The ASU Art Museum presents an audio-visual installation of a version of Cage's "49 Waltzes" for the ASU Tempe campus, realized by 23 students from the School of Music and the School of Arts, Media + Engineering for the museum. In 1977 the American composer John Cage created "49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs of […]
Friday Conversations on Exhibitions Friday, February 1, 11 a.m. Peter Held, curator Public Reception Friday, February 22, 8:30 – 10:30pm Following Gala Weekend lecture A HUMAN IMPULSE: Figuration from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection Passionate collectors since 1964, Diane and Sandy Besser have amassed a major collection of ceramics that initially started with vessel […]
October 13, noon Public Gallery Talk: Marilyn Zeitlin, Thomas Cohn and Oscar Oiwa October 13, 6-8pm Public Reception GARDENING WITH OSCAR OIWA: New Paintings This exhibition of Oscar Oiwa's paintings, the first in a U.S. art museum, is another installment in the ASU Art Museum's expanded initiatives for exhibiting and interpreting Latin-American art. Oiwa, a […]
Join us for a special guided tour of selected prints from the Jules Heller Print Study Room. These tours offer a rare opportunity to study original prints without a frame's glass, allowing for an intimate encounter with artists throughout history. Tours are offered every Thursday–Sunday at 1 p.m. To make a reservation, contact Raechel Miller […]
The ASU Art Museum also hosted the U.S. premiere of the exhibition from March 16 through June 16, 1996 In 1995, the ASU Art Museum was honored to have presented this exhibition at the one-hundredth anniversary of the Venice Biennale. The Biennale has been described as the Olympics of the art world and features exhibitions […]
ASU Art Museum commissioned a mural by aerosol artist Noe Baez (aka Such) to welcome the millions of viewers that viewed ASU from the air during television programs broadcast in conjunction with Super Bowl XXX. Assisted by fellow artists Rascon, Fuse, Pry and Sam, Baez's mural covered the 900 square foot roof of the museum's […]
Mascarón de Proa is the Spanish phrase for a ship's figurehead, literally the "mask of the prow." A mask of the prow exists at the intersection of air, water and earth, if one considers a ship as of the earth or of earthbound creatures. A mask is something that covers the skin of a face, […]
Art on the Edge of Fashion at the Arizona State University Art Museum focused on contemporary art that uses the highly readable visual language of clothing and fashion. This exhibition, organized by Heather S. Lineberry, premiered on February 1, 1997, and closed on April 27, 1997. Eight artists from across the U.S. and Canada were […]
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Devotion and Ritual in Mexican Folk Art During the fiestas which punctuate the Mexican festival cycle, the tangible and the mystical converge. Fireworks explode into the dark morning sky, creating an artificial dawn which illuminates a town adorned with tissue paper streamers, garlands of flowers and bright cut-paper banners. Groups of masked and costumed dancers […]
A Multimedia Installation Muriel Magenta, Visual Artist Michael Udow, Composer The New York subway is the subject for a multimedia installation - a vision that transforms the everyday commute into an experience of images and sounds that simulates reality. The viewer is immersed in a situation where emotions and thoughts associated with the subway are […]
