August 29 - October 28, 2006
Paxson Gallery

SPECIAL PRESENTATION:
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.

Unknown Artist, Aboriginal Bark Painting from Arnhem Land, Australia, n.d.

Bark painting by Australian Aboriginal people is a long tradition and the most well known Aboriginal art form. Bark painting is an important part of the culture of Arnhem Land's original inhabitants since this was the only area where suitable bark was available.

The paintings tell stories that express mythology related to Aborigines. The paintings were also forms by which preliterate people kept a record of their daily life and religious beliefs. Many of the depictions are based on ancestors' dreams which date back to the creation of the world.

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
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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.