Visit the Grohmann Museum during Gallery Night
| Published: 01/17/2012 |
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Visit the Grohmann Museum during Gallery Night this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20 and 21, and see the special exhibit, Working Legacies: The Death and (After) Life of Post-Industrial Milwaukee. David Schalliol and Michael Carriere will present "Re-Doing Work: A Gallery Night Conversation" on Friday at 7 p.m. Free admission is being offered Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 12 to 6 p.m.
The Working Legacies exhibit uses the contemporary moment to explore the legacy of work in Milwaukee through documentary photographs and site histories of former and current facilities in the city, keeping a keen eye on the present use and local context. The result is a document of Milwaukee's industrial past and present--and the hopeful groundwork for its future. From the manufacturing of wind turbines to tech-savvy urban farms, the demise of a working Milwaukee has been greatly exaggerated. The Working Legacies exhibit will be on display at the Grohmann Museum through Feb. 6, 2012.
The Grohmann Museum is home to the Man at Work collection, which comprises more than 800 paintings and sculptures dating from 1580 to the present. They reflect a variety of artistic styles and subjects that document the evolution of organized work: from farming and mining to trades such as glassblowing and seaweed gathering. The Grohmann Museum welcomes visitors to three floors of galleries where a core collection is displayed as well as themed exhibitions. The museum is owned by MSOE, an independent university with about 2,500 students. MSOE offers 18 bachelor’s degrees and 10 master’s degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, building and infrastructure engineering, health-related engineering, computer, business and nursing fields.