Past Exhibitions: Summer 2005 Soft Openings

Ben Summerford, Peaches on a Pink Cloth, 1994
Courtesy Mr. John Shank & Mr. Joseph Matthews.

The Soft Openings exhibition gave viewers a first look at the American University Museum. The exhibition featured work displayed in interaction with the museum's architecture by some of the most important artists in the DC/Baltimore area and across the country, including Timothy App, Ed Bisese, Edward Burtynsky, Steve Cushner, Fred Eversley, Lee Haner, Grace Hartigan, Hsin-Hsi Chen, Kristin Holder, Madeleine Keesing, Paul Kos, Jody Mussoff, David Page, John Ruppert, Joyce Scott, Joe Shannon, Jo Smail, Christine Buckton Tillman, Jaime Romano, Ben L. Summerford, and Yuriko Yamaguchi. Additionally, the eminent Washington artist Sam Gilliam (honored with a retrospective at the Corcoran Gallery of Art) created a stunning stairway installation at the Katzen.

See more about the Soft Openings exhibition in American Weekly.

Yuriko Yamaguchi, Core, 2005.
10' diameter, abaca, flax, wire.
Courtesy Numark Gallery.

Paul Kos, Pawn, 1991. 11' x 18'.
Stainless steel and plastic magnets.
Courtesy Gallery Paule Anglim.