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Set in Motion
Kinetic Worlds from the Studio of Richard Whitten
On View
March 15
This
exhibition explores the studio of artist Richard Whitten, where
stop-motion portraits of machines promise serious work and more serious
play.
The gallery
invites a close investigation of the artist’s use of spatial realism to
depict scenes frozen in time and space. His oil on wood paintings
integrate cross-cultural inflections of Chinese and Islamic
architectural elements with linear perspective drafting techniques by
Italian Renaissance artists. Whitten pushes the boundaries of physics
where unanticipated and unexpected shifts in forces animate devices
once set in motion. View Whitten’s drawings of historic scientific
instruments from the Medici collection at the Museo Galileo, Florence,
arranged with pencil on paper prototypes of the artist’s own invention
paired with his finished paintings.
Leadership
support for this exhibition is provided by Will and Mary Leland.
Additional support is provided by M&T Bank Charitable Foundation.
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Eyes on Nature,
the Art of Sean Cavanaugh
On view
through May 26
Eyes
on Nature brings together a selection of works highlighting
Cavanaugh’s watercolor, oil, and gouache depictions of trees, coral
reefs, and other naturalia. His keen eye for detail redefines the
landscape, developing a photo-realistic space where unexpected elements
such as tree bark or light diffused in seawater take center stage.
Environmental consciousness pervades his practice.
Support
for this exhibition is provided by the Martin Guitar Charitable
Foundation.
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Jan Huling
Everything
is Alive
On
View through May 26, 2024
With her background in commercial design,
Jan Huling cultivates a remarkable artistic practice
transforming everyday objects into wonderfully whimsical works of art.
Her beadwork heightens our experience of shape, color, and form. Her
visual storytelling transports us to a fantastic world where fairy
tales, myths, and mystery collide. Under her steady hand, prefabricated
forms are remade through an organic process that unfolds without
premeditation. Every available surface becomes covered in elaborate
patterns of beadwork transforming found objects into gem-like
masterpieces.
Leadership support for this exhibition is provided by
Michele and Martin Cohen and The Dawson Family.
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Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals
Rare
Book Botanicals, 1500s–1800s
On View
through April 7, 2024
Collaboration and the exchange of botanical information
were the foundation for these indexed and richly illustrated volumes
which defined the relationship between humans and the natural world.
Authors drew readers into the pages of books in this exhibition, with
layers of translations, additions, and annotations which personalized
herbal recipes, medical remedies, and gardening rituals.
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Spark!Lab
Wednesday-Sunday | Noon to 4 PM
Excite your mind with Spark!Lab, whether it be a long
weekend or a family day. Get your timed tickets at the front desk.
Spark!Lab at the Morris Museum is made possible by
leadership support from BASF. Generous support is also made possible by
Gay H. Osborn on behalf of the Blanche and George Jones Fund, Inc.
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Daily Guinness Workshop Demos
Wednesday-Sunday | 2 PM
Free with Museum Admission
See, hear, touch, and explore! The Guinness Workshop is
open to museum visitors with daily demonstrations of mechanical musical
instruments in an interactive setting.
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Members First Tuesday
Artist-Led Tour
Tuesday, March 5 | 11:30 AM
Member Exclusive Event
Join us for an artist-led tour of a special exhibition.
Free for Members, the tour will feature the exhibition Jan Huling:
Everything is Alive.
Become
a Member!
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Family Curator-Led Tour
Thursday, March 7 | 4:00 PM
Free with Museum Admission
Join us for a monthly curator-led tour of a special
exhibition for families featuring Jan Huling: Everything is Alive.
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Weekend Curator-Led Tour
Saturday, March 9 | 11:30 AM
Free with Museum Admission
Join us for a monthly curator-led tour featuring the
exhibition Jan Huling: Everything is Alive.
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Dear England
On Screen
Wednesday, March 13 | 2:00 & 7:30 PM
Tickets: $28.00 | Members: $23.00
The country that gave the world football has since
delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at
their own game?
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Mike Davis and the New Wonders with Special Guest Colin
Hancock
Jazz
Saturday, March 16 | 3:00 PM
Tickets: $28.00 | Members: $23.00
Celebrate the Jazz Age of the 1920s with the young group
that has breathed new life into the classic era. Known for their expert
musicianship and 20s-inspired fashion, Mike Davis and the New Wonders
have devoted followers both young and old. They are joined by special
guest Colin Hancock who had dazzled Bickford and Back Deck Audiences
with his infectious love for the music and technology of the era.
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Painting the Modern Garden
Monet to Matisse
On Screen
Wednesday, March 20 | 2:00 & 7:30 PM
Tickets: $18.00 | Members: $15.00
This film takes a magical journey from the gallery to
the gardens, to Giverny and Seebüll and other glorious grounds favored
by artists. Here we discover how early twentieth century artists
designed and cultivated their own gardens to explore contemporary
utopian ideas and motifs of color and form.
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more.
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Image credits (from top to bottom): Richard
Whitten, Tellurian, 2021, oil on wood panel, 46 x 30
inches. On loan from the collection of Roger and Sara Preston.
Photography by David DeMelim is courtesy of the artist. Sean
Cavanaugh, Monster in the Churchyard (detail); 2019;
Watercolor; 34.5 X 54 inches; Image courtesy of the artist. Jan
Huling, Das Bug; 2015; Fiberglass substrate, Czech glass
beads, mixed media; Photo courtesy the artist. “Poinsettia
Pulcherrima (Showy Poinsettia),” Paxton’s Magazine of Botany
and Register of Flowering Plants IV, no. XLI, edited by Joseph
Paxton (London: Published by W. S. Orr & Co., Paternoster Row,
1838), 95-96. Courtesy of the Morris County Park Commission. Spark!Lab
photo by Marcus Romero.
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6 Normandy Heights
Road
Morristown, New
Jersey
973.971.3700
Box Office: 973.971.3706
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