The Renzo Piano designed Nasher Sculpture Center beautifully illuminates this “Generations” exhibit. On the far left, you will see the David McManaway piece that you will also see in the next photograph.
The Nasher Sculpture Center reveals a rich collection of pieces in its permanent collection in the exhibit “Generations: 150 Years of Sculpture.” The Nasher is one of the most important sculpture museums in the world owning works by internationally recognized artists like Auguste Rodin and Alberto Giacometti. The Nasher also owns pieces created by Dallas artists David McManaway and Frances Bagley. Raymond and Patsy Nasher had a great eye for art, as have the subsequent directors and curators. One of my favorite things about this museum is the dynamic between the internationally famous artists and local Dallas artists whose work holds up with the best. It makes it even more fun for me when I can see works in the Nasher Sculpture Center by artists like David McManaway and Frances Bagley, who were both friends, neighbors and clients of mine. I have highlighted an assemblage piece by David McManaway titled “Ahab” found in “The Assembled Figure” of the exhibition. I have also included an image of an assemblage piece, not in this exhibition, that David McManaway gave to me one Christmas. Images of the Nasher summary of the exhibition will also be shown describing the art and artists that are seen here.
David McManaway created “Ahab,” an assemblage piece, that becomes increasingly fascinating as one looks deeper into the layers of the assemblage. From a distance it looks a well-composed piece of modern art. As you move closer, the details and magic emerge.
Close-up of David McManaway’s “Ahab.” This image allows you to see some of the detail that David McManaway draws, carves, and assembles to bring random discarded objects to life.“The Assembled Figure” describes how artists in the collection from Paul Gauguin to David McManaway used the assemblage of objects to create a figure.This piece, not in the exhibition, is another example of a David McManaway assemblage. While artist David McManaway is best known for his Jomo boards, he would occasionally do a collage piece to be presented on a pedestal. This piece, David McManaway gave to me as a Christmas present, and I have it displayed with a small book that opens up to present a painting of him as a young boy playing with this object.The Nasher did a nice job of explaining how the works of art in their collection over 150 years converse with each other. In this exhibition you will see a rich collection of art that expresses similar and different viewpoints in similar and different mediums.Art just looks better at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Here is another view of the “Generations: 150 Years of Sculpture” exhibition.Here you see different interpretations of the human figure lined up at the Nasher Sculpture Center “Generations” exhibition.
