November 2010
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Picks of the Month
Continuing Exhibitions
Last Chance
Events
Membership

PICKS OF THE MONTH
Bobbie and Mike Wilsey Distinguished Lecture with internationally acclaimed artist Jaume Plensa
Monday, November 15, 6 pm, free admission
Best known in the United States for his spectacular work in Chicago's Millennium Park, The Crown Fountain, with changing LED projection of faces on glass towers, sprays of water, and reflecting pool. Plensa, who has received many international awards, has lived and worked in Berlin, Brussels, England, and France.
McCaw Hall, Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, 326 Galvez Street, Stanford, 94305

Chiaroscuro Woodcuts from 16th-Century Italy: Promised Gifts from the Kirk Edward Long Collection
Opens November 3
One of the glories of 16th-century Italian printmaking was the invention and proliferation of chiaroscuro woodcuts, the first technology for reproducing images in color. The 21 examples illustrate the capacity of this hybrid medium to achieve both linear and painterly effects in a medium that allowed for replication.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
Vodoun/Vodounon: Portraits of Initiates
Through March 20
This exhibition features 25 compelling diptychs by the Belgian photographer Jean-Dominique Burton, who pairs black-and-white portraits with color photographs for a sensitive portrayal of Vodoun practitioners and their sacred shrines. Learn more about related programs.

MAMI WATA: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas
Through January 2
Beautiful, seductive, and protective, the water spirit Mami Wata (Mother Water) is often portrayed as a mermaid, a snake charmer, or a combination of both, honoring the essential sacred nature of water. This exhibition explores 500 years of representations of Mami Wata as depicted in traditional and contemporary sculpture, paintings, masks, altars, and more. Learn more about related performing arts and films. Free docent tours Thursday 12:15 pm, Saturday and Sunday 2 pm.

Go Figure!
Ongoing
This installation features a variety of contemporary figurative paintings and sculptures in diverse media including bronze, clay, glass, and wood. Among the selections are examples by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, Roger Brown, Mel Edwards, Viola Frey, Robert Graham, Duane Hanson, Manuel Neri, Isamu Noguchi, and Peter Vanden Berge.

LAST CHANCE
Life & Legacy: Leo Holub Photographs and Contemporary Artists' Prints
Through November 7
Featuring prints from the Marmor Collection paired with photographs of the artists by Leo Holub, this display includes artists such as Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg.

EVENTS
All events are free and are held in the Cantor Arts Center auditorium, unless otherwise noted.

Family Flashlight Tour: Water Spirits Illuminated
Sunday, November 7, 5-7 pm, fee required

How to Listen: Lecture and Demonstration
Thursday, November 11, 12 noon
"Remember Mingus," featuring Loren Schoenberg, jazz scholar, performer, and director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, with a program on the life of composer, bassist, and bandleader Charles Mingus. Presented by Stanford Lively Arts in collaboration with the Center.

Film and Discussion Series, Thursdays at 6 pm
-November 4, Legacy of the Spirits
-November 11, The Price of Forgiveness
-November 18, Mammy Water: In Search of the Water Spirits in Nigeria

MEMBERSHIP
By becoming a member, you help keep the Center a free community resource. Members can enjoy these benefits!
- Reciprocal privileges at over 300 North American museums
- Subscription to the Center's newsletter and calendar
- Invitations to exhibition opening receptions
- Discount for Art Focus Lectures
- Members-only art related travel. Art Trips are unique trips to museums, private collections, and special art events in the Bay Area and beyond. Offered as a benefit to members. Fee and registration, required.
- Metal Is the Medium, November 9
- Miami On My Mind, January 23-28, 2011
Join today!
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Images, top to bottom:
Jaume Plensa, Crown Fountain, 2005. Millennium Park, Chicago
Andrea Andreani, Allegory of Virtue (after J. Ligozzi), 1585. Chiaroscuro woodcut. Lent by Kirk Edward Long, L.15.129.2007
Jean-Dominique Burton, Priest-Gbediga Adoko, Photograph. Courtesy of Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp, Brussels
Yaure peoples, Cote d'lvoire. Circa 1970s. Wood, paint, rubber. Fowler Museum at UCLA. Photo by Don Cole
Richard Blake Shaw, Basket Case, 1986. Porcelain with decal, overglaze, and china paint. Given in honor of Gerhard Casper, President, Stanford University (1992–2000), by Robert M. and Ruth L. Halperin
Leo Holub, Roy Lichtenstein, NY, 1986. Gelatin-silver print. Cantor Arts Center, Given in honor of Leo Holub by Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson, 2007.30.56
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