Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Gao Brothers: Grandeur and Catharsis

September 17, 2010
to
January 2, 2011

Gao Brothers, Saddam Hussein, 2009; oil on canvas (diptych),
157 1/2 x 236 1/4 inches (overall); Courtesy of the artists.

China’s Gao Brothers—Gao Qiang and Gao Zhen—have collaborated on their artwork since 1985. Much of the Gao Brothers’ work has been colored by their family’s experiences during China’s Cultural Revolution (1966–76). In 1968 the artists’ father was arrested as a counter revolutionary, and days later he died while in custody. The Gao Brothers’ works of art seek to understand China’s complicated history and a government that has moved from Communism to a form of State Capitalism controlled by the Communist Party. At times, the works are politically charged, but in the end the brothers seek to forgive and understand. Featuring large-scale sculpture, painting, and photography, this is the artists’ first museum exhibition in the United States.

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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Monet’s Water Lilies

April 9, 2011
to
August 7, 2011
This exhibition will be ticketed.

Claude Monet, French, 1840-1926. Water Lilies, ca. 1916-1926.
Oil on canvas.
Purchase: Nelson Trust, 57-26.

Monet’s Water Lilies will re-unite the three panels of an exceptionally impressive Water Lily triptych, created by Monet between 1915 and 1926. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The Saint Louis Art Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art each own one panel of the triptych and the exhibition will offer a rare opportunity to bring the works together.

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