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What's Your Legacy? The concept of legacy—doing or creating something by which we are remembered—is inherent in all of us, although realized in very different ways. Some strive vigorously throughout their lifetimes to craft their legacies. Others move spontaneously through life and simply allow their legacies to flower on their own. Still others have their legacies thrust upon them—by being the first or the last, the oldest or youngest, the most visible, the luckiest, or even the most unusual. Legacies take many forms, from writing great literature to inventing the next miracle drug to serving as the most recognizable symbol of a university. For some, children or home or community or a specific action are their legacies. For others, the word means an entire body of work; in the case of Iowa State, one’s legacy may be an entire lifetime of teaching or research or service. Some of the legacies in this exhibition are well-known. Think of Grant Wood’s paintings, Aldo Leopold’s writings, George Washington Carver’s experiments, or Carrie Chapman Catt’s suffrage activities. Other legacies may have been temporarily lost or have gone virtually unrecognized, but now claim their rightful place as we contemplate how Iowa State came to be the institution that it is. Since we all make legacies, this sesquicentennial exhibition touches upon only a tiny number of those people and things that have shaped the Iowa State family and community during the past 150 years. Throughout this year of celebration, Iowa State University Museums join the institution in remembering and commemorating all of these legacies because they allow us to be more thoughtful about the past, to imagine the future, and to make it better. Read, reflect, return. This exhibition will change throughout the year as new portraits and stories are displayed and visitors record their additions. What is your legacy?
Albert Paley I Portals & Gates August 21, 2007- March 9, 2008 A companion exhibition to the works of art by Albert Paley at the Christian Petersen Art Museum focusing on Paley’s project for the St. Louis Zoo called Animals Always and Paley's proposal for the Good Sheppard Gate at the National Cathedral, are located at the Brunnier Art Museum. For more information, click here.
Rodin:
In His Own Words At the height of his career, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was regarded as the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo. His genius lay in his ability to liberate both his subject matter and his style from 19th century academic conventions through a heightened sense of personal artistic expression. Rodin’s artistic mission was to communicate the vitality of the human spirit. Rodin:
In his Own Words, Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
will feature over 30 bronzes by Rodin, in addition to an educational exhibition
about the lost wax casting process, a number of Rodin works on paper, and a
selection of original letters written by the artist.
In His Own Words will present
works that span the gamut of Rodin’s artistic legacy.
Early works, such as The Mask of
the Man with the Broken Nose and Saint
John the Baptist Preaching, will be featured, as will many independent
studies from some of his major monuments. Independent
works from The Gates of Hell include The
Thinker and Ugolino and Sons. Studies
for The Burgers of Calais include his First
Maquette and a small study of one of the burgers, Andrieu d’Andres.
Figures from some of his other monuments will also be featured, such as
his statues of the artist Claude Lorrain
and Jules Bastien-Lepage.
Rodin that will provide the viewer with a better understanding of the
great sculptor’s working methods and artistic philosophies will pair each work
with a quote. Additional
educational programs will be organized locally, and include lectures, Family
Days, ISU classes, and a special reception on January 25. Also presented in the
exhibition will be the award-winning documentary Rodin: The Gates of Hell, which depicts the difficult and
painstaking process of the lost-wax casting of The Gates of Hell at the
Coubertin Foundry in Organized,
circulated and sponsored by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation.
Locally supported by Arthur Klein, Ann and Al Jennings, The Community
Foundation of Greater Story County, and with contribution from the members of
the University Museums.
OBSESSED: Images of Weather August 22, 2006 through March 18, 2007 At least once a day nine billion people look to the sky and wonder what the weather will bring. Possibly the safest and most socially acceptable topic of benign conversation is the weather—it is the ideal social lubricant. Most local newscasts devote an average of 28 percent of airtime to weather. Climactic changes, however, do not affect society today nearly as dramatically as a century ago, and the vast majority of people still go about their daily routine despite conditions outside. So why are we still so obsessed with weather? Art and aesthetics meet science and research in the exhibition Obsessed: Images of Weather at the Brunnier Art Museum August 22, 2006 through March 18, 2007. The exhibition features the works of five regional artists whose art repeatedly explores sky. These artists have been partnered with atmospheric scientists from Iowa State University allowing an exchange of concepts, imagery and philosophies. Other works of art will be exhibited from University Museums permanent collection to provide art historical references. Participating visual artists are William Barnes, Gary Bowling, Keith Jacobshagen, Bobbie McKibbin, John Preston, and Ellen Wagener. Christopher Hopkins, professor of music, has created a new electronic musical composition, and poet Michael Carey has contributed poetry for this art exhibition. The exhibition is organized by the Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, guest curated by Reneé Thomason Senter, and funded by the University Museums and its membership, the College of Agriculture and the Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University.
