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11/11/21

Point, Line, Plane: The William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee Bequest @ Dallas Museum of Art

Point, Line, Plane: The William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee Bequest

Dallas Museum of Art

September 26, 2021 – January 9, 2022

Edgar Degas

Seated Male Nude (recto), 1856-1858

Pencil on paper

Dallas Museum of Art

Bequest of William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, 2019.72.21.A-B

Berthe Morisot

Harbor Scene (Isle of Wight), 1880

Watercolor on paper

Dallas Museum of Art

Bequest of William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, 2019.72.39

Rosa Bonheur

Pattes de lion, 1880-1885

Black crayon on medium-weight wove paper with stumping

Dallas Museum of Art

Bequest of William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, 2019.72.5

At the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), an exhibition honors a remarkable gift from the estate of distinguished scholar William B. Jordan and his husband, Robert Dean Brownlee. Celebrating the establishment of the Museum’s Works on Paper Department, Point, Line, Plane: The William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee Bequest is composed of approximately 50 works donated to the DMA by Jordan and Brownlee. The exhibition includes drawings, watercolors, prints, photography, sculpture, and decorative arts by some of the most important European and American artists of the past three centuries. Point, Line, Plane is curated by Sue Canterbury, The Pauline Gill Sullivan Curator of American Art and Interim Allen and Kelli Questrom Curator of Works on Paper.

“Bill and Robert were kind, intelligent, and generous souls, invested in creating a lasting impact on the arts in North Texas and at the DMA,” said Dr. Agustín Arteaga, the DMA’s Eugene McDermott Director. “Together they built a wonderful personal collection that shows their admiration for the unique intimacy contained in works on paper. We were honored to be recipients of their generosity, and we pay tribute to their mission by sharing these treasured works with our visitors."

Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl

Head of a Young Woman, 1890s

Black and white chalk on brown paper

Dallas Museum of Art

Bequest of William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, 2019.72.29

Jean–Baptiste Camille Corot

Paysage, n.d.

Charcoal on paper

Dallas Museum of Art

Bequest of William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, 2019.72.15

Jordan and Brownlee were key figures in the arts community of Dallas–Fort Worth. While Brownlee’s focus was architecture and interior design, Jordan was a scholar and connoisseur of Spanish paintings. His influence on the region’s arts institutions is immeasurable. Serving as the founding director of the Meadows Museum (1967–1980) and as deputy director of the Kimbell Art Museum (1981–1990), Jordan raised the quality and profile of both collections. He began his affiliation with the DMA as an adjunct curator for European art (1977–1982) and evolved to become an invaluable member of the Museum’s Board of Trustees.

Both deeply interested in art, the couple assembled a collection over decades that included works by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Rosa Bonheur, Berthe Morisot, Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Salvador Dalí, Jackson Pollock, Josef Albers, Cy Twombly, Ellsworth Kelly, and Robert Rauschenberg, among others. While the collection varied in types of objects and historical eras, works on paper were at its core. Point, Line Plane features approximately 50 works spanning the ancient to the contemporary, demonstrating an enduring fascination with artists’ use of expressive line, the depiction of the figure, and dialogues across media.

Robert Rauschenberg

Autobiography: three works, 1968

Offset lithographs on paper

Dallas Museum of Art

Bequest of William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, 2019.72.45.A-C,

Image courtesy of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

Ellsworth Kelly

Untitled, 2001

Single-color lithograph

Dallas Museum of Art

Bequest of William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee, 2019.72.31

“While Bill and Robert collected across several media, it is apparent they appreciated drawings in particular for their immediacy as visible revelations of an artist’s initial concept. It is extraordinarily intimate in that it’s akin to witnessing the birth of the creative spark, no matter how long ago that moment took place,” said curator Sue Canterbury.

