"Guitar in American Art" exhibit coming to Nashville's Frist Museum

[Tanuki]

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/arts/design/guitar-frist-museum.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR1gh-2ndZu30hoAj7MF7BYOOhp-JP1Lx1DUor56STYSBkH83KhKv6VGvVQ

"Guitarists and their music — from folk singers to rock ’n’ roll stars and protest songs — figure prominently in American history and culture, but the instrument has a notable heritage of its own.

“The guitar itself can have meaning, other than simply being beautiful or making music,” said Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, where “Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art,” on view from May 26 to Aug. 13, will explore the guitar’s symbolism in American art, from late 18th-century parlor rooms to today’s concert halls.

On display will be more than 165 works: paintings, sculpture, photography, works on paper, illustrations, videos, music in multimedia presentations and musical instruments, including a rare cittern, a popular string instrument in the 18th and 19th centuries, and seminal guitars by Fender, Gibson and C.F. Martin & Company.

Twelve thematic sections, with names like “Cowboy Guitars,” “Iconic Women of Early Country Music” and “Hispanicization,” will weave in how artists and photographers have used the guitar as a visual motif to express the American experience and attitudes, from thorny issues like race and identity to the aesthetics of guitars themselves.".....(more, including pictures, at link)

[Docreed2003]

1. Looking forward to seeing this exhibit!

Thanks Tanuki!