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41. CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ART,
7 February - 10 April 1988

The Sara Hildén Art Museum showed an extensive exhibition of contemporary American art. It included ten artists: Jake Berthot, Ross Bleckner, Eric Fischl, Ellsworth Kelly, Brice Marden, Sol LeWitt, David Salle, Frank Stella, Richard Tuttle and Cy Twombly.

Altogether 75 paintings and sculptures were on display, covering both floors of the museum. The works were borrowed specifically for this exhibition from American and European collections and from the artists themselves.

The exhibition was realized together with the Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo. After Tampere the exhibition was shown in Oslo from 23 April to 29 May 1988.

Catalogue:
Contemporary American Art
1988, 124 pages
Sara Hildén Art Museum Publication 33 (Text in Finnish, English and Norwegian)
ISSN 0357-3001
Price FIM 20

23,714 visitors attended the exhibition.