GW's Luther W. Brady Art Gallery

12/12/2022

From finals to holiday preparations, wouldn’t it be great to freeze time for a bit? Arman (1928-2005) has encased these bows in resin, preserving them forever. From musical instruments to groups of artist supplies cast in resin, these Inclusioni were just one aspect of his artistic practice which also included burning, grouping, and sawing items into pieces along with more traditional forms of artistic expression such as printmaking.

Happy Holidays from the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery!

Arman, Bows, 1962, silk bows in acrylic resin. Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn) CGA.1995.60.1. © Arman Studio / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

11/21/2022

Pumpkin or apple? Why not both?! Marl L. Power’s image is making us hungry.

In celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday the Brady Art Gallery will be closed Thursday, November 24-Friday, November 25. The Gallery will be open our regular hours 1-5 pm on Wednesday, November 23 and Saturday, November 26, 2022.

Image: Mark L. Power (1937-2020), Maura and Quiche, 1974, gelatin silver print mounted on board. Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund) CGA.1976.59 © The Artist or the Artist’s Estate
(http://ow.ly/HS1p50LK1hc)

09/16/2022

"Renewal" is now open to the public Wednesday-Saturday from 1-5 pm! Featuring the Corcoran Study Collection work "Ghost Dance" by Robert Stackhouse, the exhibition also shows works by Washington Sculptors Group

02/28/2022

04/28/2021

From the "Concurring Experiences: RECOGNIZE Understand" Virtual Exhibit

"Arthur Tress is an American photographer who has captured images since the 1950s. Growing up in New York City, he was influenced by street photographers and surrealist painters. The surrealist-inspired niche, Magic Realism, drives much of his photography. " - Mike Guy

04/21/2021

From the "Concurring Experiences: Together Uplift" Virtual Exhibit

"This photograph was taken by American artist and electrical engineer Harold Eugene Edgerton, also known as Harold “Doc” Edgerton. He was able to make stop motion photography while working with time and lighting through his invention of the strobe light." - Emmy Eggerman

04/14/2021

From the "Concurring Experiences: Acknowledge Loss" Virtual Exhibit

"André Kertész was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his use of perspectives and geometric compositions. The composition of this photograph created a strong contrast between the sharp chair frames in the front and the soft ripple in the pond with the foggy faded background." - Shengyuan Liu

André Kertész
Gelatin silver print
Paris. The Big Pond in the Tuileries, 1963

04/07/2021

Jan Groover (1943-2011) was an influential still-life photographer and an early pioneer of color photography. She is best known for her intense close-ups of household items and street scene subject, often presented as diptychs and triptychs.

In 1976, as a part of their bicentennial exhibition series The Nation’s Capital in Photographs, the Corcoran Gallery of Art commissioned
Groover and seven other American photographers to photograph the
Capitol in a way that “was guided by his [or her] own vision”.

03/10/2021

The pose in "Spring on Madison Square" is from "American Document"; choreographed by Martha Graham and was Erick Hawkins' debut, as the first male dancer, with the company. American Document was a patriotic, flag-waving, inspirational piece, sprinkled with moving dialogue spoken by an actor.

Barbara Morgan (1900-1992)

03/03/2021

Paul J. Kennedy was a faculty member of the Corcoran College of the Arts and Design from 1971 to 1974. In 1973, Kennedy requested to create a portfolio for the school, in order to "photograph the Corcoran [Gallery of Art] not as a building where art is displayed but as a piece of art in itself."

Kennedy’s photograph of the Salon Doré was taken before the room underwent extensive preservation in 1990, yet Kennedy portrays the natural luminescence of the room’s precious materials, including the intricate moldings and gold leafed trophy panels. The Salon Doré is a Louis XVI paneled room designed by the architect Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin in 1770. Originally intended to be a private hôtel particulier, Salon Doré was incorporated into the Corcoran and became an important part of the identity of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Corcoran School.

Paul Kennedy (b. 1944)

02/26/2021

Paul Goodnight began painting to overcome the traumatic experience he had serving in the Vietnam War. Not being able to speak for a year, art helped him regain his voice. His works were quickly recognized for their scenes of black achievement and experience as well as a unique use of color and movement.

This 1993 print "A Place for Us" featuring two downhill skiiers, was his first sports print and has local roots. Goodnight produced "A Place for Us" through D.C.-based Creative Works as a fundraiser for the National Brotherhood of Skiiers Scholarship Fund, aimed at training young black skiiers for international competition.

02/24/2021

Born in 1893, near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was a ledgendary folk singer, songwriter, left-handed guitarist, and Grammy Award-winner known for her classic folk songs “Freight Train” (written at age 11) and “Shake Sugaree.” Cotten’s music was a staple of the folk revival of the 1960s.

Cotten taught herself how to play, developing a unique plucking style. However, her chance of achieving early prominence was negated by her s*x, skin color, and religion and she stopped playing the guitar for almost fifty years. Cotten returned to music at nearly 60 years old when she started working for the Seeger family in Washington, DC as a maid and cook. The Seegers were a family of influential folk musicians and musicologists. The Seegers documented her music and stories in the early 1950s, including one of the earliest recordings of “Freight Train.”

02/17/2021

Shortly after President Biden was inaugurated on January 20th, news outlets reported on his newly redecorated office. Among the new paintings selected; Joseph Siffred Duplessis’s iconic "grey coat" portrait of Benjamin Franklin (c. 1785)

Derived from Duplessis’s original pastel (c. 1777-1778)

01/06/2021

The man being painted in this work is Mr. de Oro, who posed numerous times personally for Frank Wright and in Wright's classes at the Corcoran and GW. This painting takes place the Wright's studio in the LeDroit Building on F Street, NW, where he had his studio for 32 years.

For full work --> http://ow.ly/DPba50D0KCx

🖼️ Frank Wright (1932-2020), The Studio, 1975.

12/23/2020

❄️Wishing you a happy holiday season of warmth and hope for the new year ❄️

The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery will be closed for the holidays December 24, 2020 - January 3, 2021.

🖼️: Joe Cameron, Untitled, 1976, gelatin silver print, 16" x 19-15/16". Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum Purchase) CGA.1976.63.1 © Joe Cameron
http://ow.ly/FHJe50CTgnv

12/16/2020

Recognize this face?
No stranger to jewels, this portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is a screenprint with "diamond dust." Is it really made of ground up diamonds? The material is actually glass that Andy Warhol added to the image right after printing to create a sparkling effect.

For full image --> http://ow.ly/1z1p50CNxof
🖼️ Andy Warhol, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, silkscreen and 'diamond dust' on board. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

12/02/2020

"The beauty of nature lies chiefly in its changing and fluctuating colors and forms, and it is this kaleidoscopic vision that challenges the mechanical and intellectual capacities of the artist's mind.

To capture the flux, I have developed a semi-abstract approach which is neither realistic nor reportorial, but which accepts change as the predominating value in the face of nature. As I see it, art is not a matter of recording; rather, it is an interchange of artist and subject, the personal and the remote. Man, who is part of nature, is the only creature capable of such a relationship..."
-- Vincent Andrew Hartgen

🖼️ Vincent Andrew Hartgen, Blue of Winter, 1973.
For full image --> http://ow.ly/Suim50CB2ez

11/25/2020

The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Wishing happiness and health to you and yours.

🖼️ Stanley Boxer, Conversationofapples, 1975. Gift of Murray H. Bring, 1990. http://ow.ly/QgSR50CtX8J