Modernists Out of the Mainstream at Cape Cod Museum of Art

Art from the Permanent Collection

June 7-Aug. 5, 2018

Public Reception June 7, 5:30 – 7 pm

Gallery Talk with Co-Curator & Art Writer Deborah Forman, June 14, 1:15 pm.

As the museum pays tribute to these artists, we expect some viewers will make a discovery of art new to them, to be appreciated for its aesthetic qualities and originality. – Deborah Forman, co-curator.

Cape Cod Museum of Art puts the spotlight on artists in its collection who broke from tradition as they found new ways of looking at art during the 20^th Century. They were part of a dynamic movement influenced by European artists that moved America to the center of the art world.

Some had witnessed the excitement of Fauvism and Cubism erupting in Paris and were pursuing a modern approach in the first decades of the 20^th century. Some of these artists who spent time on the Cape have been selected by Co-curators Deborah Forman and Michael Giaquinto from the collection for the exhibit.  They include Blanche Lazzell, Agnes Weinrich, Oliver Chaffee, Lucy L’Engle, Karl Knaths, and Thomas Eastwood.

Also included in the exhibition are works done during the second half of the last century when Abstract Expressionism had put America in the vanguard of contemporary art. Some artists, who took their own paths, didn’t always find the recognition that was bestowed upon others, yet their works are distinctively innovative. Many who captured the excitement after World War II are included in the show:  Xavier Gonzalez, William Littlefield, Boris Margo, Howard Gibbs, Kenneth Stubbs, Leo Manso, Nanno De Groot, Haynes Ownby, and Donald Stoltenberg, among others.

There will be a public reception for the exhibit on June 7, from 5:30 – 7 pm. Deborah Forman, author of several books about Cape Cod artists, will give a Gallery Talk about the Modernists at 1 pm on June 14, which is free with museum admission.

Image of painting by Karl Knaths

About Cape Cod Museum of Art

Founded by artists in 1981, CCMoA is the home of Cape Cod art.  It preserves the work of the Cape’s finest artists and celebrates the distinctive artistic identity of the Cape, the Islands and the region.  The Museum is a major hub of cultural creativity.  It educates, inspires and excites the imagination through its outstanding art collection and diverse programming while caring for and connecting its many communities.  The Museum is situated in a beautiful setting surrounded by a Sculpture Garden at the Cape Cod Center for the Arts. CCMoA has seven galleries, a museum shop and a film screening room. It is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

CCMoA is located at 60 Hope Lane, just off Route 6A, on the same campus as the Cape Cinema and the Cape Cod Playhouse in Dennis, MA. Hours are 10 am to 5 pm Tues through Sat and noon to 5 pm on Sunday.  The Galleries are open on ARTfull Thursdays from 5 – 8 with no admission fee.  General Admission is $9, $7 for seniors and students 19+ with school ID, $5 for students 13 to 18, and free for children 12 & under. For more information, see www.ccmoa.org or call (508) 385-4477. Follow on Facebook and Instagram