Exhibition History
All exhibitions organized by The Galleries at Moore unless otherwise indicated.
Raoul de Keyser
November 17, 2000 – January 21, 2001
Goldie Paley Gallery
Guest curator: Gregory Salzman
Thirty paintings by the Belgian artist, who creates largely abstract work that remains firmly grounded in concrete experience. His concerns with pictorial syntax, together with his imagistic suggestiveness, result in paintings that resonate emotionally, semantically and psychologically.
The Practice of Storytelling: Paintings by Frank Bramblett
November 17, 2000 – January 21, 2001
Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia
The exhibition, comprised of several large-scale paintings and more than twenty small painted sketches, offers Bramblett’s explorations of how memory, narrative and sensation can be abstracted, universalized and layered onto the painted surface.
From Conflict to Peace
September 22 – October 1, 2000
Moore Atrium
The Bogside artists from Derry, Northern Ireland commemorate “the troubles” in mural reproductions and photographs.
Telling the Story: The Intersection of Art and Social History
September 15 – October 29, 2000
Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia
Group exhibition featuring Louis Massiah, Christian Michel, the artists of Philadelphia Airbrush, Pang Xiong Sirirathasuk Sikoun, Kahlid Nasser and Tyeakia that investigates the power of the visual image to heal wounds, commemorate individuals and events and document upheaval. The exhibition includes pieces in a variety of media that chronicle moments in history for the public commemoration and private meditation.
A Congo Chronicle: Patrice Lumumba in Urban Art
September 15 – October 29, 2000
Goldie Paley Gallery
Guest curator: Bogumil Jewsiewicki
Organized by the Museum for African Art, New York
“The Telling of Untrue Things” or “How I loved to Stop Worrying and Love the Role”
July 10 – 25, 2000
Moore Atrium
A collaborative and interactive video installation investigating the nature of artistic stereotypes by the artist collective, BaseKamp.
Komar and Melamid’s: Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project
May 31 – August 4, 2000
Goldie Paley Gallery
Paintings by prominent Asian elephants juxtaposed with photographs, videos and documentation about the Project itself. Visit their website HERE to learn more about the artists, their work and their history.
Cutting Wit: Philadelphia’s Politics of Humor
May 31 – August 4, 2000
Levy Gallery for the Arts in Philadelphia
Work by Pulitzer-Prize winners Tony Auth, Editorial Cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer; Signe Wilkinson, the Editorial Cartoonist for the Philadelphia Daily News; and historical selections on loan from The Library Company of Philadelphia.
Moore College of Art & Design: Student Exhibitions: Five in Spring 2000
April 6 – May 15, 2000
Levy and Goldie Paley Galleries, Atrium and Wilson Hall Gallery Lobby
Thomas Hirschhorn: Altar to Raymond Carver
March 7 – 26, 2000
Goldie Paley Gallery
Embodying a contemporary American writer’s vision through an international artist’s sensibilities, the installation will explore American reality, the materials and images of popular culture and the everyday experience of a busy Philadelphia street.
Also on view: an installation on 20th Street between Cherry and Race Streets at the Hirschhorn/Reading Room
The Moore International Discovery Series 3:
Valie Export: Ob / De+Con(Struction)
January 18 – February 27, 2000
Levy and Goldie Paley Galleries
Austrian artist Valie Export created performative art that practiced the politics of experience and the sense-endowing gesture, demanding the involvement of the audience on a visceral level. Her work is distinctly feminist in nature - intended to provoke a social change and to overturn prevailing attitudes towards women.