BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: High Art / Searching for Goldilocks / Suited for Space (in Gallery 211)

DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Temporary Exhibit: High Art / Searching for Goldilocks / Suited for Space (in Gallery 211):

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Description of Pictures: High Art: A Decade of Collecting
July 26, 2013 – January 1, 2014
On view are 50 artworks in a range of styles and media acquired by the museum from 2003 to 2013, organized in the following sections:
* Visions of Flight features conceptual works by photographic collage artist Fran Forman and Dutch photographer and cloud-maker Berndnaut Smilde.
* Faces of Flight features portraits of astronauts Eileen Collins and John Glenn by photographer Annie Leibovitz and American watercolorist Henry Casselli.
* Looking Back features landscapes of Mars and the Moon by space artist Chesley Bonestell and photographs of Apollo equipment by photographer Albert Watson.

Suited for Space
July 26, 2013 – December 1, 2013
See original photographs of suits worn by astronauts from Project Mercury through the Skylab program, suits used in testing and training, and new X-ray images of the interiors of the spacesuits. Also on view are 10 objects from the National Air and Space Museum's collection, including a glove, a boot, and helmets. The exhibition celebrates the remarkable creativity and determination of the extraordinary few who ventured into space, and reveals the brilliant ingenuity of the hundreds more who worked tirelessly—and often anonymously—to get them there.

