St. Louis, MO – The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts announces its next exhibition, Water, on view July 20, 2007 – January 5, 2008. It opens with a public reception Friday, July 20 from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

This exhibition will engage the prevalence of water in the Pulitzer’s building by addressing the range of responses that water has elicited from modern and contemporary artists.  Artwork by Max Beckmann, Robert Gober, Roni Horn, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Long, Henri Matisse, Claes Oldenburg, Cy Twombly, and others will be exhibited in relation to the building’s prominent watercourt and the space itself, which was conceived as a fluid substance directed by walls. 

Specific juxtapositions within the exhibition will encourage the visitors to think about the artwork in different and unexpected ways.  The placement of decorative panels by Henri Matisse in close proximity with contemporary works on plywood by Richard Tuttle is one example.  Another is the disturbing relation between women and water, as seen in Beckmann’s Fisherwomen and Matisse’s Bathers with a Turtle. Similarities can also be found between works that are not exhibited in the same gallery, such as Roy Lichtenstein’s Drowning Girl in the Entrance Gallery and Cy Twombly’s tale of drowning lovers, Hero and Leandro, opposite the Watercourt.

 Through art exhibitions, programs, collaborations, and exchanges with other institutions, the Pulitzer aims to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of art and architecture and is a resource for artists, architects, scholars, students and the general public.

The Pulitzer will be closed July 1st through July 19th for purposes of re-installation. 

The Pulitzer is open and free to the public Wednesdays from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Docent-led tours are available to the public at 2pm on both days.  For further information on docent tours, call 314-754-1848. For more information about the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts visit www.pulitzerarts.org or call 314-754-1850.