{"id":73,"date":"2023-01-31T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/flemingmuseumofart\/?p=73"},"modified":"2024-12-12T18:33:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T23:33:37","slug":"collections-rotations-spring-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/flemingmuseumofart\/collections-rotations-spring-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Collections Rotations | Spring 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Changes are afoot at the Fleming. We are currently re-envisioning the Collections Gallery (formerly the European\/American Gallery). In areas freshly painted gray or blue, you\u2019ll find a new selection of artworks installed among some objects from the prior display. This ongoing reinstallation project expands possibilities for connecting with the collection in new and exciting ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our re-envisioning of the Collections Gallery has its roots in\u00a0Fleming Reimagined. As a living vision statement, Fleming Reimagined documents the Museum\u2019s ongoing efforts to become an anti-racist museum that is more responsive, relevant, and inclusive. And, as an emergent initiative, it provides pathways to integrate inclusive methods into museum practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In keeping with these values, the present changes to the Collections Gallery short-circuit the dominant narrative of art history once told here. That narrative has privileged a single perspective (white non-disabled heteromasculine) in and on art to the detriment of all, especially those identifying as BIPOC and LGBTQ+. Now, instead, you\u2019ll find more and more objects that amplify diverse perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several artworks that amplify queer perspectives, for example, are now prominently displayed. Robert Indiana\u2019s A Garden of Love<\/em>, a set of six prints, from 1982, uses verbal and visual means to communicate an inclusive message of love. And Marcelino Gon\u00e7alves\u2019 painting Composition with Pairs<\/em>, from 2007, engages with themes of same-sex love, gay desire, and masculinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like a lab, the Collections Gallery is also a space for experimenting with museum practice by more frequently rotating artworks. Such rotations will, we hope, provide many new avenues for reimagining the Museum, as it is today, and what it might become in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marcelino Gon\u00e7alves’ “Composition with Pairs,” 2007<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Marcelino<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Marcelino Gon\u00e7alves (American, b. 1969), Composition with Pairs<\/em>, 2007. Oil and graphite on panel. Gift of the David Beitzel \u201980 Private Collection  2022.4.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sedum Arborescens” from “Hortus Eystettensis (The Garden at Eichst\u00e4tt),” 1613<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\""Sedum<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sedum Arborescens<\/em> from Hortus Eystettensis (The Garden at Eichst\u00e4tt)<\/em>, 1613. Published by Basilius Besler (German, 1561-1629). Hand-colored engraving. Museum purchase  1972.8.9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unknown maker(s), “Raffia flower corsage,” early to mid-20th century<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Raffia<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unknown maker(s), Raffia flower corsage<\/em>, early to mid-20th cent. Raffia, dyed and woven. Museum Collection  2006.3.281 LA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heart-Shaped Puzzle Purse, ca. 1840s-1850s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Heart-Shaped<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

England or United States, Heart-Shaped Puzzle Purse<\/em>, ca. 1840s-1850s. Paper, ribbon. Gift of Mrs. Gertrude B. Spaulding  1938.40.39<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asia or Southeast Asia, Ornament or Necklace, before 1895<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Asia<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unknown maker(s), attributed to Shuar or Achuar people, Ecuador, Hair or Ear Ornament<\/em>, before 1895. Cord, feathers, beetle elytra (hard-shelled outer wings), hair. Gift of Henry LeGrand Cannon  1898.1.310<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Changes are afoot at the Fleming. We are currently re-envisioning the Collections Gallery (formerly the European\/American Gallery). In areas freshly painted gray or blue, you\u2019ll find a new selection of artworks installed among some objects from the prior display. This ongoing reinstallation project expands possibilities for connecting with the collection in new and exciting ways. … <\/p>\n

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