Venue:
Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
Charlotte, North Carolina: Mint Museum Uptown, February 11–April 29, 2012.
Utica, New York: The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, October 20, 2012–January 20, 2013.

Curator:
Jonathan Stuhlman.

Artist:
Charles Seliger.

Exhibition description:
This exhibition brings to Venice and to Italy for the first time a corpus of works—thirty-three paintings and drawings—by American Surrealist painter, Charles Seliger (1926-2009), working in the 1940s, the beginning of his career, that trace his rapid development from youthful enthusiasm and talent to a mature artist, confident in his own, original artistic vision.

Partnerships:
Organized by the Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

Catalogue:
Stuhlman, Jonathan and Dubois, Michelle. Seeing the World Within: Charles Seliger in the 1940s. Charlotte (North Carolina): Mint Museum of Art, 2012.

Bilingual catalogue, in English and Italian, with directors’ foreward by Dr. Kathleen V. Jameson (President and CEO, The Mint Museum), Philip Rylands (Director, Peggy Guggenheim Collection) and Richard Armstrong (Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum) and Dr. Paul D. Schweizer (Director and Chief Curator, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute). Catalogue includes acknowledgements by Jonathan Stuhlman, essays by Stuhlman and Michelle Dubois, and an exhibition checklist and plates.

Library Location: GUGG PGC 2012.03, UFFICIO 2012.