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- KMAVV_170601_08.JPG: Virtual Views:
Digital Art from the Thoma Foundation
Drawn from the extensive Chicago-based collection of Carl and Marilynn Thoma, Virtual Views explores the growing importance of electronic media in contemporary art as seen in a diverse selection of works by artists who are pioneers in the use of LED (light-emitting diode), LCD (liquid crystal display), and computer-driven imagery. The nine works in the exhibition are comprised of synthetic materials and powered by digital technology, yet the rhythms and patterns of their imagery are derived from nature. This area of strength within the Thoma Foundation's digital art collection also echoes East Tennessee's dual identity as a technological corridor containing Oak Ridge National Laboratories and the Tennessee Valley Authority, and as a biodiverse wilderness area that includes 244,000 acres of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On a broader level, Virtual Views reflects the reality of a contemporary global culture whose general function and relationship with the natural environment are increasingly mediated by digital technology.
Large flat screen-based forms by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Daniel Rozin take full advantage of the interactive capabilities afforded by digital technology. Using algorithmic programming, cameras, and monitors, they create generative imagery that depends on audience participation. Found archival images of the natural world are optically transformed and digitally reconstructed by artists Jim Campbell and John Gerrard. Looping animations by Leo Villareal, Craig Dorety, and Jennifer Steinkamp explore the mind's capacity to comprehend nature's complexity. Works by Alan Rath and Björn Schülke are encased in sculptural bodies that extend their electronic imagery into physical space.
Through these diverse strategies and formats, the artists in Virtual Views create compelling statements about technology and the natural world. Several include imagery whose rhythms, textures, and contours are strikingly organic in character and natural in appearance despite being composed of synthetic elements. In others, found images or generative processes serve as links to nature and its evolving ecosystems. A corresponding evolution in imaging tools promises to equip future generations of artists with the creative means to challenge in new ways the narrowing distinctions between virtual and real. While reflecting the expanding presence of digital technology in contemporary society, Virtual Views offers evidence of its growing role in reshaping the landscape of contemporary art. Continued support of devoted collectors like Carl and Marilynn Thoma, coupled with broader institutional validation, promises to accelerate this transformation.
Virtual Views is organized by the KMA with the generous support of the Thoma Foundation and presented in conjunction with the 2017 Big Ears Festival March 23-26.
Presenting sponsors: Jennifer and Greg Dunn
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Offset Circles -- Yellow Flowering Tree Against Blue Sky, 2014
- KMAVV_170601_48.JPG: Jim Campbell
Home Movies, Pause, 2014
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Electric Eyes, 2014
- KMAVV_170601_66.JPG: Bjorn Schulke
Spider Drone #3, 2013
- KMAVV_170601_75.JPG: Leo Villareal
Big Bang, 2008
- KMAVV_170601_81.JPG: Jennifer Steinkamp
Bouquet 1, 2013
- KMAVV_170601_91.JPG: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Pulse Index, 2010
- Wikipedia Description: Knoxville Museum of Art
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The Knoxville Museum of Art (KMA), located at 1050 World's Fair Park in Knoxville, Tennessee, presents the rich visual legacy of East Tennessee and new art from the region and beyond. According to its mission statement, the museum "celebrates the art and artists of East Tennessee, presents new art and new ideas, educates and serves a diverse community, enhances Knoxville’s quality of life, and operates ethically, responsibly, and transparently as a public trust."
History
The museum opened in 1961 as the Dulin Gallery of Art, which was housed in the H.L. Dulin House on Kingston Pike. The Dulin House was designed in 1915 by prominent architect John Russell Pope in the Neoclassical Revival style. The house had limited space, however, and the lack of security and climate control prevented the museum's accreditation by the American Association of Museums. In 1984, the Board of Trustees voted to build a new state-of-the-art facility at the site of 1982 World's Fair in downtown Knoxville. The name was changed to "Knoxville Museum of Art" in 1987. The new 53,200-square-foot (4,940 m2) facility, designed by noted architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, opened on March 25, 1990.
Building
The Edward Larrabee Barnes-designed modern building is named in honor of Jim Clayton, the largest single contributor to its construction. The exterior of the four-story steel and concrete building is sheathed in locally quarried pink Tennessee marble. The museum includes five galleries and two large outdoor garden areas. In 2013 and 2014, the museum underwent a comprehensive, top-to-bottom restoration and renovation at a cost of nearly $6 million. The building’s Tennessee marble cladding was cleaned and restored, and the entry plaza and third floor terrace were rebuilt and repaved with pink and gray Vermont granite. The North Garden was also redesigned and planted with native trees and shrubs.
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