When
Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow: September 13, 2006 through November 27, 2006
When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow: Grant Wood and Christian Petersen Murals is organized by the Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, and guest curated by Lea Rosson DeLong. Funding has been provided by the University Museums and the University Museums Membership; Melva Bucksbaum; Humanities Iowa, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Kathy and John Howell; Winifred Murray Kelley; Janice Rosson Brazil and Janie Rosson Bass in memory of their mother, Pat Rosson; and supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Real and Imagined
aspects of THE STATE CAPITOL in Drawn,
engraved, and printed by artist Amy Namowitz Worthen (American, b. 1946), this
set of seventeen prints was produced in 1977-78.
Worthen is a well known
The Lithographs of
Louis Lozowick: An American Precisionist Master Louis
Lozowick, born in 1892 in the N.C. Wyeth’s N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882-1945) was an active participant in the golden years of American
illustration, which lasted from the 1870s through the first decades of the
twentieth century and included artists like Winslow Homer and Howard Pyle.
Wyeth’s first illustration was published by The Saturday Evening
Post on Although
oil on canvas was his primary medium, Wyeth was introduced to egg tempera in
1937 and began using the pigment for his illustrative series, many of which were
corporate calendar commissions. One
of three projects completed for John Morrell and Company of The exhibition’s interpretive labels provide insight into
why N.C. Wyeth selected these twelve events to define American history, and also
requests the viewer to consider what twelve historical events and people they
would select to define American history.
From Craft to Art: Contemporary Studio Sculpture (August 22, 2006 -- September 6, 2006) Studio
glass sculpture emerged in the early 1960s with the experimentation in hot glass
by artistic pioneers Harvey Littleton and Dominic Labino. In 1962, Labino and In the
1970s, Dale Chihuly went on to popularize the studio glass sculpture movement.
After studying with Harvey Littleton at January
10th through August 6th, 2006 Artists’
Visions Paintings,
Prints, Drawings and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection This
selection of 100 prints, paintings and sculptures from the University Museums’
permanent collection includes works by American artists Marvin Cone, Grant Wood,
Dorthea Tomlinson, and their contemporaries representing 70 years of fine art.
These images record the faces and places of urban and rural communities
pursuing recreational and work activities that occupied city and farm dwellers
in the 20th century.
Landscapes and portraits, as well as political and social themes of the
20th century
will be explored. Permanent
Collection exhibitions are organized by University Museums, and sponsored by the
University Museums Membership, From Craft to Art: Contemporary Studio Sculpture Studio
glass sculpture emerged in the early 1960s with the experimentation in hot glass
by artistic pioneers Harvey Littleton and Dominic Labino. In 1962, Labino and In the
1970s, Dale Chihuly went on to popularize the studio glass sculpture movement.
After studying with Harvey Littleton at Symbolism and Iconography in World Religions These
decorative arts and icons represent several world religions including Buddhism,
Judaism, polytheism in ancient American
Historical Glass from the Selected
works of glass will highlight significant events, manufacturers, and patterns
that influenced American glassmaking history. On exhibition in the side case
located at the entrance to the
Real and Imagined
aspects of THE STATE CAPITOL in Drawn,
engraved, and printed by artist Amy Namowitz Worthen (American, b. 1946), this
set of seventeen prints was produced in 1977-78.
Worthen is a well known
The
Seduction of Silver The allure
of silver has captivated the human race for centuries.
