Dec_20_2007_Newsletter


Image: Lois Lenski, Illustration for Christmas Stories, 1968, MMAC Permanent Collection	Contact \| Visit our Website \| Unsubscribe

LAST CHANCE TO SEE

Two Exhibits on View through Saturday,
December 22, 2007

Annie Leibovitz, Karen Brown, and Minda Gralnek, Willard Scott as Santa, Dayton Hudson Bag, 1985 Collection of J. Scott Patnode	*Sacks Appeal: Designs on the Shopping Bag* This dazzling exhibition showcases some of the finest shopping bag art of the 20th century, featuring artists Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Joseph Beuys, Barbara Kruger, Annie Leibovitz and others. Meloy Gallery. Everyday Objects in Art: Works from the Permanent Collection Highlighting selections from MMAC's Permanent Collection, this exhibition features works that utilize found objects as material and subject. Included are works by Kendra Bayer, Nathaniel Freeman, Dyna Kuehnle, Andy Warhol and more. Paxson Gallery
Cathryn Mallory, Elongate, woven, coiled wire, 2005 Donated by Miriam Sample

MAJOR ART LOANS ON VIEW
Jean Arp, Colonne de Rêve, limestone and bronze, 1958	Colonne de Rêve (Dream Column), by Jean Arp (1886-1966), is on view in the UM Mansfield Library lobby through April 9, 2008. Jean Arp was a German born artist known for his leading role in the Dada and Surrealist movements. On loan from a private collection, Colonne de Rêve is an eloquent example of Arp's approach to sculpture. Mansfield Library hours vary throughout the school year. Please contact the library for open hours at 243-6866 or at www.lib.umt.edu.


Willem de Kooning, Untitled I, oil on canvas, 1979	Untitled I by Abstract Expressionist master Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997) is on view in the UM President's Office Lobby through February 8, 2008. De Kooning immigrated to New York City from the Netherlands in 1926 and became involved with the city's avant-garde artists. He was well known for his role in founding the Abstract Expressionist movement. Untitled I displays his lush brushwork, vibrant color and a fragmented composition suggestive of representational form. The President's Office Lobby, located in Main Hall is open to the public Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, except on holidays.

OUR NEXT EXHIBIT
Richard Casteneda, Holding the Visions mixed media, 2005	January 15 - February 26, 2008 Impacted Nations Meloy and Paxson Galleries Presenting 52 works by contemporary Native American artists addressing the conflict between Native people's relationship to the earth and the political and economic forces that undermine it. This traveling exhibition was organized by Honor the Earth, a national Native American organization founded by Winona LaDuke.

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