OBERLIN.- The Allen Memorial Art Museum’s exhibition "Modern Art in American: 20th-Century Works on Paper from the AMAM" features more than 80 works on paper—watercolors, drawings, prints, and photographs—from the museum’s collection of 20th-century American art. This diverse group of images and media illustrates the dynamic role played by American artists in the development of modern art. The exhibition, which opened this month, will be on view through May 30, 2004. 

Following a chronological progression, "Modern Art in America" surveys the advance of modernism in the United States. Early on, landscapes, figures, and still lifes dominate, continuing through the war years until, at mid-century, abstraction begins to prevail. But the representational mode is never completely abandoned. The human form and its setting continue to challenge and intrigue the artist and viewer as evidenced in each section of the exhibition. The exhibition features works by Edward Hopper, Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Motherwell, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Jime Dine, Eva Hesse, Andy Warhol, Diane Arbus, Rashid Johnson, and Carrie Mae Weems, among others. 

The exhibition was organized by Stephen Borys, Curator of Western Art, with museum intern, Alexander Grogan (OC 2005), who researched and wrote the extended labels.  

Modern Art in American: 20th-Century Work on Paper from the AMAM is now on view in the Museum’s Ripin Gallery. The Allen Memorial Art Museum is located at the intersection of State Routes 511 and 58 in downtown Oberlin.  Admission and parking are free. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 to 5, and Sunday from 1-5.