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Now on View

Changing Currents:
Watershed Stories

Peter Keefer, Milltown Powerhouse, Digital, 8

Peter Keefer, Milltown Powerhouse, 2006, manipulated digital print, 8" x 10"

August 29 - October 28, 2006
Meloy Gallery

This regional non-juried photography exhibition features a broad cross-section of images of the Clark Fork, Blackfoot, and Silverbow watersheds. A response to the upcoming removal of the Milltown Dam, the public of all ages and abilities was invited to document life within these affected watersheds.

Artwork from Boys & Girls Club third graders who attended the MMAC cyanotype workshop, historic photographs of Milltown and Bonner from the Demmons Collection, and illustrations by Také Uda, from the Great Falls Tribune, explaining the Milltown Dam removal, will also be on view.


Now on View	Rephotographing Atget: Christopher Rauschenberg
Eugène Atget, Naturaliste, rue de l'École-de-Médicine, 1926-27, photograph, 10" x 8"	August 29 - October 28, 2006 Paxson Gallery SPECIAL PRESENTER: Christopher Rauschenberg Lecture, Thursday, October 19, 7pm, Meloy Gallery In this exhibition, photographer Christopher Rauschenberg revisits 500 locations in Paris originally photographed nearly 100 years earlier by Eugène Atget. The resulting work pays homage to Atget and serves as a commentary on photography as history and art. Special thanks to Dr. Janet G. House, Dr. Edwin W. House and the Alliance Francaise for their generous support.

*COMING SOON.........*	UM Open House for the Visual Arts
	The UM Art Collaborative presents UM Open House for the Visual Arts Thursday, October 12, 2006, 4-6pm Join us for this special homecoming event celebrating the visual arts on campus. @ Gallery of Visual Arts Social Science Bldg., First Floor, 243-2813 @ Montana Museum of Art & Culture PARTV Center, 243-2019 @ UC Gallery, University Center NW Corner, Second Floor, 243-4991 Special Thanks to The University of Montana President's Office and President George M. Dennison

*ALSO ON VIEW.........*	Original Artwork by Egon Schiele and Anselm Kiefer
Egon Schiele, Herbstsonne (Autumn Sun), 1914, oil on canvas, 39 3/8" x 47 1/2" Anselm Kiefer, Descent of the Soul, 1996, mixed media on canvas, 74 3/4" x 110 1/4"	Now on view President's Office Lobby, University Hall The University of Montana Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm (closed holidays) Egon Schiele, Herbstsonne (Autumn Sun), 1914 August 14 - November 8, 2006 Austrian Modernist Egon Schiele (1890-1918), primarily known for his portraits of women and self portraits, also painted Expressionist landscapes. Herbstsonne (Autumn Sun) is one of Schiele's most important paintings and among the finest of his landscapes. The painting, purchased by Schiele's friend, Karl Grünwald, was confiscated by the Nazis during World War II. The painting has not been seen in public since it was sold at auction in 1942. Anselm Kiefer, Descent of the Soul, 1996 August 14 - November 28, 2006 German Postmodernist, Anselm Kiefer (b.1945) is known for his highly textural, looming landscapes. Kiefer uses diverse materials such as oil, tar, hay and seeds to address themes of German history and identity, mysticism, theology, occult knowledge and the neo-classical architecture associated with Nazi imperialism. Painted and last seen in 1996, Descent of the Soul, with its cosmic iconography and imagery that touches on man's brief existence is one of Kiefer's most important works.

HIDDEN TREASURE.........

From the Permanent Collection

Fra' Paolino da Pistoia, Italian 1490-1547, Portrait of a Saint (Saint Francis?), oil on board, n.d. (ca. 1517-1547)

Paolo del Signoraccio (called Fra Paolino da Pistoia, Italian 1490-1547), Portrait of a Saint (Saint Francis?), oil on board, ca. 1517-1547

Paolo del Signoraccio (called Fra Paolino da Pistoia, Italian 1490-1547), Portrait of a Saint (Saint Francis?), oil on board, ca. 1517-1547

Fra Paolino created his first painting, a Crucifixion fresco, in 1516. By the late 1520s, he was painting altarpieces in Pistoia, Italy. Although Fra Paolino was a Dominican monk, he often painted Saints of other religious orders. The Saint in this work is very likely Saint Francis who was highly regarded among the Dominicans. It is said that Saint Dominic and Saint Francis met and became friends in Rome, establishing a close tie between Franciscans and Dominicans that has continued to the present day. Important symbols of Saint Francis in this painting are the brown habit, the red Bible in his right hand and the cross of sacrifice in his left.

Paintings by Fra Paolino are in the permanent collections of the Getty Museum in California and the Orélans Musée des Beaux Arts in France.

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Thanks to the support of our wonderful donors, MMAC serves as a center of interdisciplinary learning and visual exploration for The University of Montana and Montana communities. The Museum relies on the support of individuals and welcomes gifts at all levels. If you have questions about making a gift, please contact Barbara Koostra at 406.243.2019 or museum@umontana.edu, or Ric Thomas at 406.243.5615 or email ric.thomas@mso.umt.edu.

MMAC and its programming is also supported by the Montana Arts Council, a state agency funded by the State of Montana, National Endowment for the Arts, National Park Service, Montana Committee for the Humanities, Chutney Foundation, and Grizzly Riders International.

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