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Dario Robleto
Survival Does Not Lie In The HeavensSeptember 23, 2011 — January 15, 2012
Anna K. Meredith Gallery
Dario Robleto (American, born 1972)
The Common Denominator Of Existence Is Loss, 2008 (detail)
50,000-year-old extinct cave bear paws, human hand bones, stretched and pulled audio tape of the earliest audio recording of time (experimental clock, 1878), 19th-century mourning ribbon, bocote, shellac, glass
42 ¾ x 47 ½ x 47 ½ inches
Collection of Nancy and Stanley Singer, East Hampton, New York
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Vincent van Gogh
and the Psychology of PortraitureOctober 7, 2011 — February 5, 2012
Blank One Gallery
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890)
Portrait of Dr.Gachet (L'Homme à la Pipe), May 25, 1890 (detail)
Etching on paper, 13 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collection; Purchased with funds
from the Mildred M. Bohen Deaccession Fund and from funds given by
Harriet Macomber in Memory of J. Locke Macomber, 2011.4
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Black White Gray Blue
September 23, 2011 — February 5, 2012
Print Gallery
Glen Ligon (American, born 1949)
Untitled, from "Runaways," 1993 (detail)
Lithograph on paper, 16 x 12 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of The Bohen Foundation, New York, 1994.19.1
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Single-channel 2: Melodrama
January — December 2011
Meier video gallery
Kalup Linzy (American, born 1977)
Keys To Our Heart, 2008
DVD, 24 minutes
Courtesy of the artist
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Iowa Artists 2011: Matt Corones
August 12 — October 2, 2011
Lobby and I. M. Pei windows
Matt Corones
Aqua Night (Saarinen lobby), 2011
Archival ink jet transparency film and ink
15 feet x 21 feet, 3 inches
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Iowa Artists 2011: Matthew Kluber
August 12 — October 2, 2011
Blank One Gallery
Matthew Kluber
Deeper into Movies II, 2011 (detail)
Alkyd on aluminum, custom software, computer, digital projection
44 x 96 inches
Courtesy of the artist
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Iowa Artists 2011: Stephanie Brunia
June 3 — August 7, 2011
Blank One Gallery
Stephanie Brunia
Untitled, 2008 (detail)
Archival inkjet print, 10 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the artist
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The Fashion Show
May 27 — September 18, 2011
Print Gallery
(Etcher) Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart (French, 1837-1880)
(After) Antonio Moro (Dutch, 1521-1575)
Élisabeth de Valois, Reine d'Espagne, (Elisabeth of Valois, Queen of Spain)
1568, ca. 1870 (detail); etching on paper
8 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches
Des Moines Art Center; Richard and Kay Ward Colection, 2010.7
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Surface Value
May 6 — September 4, 2011
Anna K. Meredith Gallery
Mickalene Thomas (American, born 1971)
Don't forget about me (Keri), 2009 (detail)
Rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel on wood panel
84 x 72 inches
Courtesy the Sender Collection
Image courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
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Off Guard: Street Photography
from the Permanent CollectionMarch 4 — May 22, 2011
Blank One Gallery
Larry Fink (American, born 1941)
Studio 54, New York City, May 1977, printed 1983 (detail)
Silver gelatin print, 16 x 20 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanet Collections
Gift of Jeff Perry in honor of Myron and Jacqueline Blank, 2009.112
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Anselm Reyle
January 28 — April 17, 2011
Anna K. Meredith Gallery
Anselm Reyle (German, born 1970)
Untitled, 2010
Neon, cables, chains; dimensions variable
Image courtesy of the artist
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1911
January 28 — May 22, 2011
Print Gallery
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Nature morte avec la bouteille de Marc, 1911 (detail)
Drypoint on Arches wove paper
26 5/8 x 18 3/8 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections
Purchased with funds from the Mildred M. Bohen
Deaccessioning Fund, 2006.17
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Henry Ossawa Tanner
and his ContemporariesDecember 17, 2010 — February 27, 2011
Blank One Gallery
Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, 1859-1937)
The Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water, ca. 1907 (detail)
Oil on canvas; 51 1/2 x 42 inches
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of the Des Moines Association of Fine Arts, 1921.1