The AMA collaborated directly with Knox Martin himself to bring this first-of-its-kind exhibition to North Texas. A celebrated painter, sculptor and muralist, Martin’s work has been defined by his use of bright colors, bold architectural lines and artistic references to the female form. Martin’s extensive exhibition record includes his collected work in corporate and private collections worldwide, as well as museums including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at the Smithsonian Institution.
Two years after this collaboration, Knox Martin passed away at the age of 99.
As a retrospective, Knox Martin: Living Legend was unique in many ways. The exhibit featured pieces from Martin’s famed SHE series and WOMAN series, in addition to many other incredible works from the artist’s distinguished career. The AMA also had the honor of being the first museum to exhibit works from Martin’s TOMATO watercolor series.
Through this exhibition, the AMA showcases the diverse Latinx culture in our community. Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, the exhibit features various artists and their interpretation of a crucial aspect in Latinx culture, home and heritage, while also celebrating the rich colors and imagery resonating with connections to the past and present.
The Fort Worth Art Collective showcases work by member artists in the curated show, RED. RED is a conceptual, curated exhibit using the color red in solidarity with those living with HIV/AIDS. The exhibit coincided with the AMA exhibition Keith Haring: Against All Odds, and was the museum’s first collaboration with the Fort Worth Art Collective.
Since childhood, artist Jonathon Kimbrell has been greatly influenced by many 20th century artists and music, film, classic comic books, advertising, mid-century advertising and design, Cold War propaganda, automobiles, obsolete printing processes, vinyl records, and vintage package design. In various form and fashion, these elements find their way into Kimbrell’s extensive body of work.
Keith Haring: Against All Odds features fifty original pieces by one of the most iconic American pop art innovators of all time. Combining the colorful, bold lines of cartoons with the raw energy of Art Brut artists like Jean DuBuffet, Haring developed a distinct pop-graffiti aesthetic centered on fluid, bold outlines against a dense, rhythmic overspread of iconic pop art imagery. This was the AMA’s first collaboration with the Rubell Museum in Miami, Florida.
Sponsored by HELP Center, Arlington Cultural Tourism Council, BNSF, MEI Group, Rubell Museum, Wade Family Foundation, Big Sky Minerals, Jon and Lisa Hoffman, John and Sandra Drkulec, Karen and Jim Burnett, Lorie and Brian White, Dr. Anthony and Lori Heneger, Lynda Freeman and Fred Weekley, Frost Bank, Doreen and Joe Bruner, Chris Hightower and DeeJay Johannessen
With over 65 pieces spanning three topic areas—”Birds,” “Landscapes,” and “Performers,”—Luminous Confrontations showcases movement and color in a new way. Artist Donray uses extraordinary techniques emphasizing motion and color to develop his unique style. Innovating his own acrylic-on-acrylic methods, he has made a name for himself as a national and internationally acclaimed artist.
Frame 4 Frame is an annual art, film, and music festival. In 2018, the AMA hosted three art exhibits in conjunction with the festival: one by Marilyn Jolly, Associate Professor of Art at the University of Texas at Arlington; one by Adam Fung, Associate Professor of Art at Texas Christian University; and one exhibit featuring the work of eight UTA art students.
Cut! Costume and the Cinema celebrates the glamor, luxury and artistry of cinematic couture. This exhibit allows guests a very up-close and intimate view of 43 original costumes from 27 period films. Some highlights from the exhibition include Johnny Depp’s costume from Pirates of the Caribbean, pieces from the Costume Academy Award winner, The Duchess, and Emmy Rossum’s gown from The Phantom of the Opera.
Sponsored by Arlington Cultural Tourism Council, City of Arlington, 3Di Sign and Design, Chris Hightower & DeeJay Johannessen, P & H Casters Company, Peter Scott, Amy & Brian Schultz, Nancy & Skip Tice
The AMA partnered with local artists Steve Moya and Christie Neale to present a collection of their musically-inspired work. Moya’s style consists of bold bright acrylic in solid forms to create strong visual paintings. Neale likens her process to a musical composition where everything moves together in unforced harmony.
Salvador Dali was always much more than one of Surrealism’s leading figures. A virtuoso, gifted with dazzling skills and technique, Dali was a painter, designer, sculptor, writer and set designer as well as a master engraver who could produce equally outstanding work in dry point, etching, woodcut or lithography. This 101-piece exhibition features Dali’s full series of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, for which each of the lithographs presented required as many as 35 colors.
Sponsored by Arlington Cultural Tourism Council, National Endowment for the Arts/Art Works, United Service Association for Health Care Foundation, Purchasing Solutions International, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Joe and Doreen Bruner, Lynda Freeman & Fred Weekley, Charlene Dorsey, Mary Cathcart, Chris Hightower & DeeJay Johannessen, Barbara Torres, and Kathleen Valentine
Since 1990, the Arlington Museum of Art has partnered with the Arlington Independent School District to sponsor and host the city’s Youth Art Month exhibit during March and April. This unique collaboration with AISD is an important part of the museum’s commitment to encourage young artists, support art education, and engage with our community.
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