The DMA’s Works on Paper Department was established in 2019 through a group of visionary gifts to the Museum: a gift from the estate of Jordan and Brownlee, which provided significant funds to establish The William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee Endowment to support the department; the creation of a new, endowed curatorial position, The Allen and Kelli Questrom Curator of Works on Paper, made possible through an extraordinary $3 million bequest to the Museum by Allen and Kelli Questrom; and Jordan’s and Brownlee’s donation of nearly 80 works to the Museum, including 58 works on paper as well as antiquities, 20th-century furniture, 19th-century oil paintings, ceramics, sculpture, and silver.

Point, Line, Plane: The William B. Jordan and Robert Dean Brownlee Bequest is organized by the Dallas Museum of Art.

DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART - DMA

1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas 75201

dma.org

08/09/21

Naudline Pierre @ Dallas Museum of Art - What Could Be Has Not Yet Appeared

Naudline Pierre

What Could Be Has Not Yet Appeared

Dallas Museum of Art

September 26, 2021 - May 15, 2022

NAUDLINE PIERRE

Lest You Fall, 2019

Oil on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, Lay Family Acquisition Fund, 2020.8

NAUDLINE PIERRE

Hold On, Hold Tight, 2019

Oil on canvas

Photo: Paul Takeuchi

The first solo museum exhibition for painter Naudline Pierre premieres at the Dallas Museum of Art. Naudline Pierre: What Could Be Has Not Yet Appeared debuts five major new paintings alongside existing works by Naudline Pierre, including the DMA’s recent acquisition Lest You Fall (2019). The exhibition showcases Naudline Pierre’s vivid style, recurring cast of otherworldly characters, and use of fantasy to imagine escape and possibility in the elsewhere.

“Providing a platform for the work of rising artists is a critical element of the DMA’s contemporary art exhibitions and programs, reflecting the global voices shaping creative practice today and connecting audiences with some of the most influential artists of our time,” said Dr. Agustín Arteaga, the DMA’s Eugene McDermott Director. “Naudline Pierre is one such artist, and we are honored to have her work not only on our walls but also in our collection, where it will continue to awe and inspire.”

NAUDLINE PIERRE (b. 1989, Leominster, MA; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) creates richly hued paintings that portray otherworldly narratives, featuring supernatural beings entangled in complex scenes of struggle and intimacy. Drawing from conventions of Renaissance art and religious painting, Naudline Pierre reimagines these art historical traditions through her distinct contemporary lens, subverting the canon by creating space for manifestations of Blackness and femmehood that elude rigid definitions of identity. Often through the storyline of a recurring protagonist, Naudline Pierre’s works imagine new worlds that center care, tenderness, and liberation.

NAUDLINE PIERRE

Closer Still, 2017

Oil on canvas

Photo: Paul Takeuchi

NAUDLINE PIERRE

Hereafter, Ye Shall Be Changed, 2021

Oil on linen

Photo: Paul Takeuchi

For What Could Be Has Not Yet Appeared, Naudline Pierre is creating a suite of five new works that continue her investigations of hybridity, multiplicity, and transformation through the unfolding narrative of a central protagonist. Across the five canvases, the central figure undergoes a process of change, gaining the powers of flight, wielding flame, and claiming her power in an expression of the escape, pleasure, and care made possible in Pierre’s fantastic worlds. The works are presented alongside other recent works by Naudline Pierre—including the DMA’s recent acquisition, Lest You Fall (2019)—that illustrate similar themes and embody the painterly techniques that have become Naudline Pierre’s signature: jewel-toned hues; gradients of color; thin, translucent washes; and figures built up from modulated layers and tones.

"With her technical prowess and poetic approach to narrative world-building, Naudline Pierre is a uniquely imaginative and empathetic artist," said Hilde Nelson, the DMA’s Curatorial Assistant for Contemporary Art. "Awash in crimsons, ochres, and violets, her worlds offer a much-needed space for escape and transformation, in which the artist, the protagonist, and we as viewers can be full and expansive."

Naudline Pierre: What Could Be Has Not Yet Appeared is organized by the Dallas Museum of Art.

DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART - DMA

1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas 75201

dma.org