Searching for Goldilocks
July 26, 2013 – December 1, 2013
Angela Palmer's sculpture represents the area of space surveyed by the Kepler Space Observatory. Each of the 18 sheets of glass represents a slice of space 250 light-years thick, with etched circles representing stars that have at least one planet potentially suitable for life. The work captures the spirit and excitement of Kepler's quest for planets that might fit the criteria for life: not too hot, not too cold, but just right.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SIAI3X_130913_012.JPG: The Flight and the Arts Gallery Presents a Triple Art Exhibition High Art: A Decade of Collecting presents 50 works acquired by the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum from 2003 to 2013. They cover a range of styles from realism, commercial advertisement, surrealism, and impressionism to abstraction. The works are divided into three sections: "Visions of Flight" (conceptual works), "Faces of Flight" (portraits), and "Looking Back" (works related to historical events). The Museum's art program actively collects works from contemporary artists and art donors for its world-renowned, 7,000-piece aerospace-themed art collection. Searching for Goldilocks is a sculpture created by artist Angela Palmer in 2012. It consists of 18 sheets of glass, onto which Palmer engraved locations of planets found by the Kepler Observatory, which has been charting a region of the Milky Way since 2009. The artwork name refers to the term "Goldilocks planet" -- a world not too hot or not too cold to be habitable for life. Searching for Goldilocks shows stars up to 4,300 light years away and portrays the beauty and enormity of the universe. Suited for Space reveals the remarkable creativity and ingenuity of nearly a century of flight and spacesuit design and development. Through rare and original photography, including unique new x-ray images of spacesuit interiors, the exhibition reveals how the modern technological marvel that is the spacesuit enables astronauts to live and work in space. More information, including historic footage, can be found on the exhibition's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/suitedforspace
2. SIAI3X_130913_048.JPG: Apollo urine collection assembly, 1968 How did astronauts go to the bathroom? Until Skylab and the Shuttle, spacecraft didn't have toilet facilities, so astronauts wore devices to collect waste. The rubber tube transferred urine to a container in the spacecraft, from which the liquid could be vented into space.
3. SIAI3X_130913_055.JPG: Lockheed Air Express, c 1930 Clayton Knight
4. SIAI3X_130913_074.JPG: Sheet No. 1, 1952-53 Chesley Bonestell
5. SIAI3X_130913_084.JPG: A Fog-Filled Canal on Mars, c 1954 Chesley Bonestell
6. SIAI3X_130913_094.JPG: The Fledglings, 1908 Rudolph Dirks
7. SIAI3X_130913_098.JPG: Looking Back The historic aircraft and spacecraft in the National Air and Space Museum are silent today, suspended from the ceiling or resting quietly on the floor, as if waiting for a pilot or astronaut to climb aboard. Artists can show up what those flying machines were like in action by capturing moments great and small through the lens of artistic vision. Rudolph Dirks conveys the excitement of the first great American air show at the dawn of the air age by focusing on the enthusiasm of the crowd, rather than the machines on display. A generation later, the image of a soaring airplane or an intrepid aviator in a colorful advertisement or on a poster would be used to market products, built support for the war effort, or lure moviegoers to the box office. Modern artists such as William Phillips, Mike Machat, and Ray Crane have built distinguished careers bringing the history of flight to vibrant life on canvas.
8. SIAI3X_130913_109.JPG: John Glenn, STS-95, 29 Oct. 98, Launch Day, 1998 Henry Casselli
9. SIAI3X_130913_116.JPG: Walking on Diamonds Mimi Stuart
10. SIAI3X_130913_125.JPG: Carl Sagan, 2004 Greg Mort
11. SIAI3X_130913_132.JPG: Charles Kingsford-Smith, 1930 Samuel Johnson Woolf
12. SIAI3X_130913_141.JPG: Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, 1948 Samuel Johnson Woolf
13. SIAI3X_130913_152.JPG: Frank Hawks, 1931 Samuel Johnson Woolf
14. SIAI3X_130913_176.JPG: Searching for Goldlocks Could there be other worlds in the universe like ours? Worlds that could support life? If you wanted to find such a world, where would you look? First, you would look for a star with planets. Then, for a planet just the right distance from the star, so it is not too hot or not too cold -- a planet that is just right. Sound familiar? Astronomers call such worlds "Goldilocks planets," after the fairytale heroine of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," who sampled bowls of porridge until she found the one or too hot or cold, but just right. The mission of the Kepler Observatory is to search for Goldilocks planets. The mission of artist Angela Palmer was to capture the spirit of that search in a sculpture: Searching for Goldilocks.
15. SIAI3X_130913_185.JPG: Goldilocks Planet as Art: Angela Palmer worked with physicists Dr. Chris Lintott and Dr. Alexy Karenowska of Oxford University to create the sculpture displayed here. It portrays the stars associated with the first 46 worlds identified by the Kepler Observatory as Goldilocks planets. In Searching for Goldilocks... * 18 sheets of engraved glass represent the region of space where the Kepler Observatory has searched for planets. * Each sheet of glass represents a slice of space 250 light-years thick. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year -- about 9.5 trillion kilometers (5.9 billion miles). * Each engraved circle represents a star orbited by at least one planet. * Each opaque (bright white) circle represents a star orbited by a Goldilocks planet. Searching for Goldilocks shows stars up to 4,300 light-years away and portrays the beauty and enormity of the universe.
16. SIAI3X_130913_188.JPG: George Guynemer John Thomas Leamon
17. SIAI3X_130913_196.JPG: Faces of Flight: The dazzling array of aircraft and spacecraft that fill the Museum's galleries represent many and varied human stories. Portraits of the intrepid men and women who have helped write history in the sky and in space, and those who have inspired others to pursue the dream of flight, are an important element of the Museum's art collection. The portraits on view here are in a variety of styles, but all provide something beyond a simple good likeness. The sketches of newspaper artist Samuel Johnson Woolf shows not only what his subjects looked like, but also hint at their personalities, from no-nonsense Frank Hawks to grinning "Wrong Way" Corrigan. Greg Mort's Carl Sagan projects the same enthusiasm that he did from the television screen. Sarah Yuster shows us a thoughtful Neil Tyson, while Henry Casselli captures the fatigue on John Glenn's face at the end of a hard day of training. Tom Leamon portrays George Guynamer as his admiring countrymen saw him -- a heroic warrior and martyr. Mimi Stuart captures Eugene Cernan's own memory of his walk on the Moon. Annie Leibovitz offers an iconic astronaut portrait of a confident and determined Eileen Collins.
18. SIAI3X_130913_200.JPG: Celestial Probe, 1963 Max Finkelstein
19. SIAI3X_130913_207.JPG: Being Whole, 1985 Angela Manno
20. SIAI3X_130913_227.JPG: Ace the Test, 1988 Michael Knigin
21. SIAI3X_130913_231.JPG: Ascent: Home to Avian Flight Suzanne Stryk
22. SIAI3X_130913_240.JPG: Visions of Flight: Long before airplanes and rockets, Egyptians created hieroglyphic birdmen, Leonardo da Vinci drew flying machines, and Michelangelo envisioned flying angels. Modern artists create visions of flight both real and imagined by drawing on personal experience, experimenting with ways of expression, and exploring new media. Fran Forman and Berndnaut Smilde create imagined worlds with surreal photographs, one using digital artistry, the other environmental means. Lise Lemeland and Jeffrey Milstein probe their own memories to convey the verge of a pilot's g-force blackout and a boyhood obsession with plane spotting. Angela Manno and Michael Knigin, eyewitness to the first post-Challenger shuttle launch, capture emotions inspired by a revived space program. Clayton Merrell and Wang Wing offer abstract interpretations of air and space to convey the expanse and wonder of the universe. Individually and collectively, the works presented here reflect boundless imagination and defy the gravity of their artistic media.
23. SIAI3X_130913_260.JPG: Practice Day SFO, 2009 Lise Lemeland
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