In 1950, Oliver B. James, a Phoenix attorney, donated 16 paintings to Arizona State University to provide students access to real art objects. Before 1955, James would acquire and donate close to 150 works — primarily historic American paintings by well-known artists. Travel back in time with us and explore the story of the ASU […]
Statement Piece brings together two like-minded ceramic artists from different generations. Danish-born Erik Gronborg came of age in the 1960s, when he began making handmade pottery that fused Pop Art and social activism. Ehren Tool served in the Marine Corps during the first Gulf War and makes functional cups that he gives away to facilitate […]
PUBLIC HOURS Friday – Saturday, noon – 6 p.m. First and Third Fridays, 4 – 9 p.m. ABOUT YOSHUA OKÓN: OCTOPUS Produced in 2011, while Okón was an artist-in-residence at the UCLA Hammer Museum, Octopus is a video installation depicting a reenactment of the Guatemalan Civil War at the parking lot of a Home Depot […]
The first video survey of Mexico City-based artist Miguel Angel Rios, Landlocked follows Rios' remarkable journey into a unique artistic practice that addresses issues of power, apathy and violence though his innovative use of social and political narratives and original production technique. The exhibition includes four never before seen works commissioned by the museum. This […]
Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora Off Campus Repellent Fence is a temporary two-mile long land art installation intersecting the U.S./Mexico border. The installation is comprised of 26 tethered “scare eye” balloons, ten feet in diameter, floating 50 feet above the desert landscape. Repellent Fence is a social collaborative project among individuals, communities, institutional organizations, […]
Taking the spirit of Octavio Paz's poem, Where Without Whom, as a guide, this exhibition from the ASU Art Museum's collection of Latin American prints and photographs features work by José Ygnacio Bermúdez, Enrique Chagoya, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Vincent Valdez and others. This exhibition is supported by the Evelyn Smith Exhibition Fund. Where Without Whom […]
Legendary curator and museum director Paul J. Smith has spent his career creating exhibitions and supporting the careers of artists who have come to define the contemporary studio craft movement. This exhibition pairs a portfolio of 20 of Smith's portraits with works from the ASU Art Museum's unparalleled collection of contemporary ceramics. Smith will present […]
Taking the form of an experimental laboratory or studio, “Superfake/The Parley” features new images, video and sculptural works by the Danish artist collective SUPERFLEX. The commissioned project takes a painting in the ASU Art Museum collection attributed to Frederic Remington as a starting point to examine issues of authenticity, reproduction and value, including the emotional […]
Since the early 1990s, Spencer Tunick has traveled the globe creating staged images of multiple nude figures in urban and rural public settings. And since 2000, collector Stephane Janssen has been a participant in photographs that range from a handful of figures in an art museum to thousands of volunteers in the Dead Sea. “Participant” […]
Since the early 1980s, Tony Labat has been animportant participant in the California performance and video scene. Apioneer of video installations, he makes work that often identifies with the“outsider,” whether as the artist or immigrant. Born in Cuba, Labatfrequently comments on displacement and marginalization. A selection of hisinfluential video work will be on display in […]
Cuban artist Sandra Ramos has exhibited her work internationally since the late 1980s. This exhibition revolves around eight recent, short video animations that explore the complex historic and current relationship between Cuba and the U.S. Her witty figures and settings draw from literature, popular media and the island of Cuba, and combine in narratives that […]
Come experience a few of the great acquisitions the museum received in 2015. "Blow Up," an interactive piece by Scott Snibbe, incorporates breath, fans, technology and sound. There are also more traditional works – paintings – but with very non-traditional content. Given by long-term supporters to the museum are works by Stefani Gutheil, Sandow Birk […]
