"To complement the exhibition" means to enhance or complete the exhibition by adding something that enhances or adds to its overall value or quality. It can refer to additional artwork, artifacts, or displays that help to support or add context to the main exhibition.
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Ourhouse
complements the exhibition of Mellors» vomiting animatronic The Object (Ourhouse) and Ourhouse Episode 2 in British Art Show 7: In The Days of The Comet, exploring themes seen earlier exhibitions Black Gold, Profondo Viola, The Time Surgeon and Giantbum.
To
complement the exhibition Olafur Eliasson: Contact, the Fondation Louis Vuitton has organised an evening panel discussion bringing together the artist Olafur Eliasson, the film director Claire Denis and the exhibition curators, Laurence Bossé and Hans Ulrich Obrist and the philosopher Michel Bitbol, Director of Research at CNRS, Centre of Research in Applied Epistemology at the Polytechnique School.
This
publication complements the exhibition Andrea Bowers: #sweetjane at the Pomona College Museum of Art and the Pitzer College Art Galleries and represents an overview of the artist's work since 2006.
Also consider, «Howardena Pindell: Paintings, 1974 - 1980» was published recently to
complement an exhibition at Garth Greenan Gallery in New York.
This five - part blog series is designed to
complement the exhibition by calling out five defining moments that shaped Wesselmann's approach to artmaking.
In this video, Walead Beshty talks about the idea behind the work, how the prints have been created, how they objects are arranged on the wall, and why a series of encyclopedic
volumes complements the exhibition.
To
complement the exhibition Pablo Bronstein has created a hand - coloured etching; Cafetiere in the Piranesi Taste 2011 in a limited edition of 85, plus an edition of 15 prints with special colouring.
Books, records, and films like Dara Birnbaum's Pop - Pop Video (1980) of the
time complement the exhibition and place the works within a larger social context.
Complementing the exhibition Breaking News: Turning the Lens on Mass Media, the diverse breadth of content from KCHUNG's artistic community includes exhibition themes, interviews, performances, and reporting from live events.
MetLive Arts.The Metropolitan Museum presents an impressive program of musical events, from pop to classic, ethnic to children's, to
complement their exhibitions throughout the Fall / Winter season.
Hauser Wirth & Schimmel will
complement its exhibition program with a bookstore; a publications lab; a bar and restaurant featuring seasonal fare and locally - sourced produce; a garden; commissioned permanent works of art that engage the architecture of the place; and outdoor areas for quiet contemplation and informal gathering.
A look behind the scenes at how Hockney and his studio team prepare for exhibitions using scale models of the spaces in question — in this case, the staircase at Tate Britain, where a selection of Hockney's landscape paintings were hung to
complement an exhibition of Turner watercolours that the artist curated in 2007.
Complementing exhibitions in the Big Read partnership, The Visual Narrative series features four solo shows with artists Janell Cannon, Joyce Cutler - Shaw, David Fokos, and Sherry Karver that explore literature, language, and storytelling through the visual arts.
To
complement the exhibition Olafur Eliasson: Contact, the Fondation Louis Vuitton have organised an evening panel discussion bringing together the artist Olafur Eliasson, the film director Claire Denis and the exhibition curators, Laurence Bossé and Hans Ulrich Obrist and the philosopher Michel Bitbol, Director of Research at CNRS, Centre of Research in Applied Epistemology at the Polytechnique School.
Now, the Palace has opened «The White Garden» in its Sunken Garden to
complement the exhibition, «planted with flowers and foliage inspired by memories of the Princess's life, image and style,» according to the Palace's website.
The artist posed his dead birds in lifelike poses on a board strung with wires «on which the specimen could be impaled,» Olson wrote in Audubon's Aviary: The Original Watercolors for the Birds of America, a book that
complements the exhibition.
The Nasher Museum hosts lively lectures and panel discussions to
complement exhibitions and the collection.
A book featuring an essay by Norden will
complement the exhibition.
Complementing her exhibition of mixed media botanical works, this group of artists represents a range of ways art is used to study, celebrate, and engage with nature.
To
complement the exhibition the Jersey City Free Public Library presents in the New Jersey Room a volume from 1652, Cosmographie, a «chorographie and historie of the whole world» by Peter Heylin.
Artist talks, lectures and film will enhance and
complement the exhibitions.
To
complement the exhibition, Owens and Rothkopf created a 664 - page catalogue weaving together Owens» writings about her work, her sources as well as personal correspondences and commentary from fellow artists and friends.
Complementing the exhibition, Jane Wilson: Horizons, the first comprehensive monograph documenting Wilson's career, is available at the gallery and through Merrell Publishers, London.
A special installation of the Colby Museum's permanent collection, selected and arranged by the artist, will
complement the exhibition.
Complementing the exhibition are works with themes of mapping, globalism, hybridity, cultural identity, and the tension between sacred and secular.
Aside from the aforementioned works, various photographs and display cases showing archive material and documentation from EXPORT's long - standing artistic career (specifically compiled for the exhibition VALIE EXPORT — Archive at the Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2011) will
complement the exhibition.
In addition, she intends some of the smaller works, called «Notes,» to
complement the exhibition's main pieces, offering the artist — and, by extension, the viewer — a brief rest before and after the exertion of creating (or, for the viewer, absorbing) the larger - scale works.
Complementing the exhibition and offering an insight into Whiteread's inspiration and taste, is an intriguing mix of contemporary and modern British artists selected from the Tate's collection by Whiteread including; Sarah Lucas, Rebecca Warren and Barbara Hepworth.
Complementing the exhibition of early works on view at the Brooklyn Museum, this edition was based on Sumi ink drawings Haring created in 1980 - 81.
Complementing an exhibition that was on view at the Art Institute of Chicago, the volume includes Parks's black and white images with narrative captions accompanying the plates; Ellison's typed manuscript for «Harlem is Nowhere,» complete with handwritten edits; and the layout pages for «A Man Becomes Invisible,» reproduced from Life.
To
complement our exhibitions, we present a variety of programs, including a film series, Open Studios, which goes behind the scenes at artists» studios; the Art Education Lab, which presents hands - on programming and education content in partnership with the Bexar County Bibliotech; and outreach events including workshops, artist talks, book clubs, panel discussions, and film screenings.