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Middle Tennessee's Guide to Arts & Entertainment EventsTuesday May 22, 2012Nashville Area Weather

    VISUAL ART & MUSEUMS

    Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats along the Way: A John Baeder Retrospective Exhibition

    Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats along the Way: A John Baeder Retrospective Exhibition Image gallery

    Presented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum

    December 12, 2008-February 15, 2009

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    This is the first major traveling exhibition solely devoted to the work of Tennessean John Baeder, an important contemporary realist. Organized by Morris Museum of Art curator Jay Williams, the exhibition includes 40 of Baeder’s painstakingly rendered oils and watercolors, spanning the period 1974–2004. Baeder’s work documents the roadside eateries he reveres—diners, taco trucks, and barbecue dives. His depiction of them captures the pulse of America in a bygone era.

    This exhibition is accompanied by a fully color-illustrated book, Pleasant Journeys and Good Eats Along the Way: The Paintings of John Baeder. Co-published by the Morris Museum of Art and the University Press of Mississippi, it includes essays by Dr. Donald Kuspit, one of the leading critical voices in contemporary American art, along with Morris Museum of Art curator Jay Williams, a preface by Morris Museum director Kevin Grogan and a statement by the artist.

    Image: Orange Circle Diner (1996)


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        Tennessee State Museum

        505 Deaderick Street
        Nashville, TN 37243

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        Tickets: Free Admission

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        Dates:
        December 12, 2008-February 15, 2009

        Times:
        Tuesday through Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm
        Sunday 1:00pm - 5:00pm

        Closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day

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