Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein

November 7, 2018–March 3, 2019

Discover the connections between the scientific and artistic revolutions of the early twentieth century with this groundbreaking exhibition, which reveals how artists responded to scientific advances with bold new forms of creative expression.

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  • Barbara Hepworth: Project for Wood and Strings, Trezion II, 1959; oil, gesso, pencil on board; 14 7/8 x 21 1/8 in.; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts; gift of Richard S. Zeisler (Class of 1937). © Bowness.

  • Helen Lundeberg: Microcosm and Macrocosm, 1937; oil on Masonite; 37 x 19 1/2 in.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. © The Feitelson / Lundeberg Art Foundation. Digital Image © 2018 Museum Associates / LACMA; licensed by Art Resource, NY.

  • Joan Miró: Composition, 1937; BAMPFA; gift of Julian J. and Joachim Jean Aberbach. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2018. Photo: Jonathan Bloom.

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  • Painting

    Microcosm and Macrocosm

    Helen Lundeberg

    1937
    Oil on Masonite
    37 x 19 ½ in.
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. (M.2003.50). © The Feitelson / Lundeberg Art Foundation. Digital Image © 2018 Museum Associates / LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY.

  • Painting

    Self Portrait

    Helen Lundeberg

    1944
    Oil on canvas
    17 × 28 in.
    Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, gift of The Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg Feitelson Arts Foundation. © The Feitelson / Lundeberg Art Foundation. Photo: Peter Jacobs

  • Painting

    Composition

    Joan Miró
    Spain

    1937
    oil on composition board
    47 3/4 x 35 3/4 in.
    University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, gift of Julian J. and Joachim Jean Aberbach. © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2018. Photo: Jonathan Bloom.
    1966.20

  • Painting

    Young Girl in an Armchair

    Pablo Picasso

    1917
    Gouache and black ink over graphite on wove paper
    12 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.
    Speed Art Museum, Louisville; purchase, Museum Art Fund (1962.9). © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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