is a large line drawing of the horse sculpture in a light cream frame. Next to the drawing the corner of a large, colorful artwork is barely visible.
A white gallery wall with a small black sculpture by Chaim Gross, "The Flying Ballerinas" which is a symmetrical composition of four female figures, one standing and holding the other as they fly horizontally outwards on each side on the right, and to the right the left half of a colorful tapestry with the wording "Stars from the Moscow Circus" and a woman in circle frame gesturing to the left on it.

Press Release

A new installation organized by Foundation Director Susan Fisher and Collections Curator Sasha Davis featuring over 50 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from circa 1880-1980, many of which have never been exhibited. Works by over 15 American and European artists, including:

Elie Nadelman

Carl Walters

Abraham Walkowitz

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Benny Andrews

Raphael Soyer

Moses Soyer

Marc Chagall

Reginald Marsh

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Emmanuel Mane-Katz

Bil Baird

Mimi Gross

Chaim Gross

Pablo Picasso