Five Tables 2022
Five Tables 2022
First Thursdays of each month
Five Tables is a monthly event coinciding with First Free Thursdays organized by the BAMPFA staff, and periodically by the Student Committee. Drop by the Florence Helzel Works on Paper Study Center for a curated behind-the-scenes experience.
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Pan Gongkai: Flowers of the Four Seasons, 2015 (detail); handscroll: ink and colors on paper; BAMPFA, gift of the artist in honor of James Cahill.
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Elaine Mayes: Pegasus, from American Roads, 1972; gelatin silver print; BAMPFA, gift of Robert Harshorn Shimshak and Marion Brenner.
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Unknown artist (China): Lady with a Rosary, 17th century; hanging scroll: ink and color on paper; BAMPFA, gift of James Cahill.
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Events
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Thursday, December 1, 4—7 PMFive Tables of Birds (Revisited!)
No binoculars required. Bird-watching has never been easier than a hike to the lower-level Study Center!
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Thursday, November 3, 4 - 7 PMFive Tables of Gatherings
Before the chill of winter sets in, Five Tables of Gatherings hopes to invigorate viewers with the dynamism of human interaction—candid and staged.
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Thursday, October 6, 4—7 PMFive Tables of Magic
Explore the magical side of folklore and the strange in this month’s Five Tables.
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Thursday, September 1, 4–7 PMFive Tables of Still Lifes
Still lifes make small promises that offer large pleasures, come to the lower-level Study Center and enjoy.
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Thursday, August 4, 4—7 PMCANCELED: Five Tables of Birds
No binoculars required. Bird-watching has never been easier than a hike to the lower-level Study Center.
This event has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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Thursday, July 7, 4–7 PMFive Tables of Portraits, Part II
Delve deeper into the Study Center’s collections in this second showing of portraits of the noble, notable, and notorious.
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Thursday, May 5, 4–7 PMFive Tables of What We Hold
Looking back at the history of images, there is a vast array of objects and meanings embedded in what we hold in our hands. Works on view include: a 1636 engraving featuring Prince Thomas of Saboye-Carignang, a mezzotint of Queen Elizabeth I from 1816, a seventeenth-century Chinese hanging scroll, and more.
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Thursday, April 7, 4–7 PMFive Tables of Identifying Markers
Works on view include Japanese prints featuring the bold nesting boxes crest of the Ichikawa family of Kabuki actors; Albrecht Dürer’s distinctive mark, placed on engravings such as The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; now-nostalgic commercial logos, like the Pegasus symbol in Elaine Mayes’s mistily radiant roadside photograph; and more.