Wonder World brings together thirty-three contemporary works by established, mid-career, and emerging artists from Crystal Bridges' collection in a special exhibition organized around the themes of perception, representation, illusion, nature, and history.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Director of Education, Niki Ciccotelli Stewart and Catherine Bays Kyle, Membership Program Coordinator, discuss Nice Cave’s soundsuits.
Chris Crosman, Founding Curator of Collections, shares his perspective about Jamie Wyeth’s Orca Bates, with Guide Program Manager, Aaron Jones.
Founding Curator of Collections, Chris Crosman, shares with Aaron Jones, Guide Program Manager, insights about Andrew Wyeth’s painting Airborne.
David Houston, Director of Curatorial and Tracy Cude, Chief Financial Officer share a conversation about Close’s portrait of President Bill Clinton.
Bo Bartlett’s subject matter in his work entitled The Lobster Wars originates from the difficult vocation of commercial fishing. Chris Crosman, Founding Curator of Collections, discusses the work with Aaron Jones, Guide Program Manager.
Roxy Paine's sculpture, Bad Lawn, is a metaphor about nature and human control. Crystal Bridges’ Executive Director, Don Bacigalupi, and Scott Eccleston, Director of Trails and Grounds, discuss the artist’s intentions.
Devorah Sperber explores the connection between subjective perception and reality in her work After the Last Supper. Discussing this novel approach are Niki Ciccotelli Stewart, Director of Education, and Alison Nation, Senior Administrative Assistant.