Object Notes

Artist Liliane De Cock Morgan lived a migratory life beginning when she and other children were forced to relocate to an orphanage in the south of Belgium to escape potential air bombing raids during World War II.

In Contrapuntal Forms (Mycenae), two marble figures are turned toward one another as though in conversation. The sculpture's title underscores this interactive quality. In music, counterpoint combines two or more independent melodies to create one harmonic texture.

The photographs of Diane Arbus, which only became well known after her death, with the major exhibition organized by the Museum of Modern Art, are some of the most haunting images in 20th century art. Her subjects, often dealing with the grotesque or bizarre, are penetrating and intense.

Sarah Charlesworth was an important member of the Pictures Generation, a group of photographers in the 1970s and 80s concerned with the circulation of the image and its role in shaping the society we know.

Trained as a painter, Blythe Bohnen began using photography to capture the motion of her gestures on canvas. Later, she made a series of self-portraits using a timed shutter and precise movements that resulted in blurred, nearly abstracted images.

Trained as a painter, Blythe Bohnen began using photography to capture the motion of her gestures on canvas. Later, she made a series of self-portraits using a timed shutter and precise movements that resulted in blurred, nearly abstracted images.

Trained as a painter, Blythe Bohnen began using photography to capture the motion of her gestures on canvas. Later, she made a series of self-portraits using a timed shutter and precise movements that resulted in blurred, nearly abstracted images.

Trained as a painter, Blythe Bohnen began using photography to capture the motion of her gestures on canvas. Later, she made a series of self-portraits using a timed shutter and precise movements that resulted in blurred, nearly abstracted images.