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1 The Heckscher Museum of Art SPECIAL EXHIBITION RESOURCE GUIDE FOR TEACHERS April 27 - August 11, 2013 WHAT S INSIDE About the Exhibition...1 Artists in the Exhibition...1 Exhibition-Related Websites and Books...2 Exhibition-Related Vocabulary...3 Pre- and Post-Visit Activity Ideas...4 Select Images...9 Also On View...16 Explore the Collection...17 Everything You 2 Prime Avenue Huntington, NY Education Department (Left to right, top to bottom): Jeff Browns, Andrew Bush, Paul giovanopoulos, Neil Scholl, Thaddeus Holownia, Neill Slaughter. See full size images starting on page 9.

2 ABOUT THE EXHIBITION This exhibition explores artistic response to the automobile, which has transformed life in the 20th century more significantly than any other single factor, forever changing the appearance of our environment and our experience of it. While some artists focus on images of the car itself, inspired by its alluring modernity or its status as an icon or expression of personal identity, others create art work from car parts such as scrap metal and tires. Later artists comment on the automobile s presence in the landscape, seen in the roadside environment, the phenomenon of the road trip, and ultimately the damage caused to our environment. The photographers, painters, and sculptors included in this exhibition examine an aspect of our lives that is usually taken for granted. ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBITION Ant Farm Thomas F. Barrow Florian Bohm Jonathan Brand Marilyn Bridges Jeff Brouws Edward Burtynsky Andrew Bush Ted Croner Matthew Cusick Alan D Arcangelo Don Eddy Walker Evans Andreas Feininger Steve Fitch Robert Flick Antonio Frasconi Robert Frank Lee Friedlander Paul Giovanopoulos Robert Gniewek Thaddeus Holownia N. Jay Jaffe Allan Kaprow William Klein Victor Landweber Dorothea Lange Roy Lichtenstein Wyatt McSpadden Arnold Odermatt Robert Rauschenberg Larry Rivers Ed Ruscha John Salt Neil Scholl Jason Seley Stephen Shore Neill Slaughter Paul Staiger Joseph Szabo Stanley Twardowicz Thomas Zimmerman BMW Art Cars by Various Artists - 1 -

3 EXHIBITION-RELATED WEBSITES AND BOOKS BOOKS The Americans by Robert Frank, 1958 Automobile and Culture by Gerald Silk, 1984 Highway: America s Endless Dream by Jeff Brouws, 1997 The Car: A History of the Automobile by Jonathan Glancey, 2008 Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars by Paul Ingrassia, 2012 Art Cars and Wild Wheels by Harrod Blank, 2012 and 2001 FILM Auto-Morphosis by Harrod Blank WEBSITES Dorothea Lange Life Magazine Photo Essay Robert Frank s The Americans on NPR CBS News, The Corvette: An American Classic Renewed Gallery View of the Venice Guggenheim Rauschenberg: Gluts Exhibition More photographs from Andrew Bush series 66 Drives Cadillac Ranch Video Video on the BMW Art Cars

4 EXHIBITION-RELATED VOCABULARY documentary photography: Photography used to chronicle significant and historical events from a neutral viewpoint. series: Two or more works of art exploring a similar theme, idea, or style. scale: The relative size of an object or objects. point of view: The perspective, or angle, from which a subject is shown. style: The visual appearance of a work of art that relates it to other works by the same artist or from the same period, location, school, or art movement. portrait: A work of art depicting a person or animal. A portrait can be two or three dimensional and depict more than one figure. landscape: A work of art depicting the outdoor environment. sculpture: A three-dimensional work of art made by carving, chiseling, molding, or using found objects. found objects: Objects or products, often with a non-art function, that are used to create works of art. installation: Three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the experience and perception of a space. realism: The depiction of subjects as they appear objectively without interpretation. repetition: Recurring shape, color, or object within a work of art. lithography: A printing process that uses a stone or metal plate with a completely smooth surface. The design is etched, or scratched, into a wax coating and then printed. vanishing point: A point on the horizon where lines that recede from the picture pane into the pictorial distance meet. horizon line: The line where the sky and Earth appear to meet

