Fisher Landau Center for Art Announces Upcoming Exhibitions Thru 3/29

Fisher Landau Center for Art has announced it's upcoming exhibitions through March.  They include FIVE DECADES OF PASSION Part Two: The Founding of the Center and WE ARE THE WORLD: Figures & Portraits through 3/29/2010.

FIVE DECADES OF PASSION. Part Two: The Founding of the Center.

An exhibition highlighting Emily Fisher Landau's unique vision in building the Fisher Landau Center for Art's collection. Focusing on groupings of artists that Mrs. Landau collected between 1989 & 1991, the exhibition offers an intimate glimpse into her passionate legacy. During this time period over 300 artworks were acquired, with this exhibition highlighting over 120 pieces by 60 artists. Presented in a manner that allows the viewer insight into her enthusiastic journey, the exhibition creates a visual dialogue among the artists and the collector who recognized their individual talents as a unified whole.

WE ARE THE WORLD: Figures & Portraits.

Inspired by Gary Hume's image of "Michael", We Are the World presents a multi-media exhibition that celebrates the artists' ability to capture humanity in a wide-ranging fashion. From self-portraits to conceptual strategies, the exhibition surrounds viewers with an audience that blurs the notion of who's on display. The individual understanding of each artist is revealed through their ability to capture limitless possibilities through the mediums of painting, sculpture, photography and works on paper. Included in the exhibition are a number of artworks inspired by Mrs. Landau, her family and cherished friends by Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Hujar, Inez van Lamsweerde, Robert Rauschenberg, Bruce Weber, Adam Fuss and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.

Artists On View include: Carl Andre, Charles Arnoldi, Richard Artschwager, Donald Baechler, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Ford Beckman, Ross Bleckner, Katherine Bowling, Fanny Brennan, Barry Bridgewood, Carl Bronson, James Brown, Saint Clair Cemin, Chuck Close, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Nancy Dwyer, Adam Fuss, Frank Gehry, Nan Goldin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Alan Graham, Gloria Graham, Rodney Graham, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Fariba Hajamadi, Jan Hashey, Robert Helm, Jenny Holzer, Peter Hujar, Michael Hurson, Gary Hume, Robert Indiana, Neil Jenney, Jon Kessler, Karla Knight, Win Knowlton, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Annie Leibovitz, Annette Lemieux, Eric Levine, Sherrie Levine, Glenn Ligon, Simon Linke, Andrew Lord, Chris MacDonald, Robert Mapplethorpe, Marisol, Vinoodh Matadin, Bruce Mellett, David Nash, Shirin Neshat, Richard Pettibone, Ellen Phelan, Donald Powley, Richard Prince, Robert Rauschenberg, Herb Ritts, Tim Rollins & KOS, Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha, Peter Schuyff, Yinka Shonibare, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, Mark Tansey, Alan Uglow, Max Vadukul, Inez van Lamsweerde, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Andy Warhol, Bruce Weber, Neil Winokur, Diane Woeffler, David Wojnarowicz, Steve Wolfe, Christopher Wool, Chris Wyllie, Tadanori Yokoo and Daisy Youngblood.

Fisher Laundau Center for Art is located at 38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, New York 11101
Telephone 718.937.0727 www.flcart.org.  The museum is open 12pm-5pm Thursday-Monday. Admission is complimentary.

Photo credit: Hermann Feldhaus