Current

May 10
Ground Breakers: German Sculptures
on the Grounds of the FIA

March 1 – July 6, 2008
Hannelore Baron: Fragments Shored
Against Ruins
Ford Graphics Gallery

Admission to special temporary exhibitions in Hodge and Second Temporary Galleries
FIA members, Free
Children 12 & under, Free
Adults, $7.00
Students with ID, $5.00
Senior citizens, $5.00

March 1 – May 11, 2008
Hannelore Baron: Fragments Shored Against Ruins
Ford Graphics Gallery
Sponsored by JP Morgan Chase

This exhibition, on loan from the Art Museum of the University of Memphis, will present 60 works of art by Hannelore Baron (1926-1987). Born in Dillingen Germany, Hannelore Baron immigrated with her family to the United States when she was 15. Exposed to the ravages of the Nazi regime, and witnessing the savage beating of her father on Kristallnacht in 1938, Baron’s art reflects her response to psychological and physical peril. Her work, comprised of small to medium sized hinged boxes and box assemblages, includes scraps of wood, fabric, and found metal objects—cast off materials that Baron recombines into works that are compelling meditations on history and the human condition.

Hannelore Baron
American, b. Germany, 1926–1987
Untitled (B73003)
wood, paint, and glass wire, 1973
10 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
Collection of Mary Mhoon and James Perry Walker

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