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by Steven Doyle | March 19, 2024 · 10:48 am

Celebrated Photographer and Cinematographer Karl Struss to Receive Major Retrospective at the Carter

In May 2024, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (the Carter) mounts a multimedia examination of photographer and cinematographer Karl Struss’s storied career, focusing on his transition from fine art photography to the world of moving pictures. Featuring archival materials, original film, and over one hundred photographs from the Carter’s extensive Struss Artist Archive and supplemental loans, Moving Pictures: Karl Struss and the Rise of Hollywood spotlights his innovations in image making and contributions to the film industry, closely examining his impact on Hollywood’s Golden Age and the field of cinematography at large. Moving Pictures will be on view at the Carter from May 12 through August 25, 2024.

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Art and Appetite: American Art, Culture, and Cuisine at Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Art and Appetite: American Art, Culture, and Cuisine
February 22–May 18, 2014

This mouthwatering exhibition of 60 paintings explores the art and culture of food, investigating the many meanings and interpretations of dining in America. Depictions of food in art frequently celebrate the pleasures of eating: elegant and orderly arrangements of cookies or cakes, lavish and overflowing arrays of fruit, or the remnants of a gluttonous feast all convey the passion for consumption. Yet paintings of edibles also speak volumes about their cultural context.

From this country’s earliest years, American artists have used still-life painting to express cultural, political and social values, elevating the subject to a significant artistic language. The topic of food allowed American artists both to celebrate and critique their society, expressing ideas relating to politics, race, class, gender, commerce, and how these categories define American identity.

Art and Appetite includes many iconic works such as Nighthawks (1942) by Edward Hopper, Freedom from Want (1942) by Norman Rockwell and Campbell’s Soup (1965) by Andy Warhol. Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine was organized by the Art Institute of Chicago. It is supported in part by contributions from Central Market, the Fort Worth Promotion and Development Fund and the Ben E. Keith Foundation. Continue reading →