In conjunction with the reception and gallery talk for Dwelling , a video installation by Corina Gamma at the ASU Art Museum's Matthews Center, Experimental Gallery location. Collectors' Choice Why do people decide to collect art? How do they make their choices? These are questions that will be addressed by collectors from the Valley who […]
William Kentridge: Works from Valley Collections Drawn from local collections, this exhibition of work by internationally renowned South Africa artist, William Kentridge, features drawings, prints, film and preparatory drawings for films. Kentridge's moody, powerful and expressive work tells the story of a post-industrial society that is in disrepair - similar to the current state of […]
LECTURE BY EMMA AMOS Friday, April 20, 2001 at 7:30pm Architecture Building, AED 60 Rhapsody: Selections from Valley Collections This exhibition will highlight the exceptional work, found here in the Valley, by some of the more renowned African-American artists. Most are contemporary artists such as Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker and Radcliffe Bailey. But there is […]
The Wayfarer's Journey: A Film Installation by Gita Farid Interpreting "The Seven Valleys" a mystical BahaÃi treatise on attaining spiritual fulfillment through detachment, artist Gita FaridÃs installation is inspired by the tale of a Eastern wayfarer, Majnun, on his quest to be reunited with his beloved, Layli, from whom he has been separated. Travelling through […]
Contemporary Art Furniture This exhibition will present the work of three contemporary furniture makers -- Sam Maloof, John Cederquist and Wendy Maruyama -- who work in widely varying styles. Each has had significant impact on the field and continues to do so. Maloof creates functional furniture with uncluttered design, rhythm and flow. Cederquist's works combine […]
What I Did on My Summer Vacation Have you ever put together a photo album of what you did on your summer vacation? What I Did on My Summer Vacation presents works of art from the ASU Art Museum's permanent collection, hung in the gallery like snapshots on a photo-album page illustrating various summer vacation […]
Shirin Neshat: Rapture -- Film Installation and Photographs This exhibition by internationally renowned artist, Shirin Neshat, features the film installation and photographs from her work Rapture. The social and psychological experience of gender in contemporary Islamic society is explored in this powerful, poetic media installation. Two opposing projections present men and women kept apart but […]
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Ties That Bind: Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal Featuring husband and wife artists, Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal, Ties that Bindbrings together several decades of their work from baskets to garments. Rossbach's and Westphal's unpredictable, vibrant and diverse creations have had a major impact on contemporary basket making and fiber art in general. Rossbach, a […]
Andreas Gursky: Photographs An exhibition of seven works by German artist Andreas Gursky, world-renowned for his striking, large-scale images. Gursky's photographs use the large-scale format to show vast images of a world transformed by high-tech industry, global markets and slick commerce -- a world in which the individual is pictured as tiny and insignificant. Some […]
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Cops and Robbers: Drawings by Lucio Muniain Muniain draws images taken from the newspaper of the violence of everyday life in his home town of Mexico City. He embellishes them with phrases from the street language, cynical observations that reveal his sense that we have become inured to the unspeakable because the forces of economics […]
