Shadows of History: Photographs of the Civil War
February 4–May 6, 2012
Exhibitions
upcoming
Come be inspired by the Corcoran Gallery of Art's expansive collections, dynamic exhibitions, and innovative programs and events.
Tim Hetherington: Sleeping Soldiers
February 4–May 6, 2012
Between 2007 and 2008, photographer Tim Hetherington (1970–2011) was embedded with U.S. Army soldiers in a remote and dangerous post in northeastern Afghanistan. This exhibition includes photographs as well as the three-screen video installation Sleeping Soldiers (2010), which juxtaposes chaotic scenes of combat with still images of soldiers at rest.
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Shadows of History: Photographs of the Civil War from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell
February 4–May 6, 2012
The American Civil War was one of the first conflicts to be extensively documented by photography. The public had never before seen such powerful images of human devastation and the destructive impact of war. Inspired by the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Corcoran presents this focused collection developed in recent years by Washington collector Julia ("Judy") Norrell.
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NEXT at the Corcoran
April 14–May 20, 2012
The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design presents NEXT at the Corcoran, a dynamic, interactive, and innovative presentation of work by the graduating students of the Corcoran College of Art + Design. NEXT, for the first time, includes both an exhibition of the thesis work of the Bachelor of Fine Arts class of 2012 and a showcase of the Masters of Arts degree programs at the Corcoran.
Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series
June 30–September 23, 2012
A pivotal figure in the history of modern painting, Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) was an innovator whose work inspired legions of artists and greatly advanced the lexicon of abstraction. The Corcoran is the only East Coast venue for Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series, the first major museum exhibition to focus on the artist’s most celebrated body of work. The exhibition features more than 80 works, including large-scale paintings, smaller paintings made on cigar box lids, mixed-media drawings on paper, monotypes, and prints.
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Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters
November 17, 2012–February 24, 2013
Taryn Simon (b. 1975) produced A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters over a four-year period (2008–11), during which she traveled around the world researching and recording bloodlines and their related stories. “In each of the 18 chapters,” the photographer has explained, “you see the external forces of territory, governance, power, and religion, colliding with the internal forces of psychological and physical inheritance.”
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