Start date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Event is ongoing: Until Sunday, May 16, 2010

Materials & Meanings, an exhibition of eight master works of art selected by Dallas Museum of Art educators and curators from the Museum’s encyclopedic collections spanning 5,000 years, focuses on the materials from which a work of art is made and on the meanings associated with those materials to both the artist and to the viewer.

Gold, wood, chocolate, cardboard, velvet—what do the materials of works of art mean to artists? What do the materials of works of art mean to you?

Materials can have powerful meanings for the artist who selects and manipulates them as part of the creative process. You bring your own experiences with materials when you look at a work of art. The works of art in this exhibition come from different cultures and time periods, but all are made from materials that suggest meanings to the artist and perhaps to you.

The museum is closed Mondays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. On Late Night Fridays (third Friday of the month, excluding December), the museum is open until midnight.