2006 Exhibitions Schedule:

And for its particular place therein, Greene & Greene in Long Beach
Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor
Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur
Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Ninetheenth Century
Transforming Vision: The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter, 1970 - 2000
River of Destiny: The Life and Work of Binh Pho

Greene & Greene Furniture for the Homes of Adelaide Tichenor and Jennie Reeve
Ongoing installation

This installation celebrates the return to Long Beach of several craftsman treasures designed by pioneering architects Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene for the homes of Jennie Reeve and Adelaide Tichenor . T he installation – which includes windows, lanterns and a magnificent desk – was recently acquired by the Guardian Trust, and placed on long-term loan at the Long Beach Museum of Art. The works will be accompanied by photographs and other supplemental material about the Tichenor and Reeve homes. The installation will be accompanied by an illustrated publication.






Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor
May 5 – July 2, 2006

Ruth Duckworth, internationally known for her hauntingly poetic sculpture, is among the leading figures in the field of ceramic arts. Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor , the first U.S. retrospective of the work of this acclaimed artist, explores the full range of Duckworth’s remarkably creative life achievement, and features approximately 85 small- and large-scale works, along with original artist’s maquettes and photographs of monumental, site-specific sculptures. The exhibition examines almost 50 years of the artist’s work in all media, including recent bronze sculptures and ceramic wall murals, and early bronze castings and stone carvings that have never before been exhibited. The exhibition, organized by curators Thea Burger and Jo Lauria for Art Options Foundation, will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

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Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur
July 21 – September 17, 2006

Made in China features 117 extraordinary export porcelain objects from the extensive Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur Museum & Country Estate. This exhibition explores the manufacture of porcelain, the history of the China Trade and the importance of export porcelain in European and American history and material culture. With its fine white body, delicately painted decoration, and associations with the exotic and mysterious world of Asia, porcelain has symbolized wealth and refinement for centuries. “ China,” as export porcelain came to be known, has had a major impact on Western culture. Made in China features dining wares, drinking vessels, household and personal utensils and decorative wares made for Europe and America between 1550 and 1850. The exhibition, curated by Ronald W. Fuchs II, Assistant Curator for Ceramics at Winterthur, will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

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Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century
August 25 – November 26, 2006

In its exclusive west coast presentation, Portraits of a People: Picturing African Americans in the Nineteenth Century features approximately 70 works in all media, including paintings, photographs, silhouette profiles, book frontispieces and popular prints. Organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art at Andover Academy in Massachusetts and curated by Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and of African American Studies at Harvard University, the exhibition looks critically at images of, and in many cases by, African Americans. Featured artists include Joshua Johnston, Ethan Allen Greenwood, William Matthew Prior, Moses Williams, Edward Mitchell Bannister, Gilbert Stuart, Raphaelle Peale and Susan Sedgewick, among many others. The exhibition will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.

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Transforming Vision: The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter, 1970 – 2005
October 6 – December 10, 2006

William Hunter is one of very few American artists working today who entered the field of contemporary wood sculpture in its formative stages in the early 1970s. Today he is considered among the foremost figures in this important field. As fellow artists, historians and critics have observed, Hunter’s early forms in wood exploited the material’s rich expressive potential and advanced a new direction for the entire field of contemporary wood sculpture. Organized by independent curator Kevin Wallace for the Long Beach Museum of Art, Transforming Vision is the first retrospective exhibition of the work of this seminal American artist, and will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.

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River of Destiny : The Life & Art of Binh Pho
December 8, 2006 – March 4, 2007

River of Destiny explores the autobiographical nature of Binh Pho’s highly original works, which combine painting and wood sculpture. The exhibition and accompanying publication explore how Pho’s rich life – from his childhood in Vietnam, attempted escapes following the fall of Saigon, time spent in a Communist prison camp and eventual escape to the United States – contribute to the philosophies he embraces and processes he employs in creating his stunning works of art.

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