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Richard Casteneda, Holding the Visions
mixed media, 2005
January 15 - February 26, 2008
Impacted Nations
Meloy and Paxson Galleries
Impacted Nations offers 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 (see information below about her upcoming visit).
•Thursday, January 24, 7pm, Meloy Gallery
Gallery talk by Manuela Well-Off-Man, MMAC Curator, Nature in Native American Art from the 19th Century to the Present
•Monday, February 25, 8pm, Montana Theatre
UM President's Lecture Series: Winona LaDuke, Creating Just Societies: The Environment, the Economy, and Human Relations in the Next Millennium
•Tuesday, February 26, 6-8pm, Meloy Gallery
Closing reception with 7pm film screening of Homeland and gallery talk by Winona LaDuke
In collaboration with the UM Women's Studies Program, Environmental Studies Program, Department of Native American Studies - Calvin B. Stott Visiting Scholars/Elders Fund, and the Office of Academic Affairs
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.
Ben Nicholson, White Relief
oil on carved board, 1935
Coming soon:
White Relief, by Ben Nicholson, O.M. (1894 - 1982), will be on view in the UM President's Office Lobby early January through April, 2008.
Modernist painter and sculptor Nicholson was known for his contributions to nonfigurative art in England. White Relief is from series of all white paintings he executed in the mid 1930s.
