Courtesy The Hyde
The Hyde Collection has announced its exhibition lineup for 2020 that includes a diverse schedule celebrating tradition and innovation in equal measure.
The schedule includes the world’s first modern artist and a trend-setting African American printmaker, as well as paintings that capture a historic period in a nation’s evolution.
“Francisco Goya: The Caprichos Etchings and Aquatints” runs through Sunday, April 26.
Goya (1746–1828) used the privilege provided him as portraitist of the monarchy and aristocracy to create a series of etchings critiquing Spanish life at the end of the eighteenth century. Using allegory, he introduced a world of witches, monsters, and fantastical creatures that symbolize what he believed to be a society of disillusion and deceit.
“Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint” will be in the Wood and Hoopes galleries through Sunday, March 22. Years before the Civil Rights Movement forced white Americans to see the disparities between white and black America, Thrash (1893–1965) brought to the nation an inside look at the plight of African Americans living in a country divided by segregation.
“Images of the People: Russian Lacquer Painting” runs March 28 to June 14 in the Hoopes Gallery. After the Bolshevik Revolution, Russian icon painters were out of jobs. In villages outside Moscow, Soviet authorities set up collectives of painters who used their skills to decorate boxes with scenes of Russian folk tales and Soviet heroes. A resident of Washington County traveled in Russia in the 1990s and purchased more than 30 of these works from artists there.
The annual High School Juried Show will run from May 8 to June 7 in the Wood Gallery. The show, celebrating its 29th year, has developed prestige and become a pinnacle of high school achievement for many young artists.
This year, The Hyde again invites students in grades 9 to 12 from Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Hamilton, and Essex counties to apply. One hundred works will be selected as finalists from an average of 650 entries.
“Transformations: The Art of John Van Alstine” will run June 20 to Sept. 13 on the Wood and Feibes & Schmitt galleries.
Adirondacks-based artist Van Alstine combines found 20th century industrial steel with natural elements to examine the relationship between man and environment.
His works have been exhibited throughout the U.S., Asia, and Europe, and are included in major institutions, including The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
“J.S. Wooley, Adirondack Photographer” runs June 20 to Sept. 13 in the Whitney-Renz, Hoopes, and Rotunda galleries
Wooley lived and worked in the Adirondack foothills throughout his life. From 1908 to 1923, he served as the official photographer of Silver Bay, during which time he created iconic images of Lake George and the surrounding Adirondack mountains. This exhibition offers a glimpse into the region’s past and its sustaining beauty.
It is curated by Richard Timberlake and Caroline Welsh. Timberlake is owner and operator of Timberlake Photos in Saratoga Springs and professor emeritus of American culture studies and environmental studies at Bowling Green State University.
“Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts” will run Sunday, Oct. 11 to Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, in the Wood Gallery.
Drawn from the national collection of the American Museum of Folk Art, the exhibition will present more than two dozen American quilts.