5 PRE- and POST-VISIT ACTIVITY IDEAS Grades K - 6 The Driver s Side Perspective Drawing MOTIVATION Have students look at Untitled by Alan D Arcangelo and Oberdorf by Arnold Odermatt. What is similar about these two landscapes? What is different? Imagine you were in these works of art. Are you standing still? Are you driving? Are you a passenger? Where may each road be leading? What do you see that makes you say that? From what perspective, or point of view, are you looking at each scene? What shape do the roads make? Why do they make this shape? What are the artists trying to tell us about the roads? Why do the details get smaller as you move towards the horizon line? The point of the triangle is called the vanishing point. Why do you think it s called a vanishing point? Left: D ARCANGELO, Alan (American, ) Untitled (Highway Series), 1965 Right: ODERMATT, Arnold (Swiss, b. 1925) Oberdorf, 1973 PROCEDURE Using the windshield template provided on the following page, have students create a perspective landscape drawing. 1. First, students should draw a horizon line. 2. Then have them create a vanishing point on the horizon. 3. Connect the vanishing point to the two corners of the bottom of the windshield creating a triangle. 4. Brainstorm where students are driving. Are they in a city? Are they in the future? Are they in a forest? 5. Depending on what landscape each student chooses, have them draw details. Will near details look the same as those farther away? Why or why not? What changes in the details? Remind students as they get closer along the road to the vanishing point details become smaller. 6. Use a variety of materials. 7. If desired add a large steering wheel at the bottom left. 8. Share artworks with the class. Have students write about where they are in the work of art and also what the destination will be. EXTENSION Instruct students to research a particular country or region and use the information gathered to create location-specific drawings from a driver s perspective. As regions change what changes about the environment? What changes about the car? Hint: Steering wheel placement

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7 PRE- and POST-VISIT ACTIVITY IDEAS Grades 7 to12 Create your own Art Car MOTIVATION Have students look at Corvette # 2 by Paul Giovanopolous on page 7. What is similar about each car within Corvette #2? From what angle or perspective is the viewer looking at each car? What is different? Paul Giovanopoulos uses different colors, shapes and lines inspired by different artists styles. Print out works of art in the styles Giovanopoulos is emulating. Have students match each work of art to the corresponding car. How is each style unique? Giovanopoulos used his own styles on some of the cars as well. How did he choose names for his own styles? PROCEDURE: Have students create their own art car drawings. 1. As a class, decide on a make and model of car and choose one point of view from which everyone will work. Example: Chevrolet Corvette or Volkswagen Beetle. 2. Have each student sketch the outline of the car or have all students work from the same outline. 3. Students should each research a style of art (art movements, artists, etc.) to inspire his or her car. They can also create a new style to make a one-of-a-kind art car. 4. Using information gathered, add details to the body of the car. 5. Add color, lines, and shapes emulating the chosen or invented style. 6. Have students display the finished cars in a grid, similar to Corvette #2. 7. If desired print out an example of a work of art in each student s chosen style. Play another matching game with the printed works of art and students finished art cars. EXTENSION Have students look at the BMW Art Cars on page 8. What is similar about each car? What is different? How are these cars similar to Corvette #2 by Paul Giovanopolous? How are they different? If the students could design their own Art Car, what would it look like and why? What materials could be used? Have students create a 3D art car in the style they previously drew. If students want to change the make or model of the car, or imagine a model, how could the structure be modified and why? What details can be added? What can be taken away? Example: Would a car designed by Andy Warhol look the same as a car designed by Pablo Picasso? Why or why not? What would be similar? What would be different? - 6 -

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9 BMW Art Cars Alexandra Calder 2. Frank Stella 3. Roy Lichtenstein 4. Andy Warhol 5. Ernest Fuchs 6. Robert Rauschenberg 7. M.J. Nelson 8. Ken Done 9. Matazo Kayama 10. Cesar Manrique 11. A.R. Penck 12. Esther Mahlangu 13. Sandro Chia 14. David Hockney 15. Jenny Holzer - 8 -

10 SELECT IMAGES BROUWS, Jeff (American, b. 1955) Abandoned Gasoline Station No. 28, Little Lake, California, 1992 Archival pigment print, 6 ½ x 9 in. Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery, New York - 9 -

