This Week at CMA: 1.28.19–2.3.19

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January 28, 2019
Visitor looking at artworks on wall in Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern exhibition.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Check out these must-attend events this week at the CMA.

Image: Raúl de Nieves in his studio. Photo: Sebastian Bach

CMA at Transformer Station
Raúl de Nieves: Fina
COMING SOON: Opening Sat, 2/2
Opening Reception: Fri, 2/1, 6:00 p.m. members, 7:00 p.m. public
Through processes of accumulation and a celebration of excess, de Nieves transforms humble materials into spectacular objects and immersive narrative environments. Fina, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition, features a new site-specific installation developed for Transformer Station. This exhibition is organized by the CMA and is on view at Transformer Station. Additionally, on Sat, 2/2 at 3 p.m., de Nieves will be in conversation with Cleveland-based artist Hector Castellanos-Lara (founder of Cleveland’s annual Day of the Dead celebration), moderated by Emily Liebert, CMA associate curator of contemporary art.

Raúl de Nieves: Fina has been named one of the 10 must-see Latino art shows in 2019 by NBC News!

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

MIX: Media
Fri, 2/1, 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Join us for a night of dazzling multimedia art and electronic dance music in honor of the exhibition Who RU2 Day: Mass Media and the Fine Art Print. Featuring visuals by internationally acclaimed artist Kasumi (2011 Guggenheim Fellow), immersive soundscapes by DJ White Rims, art making, gallery talks, and specialty cocktails.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Dressing for the Photographer: Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Clothes
Sun, 2/3, 2:00 p.m.
Learn how O’Keeffe created a persona that still dominates the American imagination. Featuring the curator of Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern, Wanda M. Corn. Free.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern
OPEN NOW: Through Sun, 3/3
Take a unique look into the fascinating connections between the paintings, personal style, and public persona of one of America’s most iconic artists. Read the Forbes article here and dive deeper into the exhibition with the blog post here.

Afterglow, July 8, 1916. Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967). Watercolor with graphite on paper; 49.2 x 35.5 cm (19 3/8 x 14 in.). Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Tony Sisti, 1979

Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920
OPEN NOW
Explore the key role that northeast Ohio played in the art and life of American artist Charles Burchfield. He experimented avidly with watercolor, which allowed him to develop a new abstract style that defined his work. Read the Plain Dealer review.

Image courtesy Cleveland Museum of Art.

Open Studio
Sundays, 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Join us for drop-in art making! Everyone is encouraged to imagine, experiment, and create.