New Chihuly chandelier & other acquisitions on view at TMA

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Press Staff Writer

        The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) has several recent acquisitions now on view, including a Dale Chihuly (American, 1941) chandelier that was donated to the Museum by a benefactor.
        Confetti Chandelier, on view in the Director’s Conference Room located off of Libbey Court, was installed as part of an update to the space, which is used for both internal and public meetings.
        “The colorful chandelier is visible even when the frosted glass door is closed, but we would welcome visitors to take a closer look at it and the paintings in the room when it is not in use and the door is open,” said Diane Wright, TMA’s interim director of curatorial affairs and senior curator of glass and decorative arts. “We are grateful for Sara Jane DeHoff, vice chair of TMA’s board of trustees, who donated this magnificent work to the Toledo Museum of Art.”   
        Also installed in the Director’s Conference Room is “Parkway,” by Ed Paschke (American, 1939-2004). The painting was acquired in 2007 and was on view only briefly in 2009.
        In Gallery 33, “The Shepherd’s Prayer,” by Jozef Israëls is reinstalled after being returned from The Hague where it was on view in The Mesdag Collection. Prior to the loan, it had not been on view since 2013.
         “One of the benefits of having such an immense collection is the ability to rotate the art while maintaining the quality of the galleries,” Wright said. “We hope visitors will return often to see how the galleries rotate over time with new works and works that have been on loan or in storage.”
        In the Wolfe Gallery, a new acquisition, “Oh God/Martina 59/9,” by Deborah Czeresko (American, 1961), is now on view. The neon work incorporates found objects, an outdoor barbecue and a vintage women’s trophy with blown glass briquettes piled beneath the grill. The work was created as part of a call for artists organized by the Brooklyn-based neon signage company FagSigns to design neon projects for the exhibition, “Collaborations with Queer Voices,” which was on view at Heller Gallery in New York City in 2019. This neon collaborative uses words, symbols and the flashiness of color created with noble gasses, glass and electricity to share messages and meaning from the LGBTQ+ community.
        In Gallery 23, the new acquisition, “Trolldom Teku Maku Maya Kon” by Katsuyo Aoki (Japanese, 1972) is on view. The wall-mounted, hand-painted blue and white porcelain in the shape of a large medallion with a large skull at the top and numerous butterflies and flowers draws the viewer's attention at 11 feet tall and 7 feet wide.
        Aoki is known for her elaborately carved and painted porcelain objects that often focus on the vanitas theme and bear her signature skulls, which she says “express the sacred and vulgar atmosphere of the present age.”
        The Museum is located at 2445 Monroe St. at Scottwood Avenue, just west of the downtown business district and one block off I-75 with exit designations posted. For general information, call 419-255-8000 or 800-644-6862, or visit toledomuseum.org.
 
 

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