American Folk Art Museum
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Naive art in the USA
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The American Folk Art Museum in New York City is the premier museum for naive art in the United States .
history
The museum opened in Midtown Manhattan in 1963 and, after relocating numerous times since 2001, is located at 45 West 53rd Street, not far from the Museum of Modern Art .
Initially, the museum was called the Museum of Early American Folk Arts and dealt mainly with American naive art from the 18th and 19th centuries. The renaming to Museum of American Folk Art , and again to American Folk Art Museum , already indicated an expansion of the museum's self-image. The name therefore refers to the location and the main focus of the museum, but American folk art can only be understood in the international context of naive art.
Over time, the collection has expanded to include African American and Latino art. Since 1998, the Museum's Contemporary Center has exclusively been collecting naive art from the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as Art brut "in European style". A larger collection of works by the artist Henry Darger forms the basis of the Henry Darger Study Center .
In 2007, the museum received part of a $ 20 million donation from Carnegie Corporation .
collection
Among the best-known works in the collection is the first purchase of Flag Gate , an American flag made of wood and metal, dating from around 1876. Also in the early years, Archangel Gabriel Weathervane and St. Tammany Weathervane , 19th century weather vanes, were bought. With the purchase of the Bird of Paradise Quilt Top (1858–1863), quilts became an important part of the collection. The cooperative quilting project commemorating 9/11 deserves a special mention .
Before the inauguration of the new museum building in 2001, the museum received numerous donations, including artifacts from the Pennsylvania Germans and Shakers .
The permanent exhibition is called “Folk Art Revealed”.
Fate of the new building
The new building of the museum, which opened in 2001 and has a striking facade, was planned by the New York architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien . It is in the immediate vicinity of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), which had already bought the property in 2011 from the lack of money museum. The building was demolished in 2014 and an extension of the MoMA was built over it (design by Ricardo Scofidio and Liz Diller ). MoMA decided to demolish it even after protests, as the design did not match that of MoMA. Before the demolition, 63 panels that made up the facade of the American Folk Art Museum had been removed and put into storage. The American Folk Art Museum moved back to its previous location after the sale.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerard C. Wertkin, "Foreword," in Stacy C. Hollander and Brooke Davis Anderson, American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: American Folk Art Museum bei Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001), pp. 10-13.
- ^ New York Times: City Groups Get Bloomberg Gift of $ 20 million . Retrieved November 8, 2010.
- ^ 9/11 National Memorial Quilt . Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
- ↑ Folk Art Revealed . Archived from the original on July 5, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
- ^ Ria Murray: Façade, Remembered. From: cooperhewitt.org on May 5, 2017, accessed April 11, 2018.
literature
- Folk Art Magazine, published by the American Folk Art Museum.
- Brooke Davis Anderson: Darger: The Henry Darger Collection at the American Folk Art Museum . New York: American Folk Art Museum at Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001.
- Brooke Davis Anderson: Martín Ramírez . Seattle: Marquand Books American Folk Art Museum, 2007.
- Stacy C. Hollander: American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum . New York: American Folk Art Museum at Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001.
- Stacy C. Hollander and Brooke Davis Anderson: American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum . New York: American Folk Art Museum at Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001.
- Murray Zimiles: Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel . Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England / Brandeis University Press and American Folk Art Museum, 2007.
Web links
Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 41.8 " N , 73 ° 58 ′ 41.2" W.