11 SELECT IMAGES BUSH, Andrew (American, b. 1956) Woman waiting to proceed south at Sunset and Highland Boulevards, Los Angeles, at approximately 11:59 a.m. one day in February 1997 Chromogenic print, 30 x 37 3/4 in. Courtesy Julie Saul Gallery

12 SELECT IMAGES CUSICK, Matthew (American, b. 1970) Transamerican, 2004 Inlaid maps and acrylic on wood panel, 48 x 70 inches Courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery (Left: Detail)

13 SELECT IMAGES GIOVANOPOULOS, Paul (American, b. Greece, 1939) Corvette #2, 2007 Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 43 1/2 in. Courtesy of the Artist

14 SELECT IMAGES HOLOWNIA, Thaddeus (Canadian, b. England, 1949) From the series Headlighting, Toned silver gelatin contact print, 8 x 20 in. (printed from 8 x 20 in. paper negatives). Framed: 19 x 29.5 in. #32 Collection of the artist Courtesy Corkin Gallery, Toronto, Canada

15 SELECT IMAGES SCHOLL, Neil (American, b. 1929) Midtown, New York City, 1972 Archival inkjet print on archival paper, 9 x 12 9/16 in. Heckscher Museum of Art. Gift of the Artist

16 SELECT IMAGES SLAUGHTER, Neill (American, b. 1951) Confluence, Oil on canvas, 36 x 60 in. Collection of the Artist

17 ALSO ON VIEW Scooters, Cranberry Pickers, and Whirling Dervishes : Hal B. Fullerton s Long Island April 27 - August 4, 2013 Hal B. Fullerton ( ) was a photographer whose works document life on Long Island in the early years of the 20th century. As a special agent and agriculturalist for the Long Island Rail Road, Fullerton s photographs were reproduced in promotional material that encouraged tourism and farming on the Island. Born in Ohio, Fullerton worked in New York before moving to Long Island, settling first in Brooklyn, and then progressively east to Queens, Huntington, East Setauket, and finally Middle Island. In Suffolk County, Fullerton and his wife established experimental farms for the L.I.R.R., contributing to the area s agricultural development. His photographs capture the picturesque, agrarian charm of the Island in the early years of the 20th century. Ongoing This rotating Permanent Collection exhibition includes paintings, drawings, and sculpture in a wide range of styles, demonstrating the breadth and depth of the Museum s collection. Top: Hal B. Fullerton ( ), Sea Cliff Schooner Long Island on Grass at Inlet. Pigment print. From the Collection of the Suffolk County Historical Society. Bottom: George Grosz (American, b. Germany, ), Eclipse of the Sun, Oil on canvas

18 EXPLORE THE Your Key to the Museum s Permanent Collection Learn about COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS. George Grosz s Eclipse of the Sun and much more! SEARCH THE COLLECTION of more than 2,200 works by artist, classification, or date. See artwork that is CURRENTLY ON VIEW. Click thumbnails for large images and detailed information. Select works of art have Huey s Kid-Friendly Information. These guided questions are designed for children to learn along with a grown-up. Huey makes it fun for everyone to look and learn together!

19 Everything you SPECIAL EXHIBITION RESOURCE GUIDES for TEACHERS Prepare your students before their Museum Discovery Program! Guides are developed on a rolling basis and are available free of charge at Guides may include exhibition-specific information such as: Artist biographies Exhibition summaries Full-color artwork images Vocabulary words Pre- and post-visit activities KIDS CORNER The Museum displays artwork by young artists in this online gallery. HOW TO ENTER: Please send a jpg of student artwork to schaaf@heckscher.org. All entries must include first name, title of the artwork, and artist s age. SHARE LESSONS and STUDENT ARTWORK Have you taught your students a lesson inspired by an exhibition on view in the Museum? Share it with us and fellow art teachers at Please send a description of your lesson along with jpg files of student work to schaaf@heckscher.org. All submissions must include teacher s full name, school name, district, and grade level. 2 Prime Avenue Huntington, NY Education Department QUESTIONS? Call the Museum s Education Department Monday through Friday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, or schaaf@heckscher.org