| CAM Exhibition Spotlight: Love Opens at CAM |
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| Cameron Art Museum is thrilled to present Love, a new exhibition that examines this sometimes intense, often elusive emotion. True love, familial love, romantic love, self-love, platonic love, forbidden love, and lost love are all aspects of this universal emotion.
Through contemporary art, Love explores, celebrates, and looks deeply at these various aspects of love and connects us with our shared humanity. Love is an adaptation of the 2022 exhibition, What Is Left Unspoken, Love at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
In the summer of 2022, former Executive Director Anne Brennan and Director of Collections and Exhibitions Robert Unchester visited the exhibition What Is Left Unspoken, Love at the invitation of Curator Michael Rooks at the High Museum of Art. Inspired by this thought-provoking exhibition, the curatorial team decided to work with the High Museum of Art to create an adapted version of What Is Left Unspoken, Love at CAM.
Sharing this exhibition, with the way it embraces the complexity and nuance of what it is to love, felt particularly powerful at this moment in time when the world can be so fractured and divided. Love is an exhibition to bring us together and to remind us of our shared humanity. |
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| Andrea Galvani (Italian, born 1973), still from The End (Action #5), 2015, 16mm film transferred to video, displayed on MacBook Air on concrete pedestal, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Callie Rose, 2022.35. © Andrea Galvani. |
| Love features three incredible works on loan from the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, including powerful videos from Andrea Galvani and Rashid Johnson along with a beautiful beaded punching bag from Jeffrey Gibson titled The Love You Give Is The Love You Get which as curator Micheal Rooks writes,“suggests that love is a form of conditioning that requires practice and discipline and is contingent upon reciprocity, necessarily casting uncertainty on the notion of “unconditional love.’” |
| Rashid Johnson (American, born 1977), still from The Hikers, 2019, 16mm film transferred to digital video with sound, duration 7:14 minutes, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Gift of Charles Roth, 2021.171. © Rashid Johnson. Photo courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. |
| Love includes work by Ghada Amer, Thomas Barger, Susanna Coffey, Alanna Fields, Andrea Galvani, Jeffrey Gibson, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Fritzi Huber, Rashid Johnson, Jana Vander Lee, Felicita Felli Maynard, William Selig, Dixon Stetler, Lien Truong, Michele Tejuola Turner, jina valentine, and Akram Zaatari. |
| Jeffrey Gibson (American, Mississippi Choctaw-Cherokee, born 1972), The Love You Give is the Love You Get, 2020, punching bag, glass beads, artificial sinew, and acrylic felt, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of John Auerbach, 2023.15. © Jeffrey Gibson. Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. |
| Loans for this exhibition are from Art Bridges and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the High Museum of Art, and private collections.
This is the first time that Cameron Art Museum has presented the work of influential conceptual artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres (American, b. Guáimaro, Cuba, 1957; died Miami, Florida, 1996). Love includes Untitled, (LA), 1991 from Gonzalez-Torres, on loan from Art Bridges and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, a work consisting of often colorful cellophane wrapped hard candies which have become known as “candy spills.” Gonzalez-Torres transforms the stark language of minimalism to elicit reflections on love and loss. As individual pieces of candy are taken from the installation and consumed, the gradual depletion of the spill serves as a metaphor for absence, transience, and the inevitability of loss, while the replenishment of the candy each day extends the metaphor as an act of remembrance and the continuation of love after death. |
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| The CAM curatorial and programming team have commissioned Love artist Frizti Huber to create Little Love Letters, a site specific installation outside the Hughes Wing, which invites visitors to share their love story with other museum visitors. Huber writes, “Love, which is easy to feel, but oftentimes difficult to express, can find its way through writing. The written word is a path to making the intangible tangible. We engage in conjuring our emotions and sentiments by pursuing this mode of expression for any, and all, forms of love. This space is an invitation to do just that.”
Love opens to exclusively CAM Members on Thursday, June 22 with member only tours at 11 AM, 1 PM and 5 PM. Click HERE to register or visit CameronArtMuseum.org.
Not a member JOIN TODAY! |
| Visitors under the age of 18 may find content challenging in the exhibition, Love. We kindly request parental guidance. |
| Cameron Art Museum has no umbrella institution. We exist through the generosity of our community of members and donors.
A CAM Membership allows us to present powerful work like Lugar de Encuentros/Place of Encounters, our newest exhibit that elevates the voices of NC's Latin American population. Membership also allows us to create programming like CAM Community Days with FREE admission which brings people together from across our community.
CAM Members receive FREE admission, passes for friends and family, invitations to special members-only events and tours like member preview tours, and discounts in CAM Cafe, the Museum Shop, Museum School, and for public programs. Join CAM today! |
Love is in the air at the CAM Shop
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| Explore some of the items featured in our new Love exhibition with a full color catalog.
