Past Exhibitions: 2008
December 5, 2008 - December 9, 2008
Williams College Museum of Art Presents AIDS: An African Crisis, A World Problem
In observance of World AIDS Day, December 1, the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) presents a four-day screening of the documentary Sons of Lwala (2008).
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May 31, 2008 - October 5, 2008
Emily Driscoll: Works
The exhibition features a broad range of works on paper, the principal medium in which the artist worked. Driscoll’s works are meticulously rendered in wax, pen, ink, and marker.
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July 12, 2008 - October 5, 2008
The Long Night and the New Day Lithographs by Benton Spruance
Williams College Museum of Art presents The Long Night and the New Day, an exhibition featuring 24 lithographs by the artist Benton Spruance.
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July 12, 2008 - September 14, 2008
Nick Zammuto: Laser Show: Six Perspectives on a Chaotic Resonator
Laser Show: Six Perspectives on a Chaotic Resonator focuses on the relationship between visual, aural, and physical vibration and its ability to carry information.
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February 2, 2008 - August 24, 2008
William Kentridge Prints and History of the Main Complaint, 1996
The Williams College Museum of Art presents William Kentridge Prints, the first of a two-part exhibition, which features 120 works by this pioneering South-African artist.
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March 1, 2008 - August 24, 2008
Model American Men
Model American Men explores representations of male role models and conceptions of masculinity in American culture from 1850 to 1950.
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April 19, 2008 - July 27, 2008
Julie Mehretu: City Sitings
This exhibition brings together 12 of the artist’s monumental paintings inspired by community, history, and the built environment. Mehretu’s compelling canvases re-envision urban experience and rewrite narratives of exclusion, reconciling divergent histories through her expansive, dynamic compositions.
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January 26, 2008 - June 29, 2008
Unchained Legacies
Unchained Legacies features two of the museum’s new contemporary art acquisitions—Stowage (1997) by Willie Cole and Absolut Power (2003) by Hank Willis Thomas—as well as a selection of historical documents related to the Middle Passage from the Chapin Library of rare books at Williams College.
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May 9, 2008 - June 1, 2008
…The Horse You Rode In On
The Williams College senior students’ art exhibition that celebrates the culmination of each artist’s work.
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December 1, 2007 - March 23, 2008
Felix Gonzalez-Torres “Untitled” (Placebo), 1991
This monumental installation, on loan from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, features a single sculpture comprised of 1200 pounds — nearly 40,000 pieces — of silver-wrapped hard candy.
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September 15, 2007 - January 6, 2008
New Acquisitions/New Perspectives
Featuring contemporary work by Laylah Ali, Patty Chang, Liu Zheng, Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter and Susan Meiselas, among others, this exhibition reflects important movements in both art and art history, positioning the museum’s collection at the forefront of contemporary art and in tune with the latest trends in art scholarship.