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In recognition of Detroit's tricentennial year in 2001, the Detroit
Institute of Arts asked 15 artists to create installations taking the city
as the theme. The result was an exhibition of 10 projects by Detroiters and
non-Detroiters who examined aspects of the city's past and present; their
own relationship to the city; and the museum's history. The installations
incorporated video and still photography, text and sound, and sculpture in a
variety of materials; they were located in the museum's special exhibition
galleries and other spaces throughout the building. Taken together, the
projects presented a lyrical and abstract vision of the city. This
collective view neither reinforced old clichés nor looked through
rose-colored glasses but rather presented fresh thoughts about the image and
idea of Detroit. Experience this extraordinary exhibition through DIA's
first ever Web-only online publication.
In the early twentieth century, the Detroit Institute of Arts followed other
leading American art museums and academies, such as the National Academy of
Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of
Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago, in the organization of an Annual
Exhibition of American Art. Beginning in 1915, the DIA exhibited works by
contemporary American artists each year until 1938, with a five-year absence
due to the Great Depression. The project was spearheaded by the DIA's first
curator of American art, Clyde H. Burroughs (1882-1973), who wanted to use
the Annual to build the DIA's collection, especially in the areas of late
American impressionism and the Ashcan School. This publication provides some
background to the Annual Exhibitions of American Art and lists the artist
that were included.
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