Featured : Love Exhibition Catalog $35 (members $31.50), Heart Necklaces by Susan Machamer $140/pc (members $126) |
| Display your love for all to see with something special from the CAM shop – from stickers, magnets, and patches to handmade jewelry.
Featured : Rainbow Chakra Enamel Necklace by Sara Westermark $510 (members $459), Love is Love colorwheel sticker $3.95 (members $3.55) |
| Join us at the Bar @ CAM Cafe after the 9 to 5 for drink specials, assorted flatbreads and live music every Thursday night at 4 PM |
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| Mary's Art Explorers I Need a Hug / Necesito un Abrazo Thursday, June 22, 2023, 10-11 AM CAM Members: $5 per adult/child; Not-Yet Members: $10 per adult/child Children 2 and under: free
Come take part in a bilingual Art Explorers! We will read I Need a Hug / Necesito un Abrazo, then explore our new exhibitions Love and together. We will create artwork inspired by our book and our two exhibitions. Our book will be read in both English and Spanish, and a Spanish-speaking staff member will offer translation of the gallery exploration and art project instructions.
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot!
It is with great honor that Cameron Art Museum pays tribute to Mary Cameron Hoey by naming its most popular and long standing family program after her. Mary’s Art Explorers is a story time, art making, and museum exploration program. |
| Love Artists Talk with Lien Truong and jina valentine Thursday, June 22, 2023, 6 PM CAM Members: $15; Not-Yet Members: $20
Join artists Lien Truong and Jina Valentine for a conversation in the gallery as Cameron Art Museum opens Love. They'll explore how family relationships can inform art, how family and community love have driven certain series of their work, and how family love informs their artistic practice in general. |
| Love Dance Sunday, June 25, 2023, 2-5 PM DJ Set by Louis Join us for a Sunday afternoon tea dance in the CAM Courtyard as we celebrate the opening of Love, Gay Pride and all the wonderful things summer brings! |
| Tour Tour en español/Spanish Language Tour Sábado, 8 de julio, 11AM / Saturday, July 8, 2023, 11 AM Gratuito con pre-inscripción / Free with pre-registration
Únase a nosotros para una visita guiada de los aspectos más destacados de la exposición actual del Museo Cameron narrada en español.
Join us for a guided tour of highlights from CAM’s current exhibition led in Spanish. |
| Tour Connections Monday Monday, July 10, 2023, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM Free; pre-registration required
Enjoy a morning of music in the galleries, adapted exhibition exploration, as well as optional hands-on activities and the choice to bring a boxed lunch to enjoy in our café or courtyard area. Geared towards individuals in the earlier stages of Alzheimers and dementia, this program is offered on Mondays when we are otherwise closed to the public to ensure a quiet and calm environment. Groups or individuals with their loved ones are welcome. Email education@cameronartmuseum.org for more information and to register. |
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| Mary's Art Explorers Butterflies Thursday, July 13, 2023, 10-11 AM CAM Members: $5 per adult/child; Not-Yet Members: $10 per adult/child Children 2 and under: free
Join us at Cameron Art Museum with special guests NHC Parks and Gardens educators! Enjoy science and art together – learn from our guest educators about butterflies, read The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and create artwork inspired by their lessons.
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot!
It is with great honor that Cameron Art Museum pays tribute to Mary Cameron Hoey by naming its most popular and long standing family program after her. Mary’s Art Explorers is a story time, art making, and museum exploration program. |
| Love Galleries After Dark with Fritzi Huber Thursday, July 13, 2023, 7 PM Free with museum admission
Join artist Fritzi Huber for a conversation in the Love exhibition as she discusses expressions of love through the written word. After the gallery talk, guests can make a contribution to the Little Love Stories installation designed by the artist.
Dine at CAM Café during the duration of Love and your admission is free! Drop-in for dinner before the gallery talk and attend free of charge. |
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| English | Spanish Art Explorers A Color of His Own / Su Proprio Color Thursday, July 27, 2023, 10-11 AM CAM Members: $5 per adult/child; Not-Yet Members: $10 per adult/child Children 2 and under: free
Come take part in a bilingual Art Explorers! We will read A Color of His Own / Su Proprio Color and explore our exhibitions looking for different colors. We will create artwork inspired by what we find. Our book will be read in both English and Spanish, and a Spanish-speaking staff member will offer translation of the gallery exploration and art project instructions.
Art Explorers is geared towards infants, toddler and preschoolers, but big brothers and sisters are welcome to join and create art with us. Space is limited so preregister to guarantee your spot!
It is with great honor that Cameron Art Museum pays tribute to Mary Cameron Hoey by naming its most popular and long standing family program after her. Mary’s Art Explorers is a story time, art making, and museum exploration program. |
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Cameron Art Museum (CAM) provides a cultural gathering place that enriches the lives of museum visitors and the community through high-quality exhibitions, lifelong learning in the arts, dynamic public programs, and stewardship and interpretation of the collection. |
This project was supported by the NC Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources |
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