Chelsea Art Museum
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The Chelsea Art Museum (CAM) is a contemporary art
museum located at 556 West 22nd Street on the corner of Eleventh Avenue
in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan
, New York City
.
The museum is in a 30000 sq ft (2,787.1 m²) renovated historic building, which is also the location of the Miotte Foundation, which is committed to archiving and protecting the works of Jean Miotte
and providing new scholarship and research on L'Art Informel. Miotte’s collected works are conserved as a legacy for New York, where he has kept a studio in SoHo
since 1978. Rotating selections of Miotte’s work are shown at the museum on a regular basis, as are selections from the museum permanent collection ,which contains 500 works, including paintings, etchings, sculpture, ceramics, tapestries, and works on paper, primarily focusing on L'Art Informel and Abstract Expressionist artists from Europe and the United States, including Pol Bury
, Mimmo Rotella
, and J.P. Riopelle.
The museum focuses on 20th and 21st Century including artists who have been exposed more in their home countries than the United States. It is committed to an exploration of "art within a context," offering a program of exhibitions inspired by current social, political, and cultural events. "Insight" is a series of small exhibitions and creative projects showcasing new talent by providing a forum for emerging artists. "The Project Room for New Media" is an incubator of new ideas, showcasing groundbreaking concepts in all art mediums and emphasizing the intersection of the arts through technology.
The museum also presents film, performance and frequent artist talks and round-tables. "Performing Arts at CAM" is a concert and dance performance series featuring internationally recognized and emerging performing artists whose work relates to the exhibition on view. "CAMKIDS", an interdisciplinary education program for children between the ages of 4 and 16, is designed to facilitate youth's access to, and understanding of contemporary art. All public programs take place within the exhibition galleries.
The museum offers docent-led exhibition tours, and the CAM Store offers publications including rare art books, periodicals on contemporary art, exhibition catalogs, and limited editions. It also features artist multiples and a selection of gifts.
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
museum located at 556 West 22nd Street on the corner of Eleventh Avenue
Eleventh Avenue (Manhattan)
Eleventh Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the far West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, not far from the Hudson River. It carries downtown traffic only, south of West 44th Street, and two-way traffic north of it....
in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, New York City
New York City
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The museum is in a 30000 sq ft (2,787.1 m²) renovated historic building, which is also the location of the Miotte Foundation, which is committed to archiving and protecting the works of Jean Miotte
Jean Miotte
Jean Miotte is a French abstract painter, in the style known as L'Art Informel. His work is preserved and studied at the Miotte Foundation....
and providing new scholarship and research on L'Art Informel. Miotte’s collected works are conserved as a legacy for New York, where he has kept a studio in SoHo
SoHo
SoHo is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, notable for being the location of many artists' lofts and art galleries, and also, more recently, for the wide variety of stores and shops ranging from trendy boutiques to outlets of upscale national and international chain stores...
since 1978. Rotating selections of Miotte’s work are shown at the museum on a regular basis, as are selections from the museum permanent collection ,which contains 500 works, including paintings, etchings, sculpture, ceramics, tapestries, and works on paper, primarily focusing on L'Art Informel and Abstract Expressionist artists from Europe and the United States, including Pol Bury
Pol Bury
Pol Bury was a Belgian sculptor who began his artistic career as a painter in the Jeune Peintre Belge and COBRA groups. Among his most famous works is the fountain-sculpture L'Octagon, located in San Francisco....
, Mimmo Rotella
Mimmo Rotella
Domenico "Mimmo" Rotella, , was an Italian artist and poet best known for his works of décollage and psychogeographics, made from torn advertising posters.Rotella was born in Catanzaro, Calabria....
, and J.P. Riopelle.
The museum focuses on 20th and 21st Century including artists who have been exposed more in their home countries than the United States. It is committed to an exploration of "art within a context," offering a program of exhibitions inspired by current social, political, and cultural events. "Insight" is a series of small exhibitions and creative projects showcasing new talent by providing a forum for emerging artists. "The Project Room for New Media" is an incubator of new ideas, showcasing groundbreaking concepts in all art mediums and emphasizing the intersection of the arts through technology.
The museum also presents film, performance and frequent artist talks and round-tables. "Performing Arts at CAM" is a concert and dance performance series featuring internationally recognized and emerging performing artists whose work relates to the exhibition on view. "CAMKIDS", an interdisciplinary education program for children between the ages of 4 and 16, is designed to facilitate youth's access to, and understanding of contemporary art. All public programs take place within the exhibition galleries.
The museum offers docent-led exhibition tours, and the CAM Store offers publications including rare art books, periodicals on contemporary art, exhibition catalogs, and limited editions. It also features artist multiples and a selection of gifts.