12 / AMAM.OBERLIN.EDU ON VIEW / RIPIN GALLERY / AUG 19–DEC 12 ANTHROPOCENE AESTHETICS Stemming from a new collaboration between Oberlin College and the United Nations, this exhibition from the Allen’s permanent collection addresses more than a century of the human impact on Earth as recorded in art. It moves from the industrial revolution and depictions of smog in Impressionist painting, through the 20th century and into the present—encompassing Land Art and a wide range of photography and printmaking. Themes of water, industry, landscape, sustainability, and Indigenous knowledge guide this presentation, moving away frommoral judgments, and thinking imaginatively instead of defensively about climate change. The exhibition includes works by Ansel Adams, Laura Aguilar, Margaret Bourke-White, Agnes Denes, Jeffrey Gibson, Roni Horn, Camille Pissarro, Robert Smithson, and Joseph Yoakum, among others. Organized by SamAdams, Ellen Johnson ’33 Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Henry Wahlenmayer (OC 2023). ON VIEW / RIPIN GALLERY / AUG 19–DEC 12 VARIABLES: AN EXERCISE IN CLOSE LOOKING This exhibition was inspired by Anna Von Mertens / Henrietta Leavitt: A Life Spent Looking, which is on view in the Ellen Johnson Gallery. That exhibition highlights the work of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt (1868–1921). How does Leavitt’s work relate to the Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1603–1868)? To make her discovery, Leavitt had to carefully compare photographic plates of the same section of deep space, identifying and charting the changes in Cepheid variable stars. This exhibition allows you to practice a similar exercise in close looking. The Allen’s renowned Mary Ainsworth collection of Japanese prints includes many duplicate prints to compare: some simply differ in color choices from one print run to another; some reflect changes by the designer to the original composition; some are compositions from one designer adapted by another; and some are 20thcentury reproductions of Edo period originals. Organized by Kevin R. E. Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art.
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