The Heckscher Museum of Art is pleased to present Rabble-rousers: Art, Dissent, and Social Commentary. Opening on December 7, 2013 and on view through March 16, 2014, this this exhibition features artists who challenge traditional aesthetics, politics, and social norms.

From the daring, abstract “nocturnes” of 19th-century painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler to the bold young Robert Rauschenberg exhibiting an erased Willem de Kooning as art, artists have long been catalysts for change and rebellion. Rabble-Rousers: Art, Dissent, and Social Commentary includes prints by Whistler, Rauschenberg, John Sloan, Larry Rivers, and May Stevens; photographs by Larry Fink and Garry Winogrand; and paintings by William Beard and George Grosz, among others.

Also opening on December 7 and on view through March 16, 2014, is Off the Wall: Sculpture from the Permanent Collection. Drawn exclusively from the Museum’s Permanent Collection, this exhibition is a visual feast of three-dimensional work in a variety of sculptural mediums.

The Heckscher Museum of Art, founded in 1920 by August Heckscher, serves the people of the Town of Huntington and surrounding communities. Through exhibitions of its permanent and loan collections of art and related programs, it seeks to provide inspiring and transformative educational experiences to encourage a broader understanding of our past and present and enrich the quality of life of the individuals it serves. The Museum Permanent Collection contains more than 2,200 works from the early 16th century to present.

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Related images

  1. Larry Rivers, Living at the Movies, 1974. Silkscreen on paper, 21-7/8 x 26-3/8 in. Heckscher Museum of Art. Art © Estate of Larry Rivers/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
  2. George Grosz, (Man and Woman), n.d.. Heckscher Museum of Art.
  3. James McNeill Whistler, Black Lion Wharf, c. 1959. Heckscher Museum of Art.
  4. Larry Fink, Detail of English Speaking Union, New York City, December 1975. Heckscher Museum of Art. © Larry Fink
  5. Robert Rauschenberg, Calf Startena, 1977. Silkscreen and collage on paper, 48 x 36 1/4 inches (121.9 x 92.1 cm). From an edition of one-hundred published by Styria Studio, New York. Art © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
  6. Leon Levinstein, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, 1975. Heckscher Museum of Art. © Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.