MoCA Westport Winter Exhibitions, Sixties MOD opening January 18th
Sixties Mod
MoCA Westport • 19 Newtown Turnpike, Westport, CT 06880
January 18 – March 3, 2024
MoCA Westport in Collaboration with Westport Public Art Collections is pleased to announce
SIXTIES MOD: Westport Public Art Collections, Curated by Kathleen Bennewitz and Ive Covaci, with the WestPAC Committee
The 1960s was a pivotal decade of great social, political, and cultural upheaval that continues to resonate deeply today. Artists, many of whom became increasingly socially engaged, pushed the boundaries of form, subject matter, medium and genre. The exhibition Sixties MOD honors an important period in Westport’s artistic history and investigates our community’s ties to broader national and international currents during this era.
The Westport Public Art Collections (WestPAC) also has roots in this decade, an era marked by Westport’s role as a vibrant community of artists. Sixties MOD celebrates the near sixty-year milestone when artist and educator Burt Chernow (1933-1997) began building the ‘Westport Art Collection,’ as it was first called. Over the summer of 1965, Chernow began to gather “outstanding examples of original art,” most donated by the artists themselves, to be used “as an everyday part of school life.” This philosophy was directly built on the Westport W.P.A. committee’s efforts during the Great Depression, and the legacy flourishes today. Thanks to generous donations by collectors and artists over the decades, WestPAC’s holdings have expanded from 100 objects to nearly 2,000 artworks by global and regional artists, on display in our school and municipal buildings.
The exhibition of nearly 60 works includes artists Sigmund Abeles, Garo Antreasian, Leonard Baskin, Hans Burkhardt, Alexander Calder, Ann Chernow, Burt Chernow, Howard Conant, Joseph Costa, José Luis Cuevas, Adger Cowans, Lisa Daugherty, Naiad Einsel, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Seymour Fogel, Richard Frank, Robert Fried, Johnny Friedlander, Bernard Fuchs, Isabel Gordon, Marion Greenwood, Roe Halper, Philippe Halsman, Ken Heyman, Gordon House, Richard Hunt, Robert Indiana, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Alan Kaprow, Robert Kaupelis, Takeshi Kawashima, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner, Seymour Lipton, Susan Malloy, Mori Yoshitoshi, Robert Motherwell, Gabor Peterdi, Leona Pierce, Deborah Remington, Lorraine Schneider, Ben Shahn, Kumi Sugai, Tracy Sugarman, Fujo Ueda, Victor Vasarely, and Larry Zox.
MoCA Westport believes the arts should be accessible to all. If you need financial assistance with admissions, classes, or event registration, please contact the Museum at [email protected]. Although masks are not required at MoCA Westport, visitors are welcome to wear masks in the Museum.
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