Reynolda House Museum of American Art presents Affinities. Pairings from the Collection on view through December 2, 2012.
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Imagine looking at two different works of art hung next to each other in a gallery. The first is an 18th-century portrait of a young married couple; the second is a contemporary photograph of two African American women in elaborate hats. What are the similarities between the two works? What are the differences? Students of art history often use a “compare and contrast” method to analyze works of art. Placing two disparate works next to each other illuminates significant and revealing stylistic, iconographic, contextual, and compositional elements that help to build an interpretation of each piece. In this small exhibition of works from Reynolda’s collection, viewers will be invited to contemplate three pairs of artworks in different media. Visitors will also have the opportunity in the gallery to share their reactions to these unexpected juxtapositions of works by artists such as Charles Willson Peale, Grant Wood, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and Julie Moos.
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
2250 Reynolda Road, Winston Salem, NC 27106
(336) 758-5150
www.reynoldahouse.org