Deemed a precious metal, it symbolizes that which is cherished, beloved,
and of course, coveted by others. However, like all things precious, it is not
easily obtained. Until the 19th century,
removing silver from the earth’s depths was tedious, strenuous, and sometimes
deadly work. The result of such labor is a metal, second only to gold in
malleability, but unequaled in pureness of color and depth of luster. This
exhibition features thirty objects which are commemorative and utilitarian with
aesthetic, historical, and cultural significance. The Lithographs of
Louis Lozowick: An American Precisionist Master Louis
Lozowick, born in 1892 in the N.C. Wyeth’s What’s Your Point
of View? N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882-1945) was an active participant in the golden years of American
illustration, which lasted from the 1870s through the first decades of the
twentieth century and included artists like Winslow Homer and Howard Pyle.
Wyeth’s first illustration was published by The Saturday Evening
Post on Although
oil on canvas was his primary medium, Wyeth was introduced to egg tempera in
1937 and began using the pigment for his illustrative series, many of which were
corporate calendar commissions. One
of three projects completed for John Morrell and Company of The exhibition’s interpretive labels provide insight into
why N.C. Wyeth selected these twelve events to define American history, and also
requests the viewer to consider what twelve historical events and people they
would select to define American history.
January - May 15, 2005 Manuel
Neri is known for his life-size figurative sculptures
in plaster, bronze, and marble, as well as for his association with the Bay Area
Figurative movement during
the 1950s and 1960s. Since 1972, Neri has worked with
the same model, Mary Julia, creating drawings and plaster figures that merge
contemporary sculptural concerns with classical forms. Manuel Neri has received
numerous awards and sculptural commissions, and his works are in important
museum and private collections. In 1990 Neri retired from the Mary
Julia Klimenko began writing poetry thirty years ago. She earned B.A. and M.A.
degrees in creative writing from A recent major
acquisition to the Iowa State Art on Campus Collection is Manuel Neri’s
Ordinario marble
sculpture, Escalieta I, permanently installed in the lobby of the new
Local
exhibition and programming support provided by University Museum Membership and
The Greater Iowa Credit Union. Manuel Neri’s work is represented by
Hackett-Freedman Gallery,
The exhibition is curated primarily from the named University Museums Permanent Collections of Ann and Henry Brunnier Collection, Edith D. and Torsten E. Lagerstrom Collection, and the W. Allen Perry Collection.
August 31-December 30, 2004 Farm Life in Iowa This exhibition consists of thirty photographs from negatives taken in the 1930s and 40s and held in the permanent collection of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City. The exhibition commemorates the daily lives of farmers and is a testimony to social and technological change. Wettach took the photographs in the exhibition while working as a loan officer for the Federal Farm Security Administration. In contrast to the work of FSA, photographers such as Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans, whose job was to document the negative effects of the Depression, Wettach tended to emphasize the resilience, incremental successes, and humor and warmth of his subjects. This exhibition is organized by
The University of Iowa Museum of Art in collaboration with the State Historical
Society of Iowa, and locally sponsored by the University Museums and the
University Museums Membership, Iowa State University.
From the Permanent Fine Arts Collection John
Bloom’s Post Office Mural Cartoons The
exhibition is organized by the Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa
State University. The exhibition includes prints, drawings and
sculptures from the Permanent Collection and the Christian Petersen Art
Collection. N.C.
Wyeth’s N.C. Wyeth (American, 1882-1945) was an active participant in the golden years of American Illustration, lasting from the 1870s through the first decades of the 20th Century. Wyeth’s first illustration was published by The Saturday Evening Post on February 21, 1903, and up until his death in 1945, he created nearly 4,000 works of art. He continued to illustrate more than 112 books after receiving national recognition with Charles Scribner and Sons’ publication of Treasure Island in 1911. One of three projects completed for John Morrell and Company of Ottumwa, Iowa, the series America in the Making depicts twelve dramatic and heroic scenes taken from American history. The paintings were published as illustrations for the company’s 1940 calendar. In 1940, the president of John Morrell and Company presented the twelve panels to Iowa State College as a gift. Although Wyeth created the majority of his works in series, few series have remained together such as America in the Making. Image:
Newell Convers Wyeth, Abraham Lincoln, 1939. Oil on panel. In the
permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University,
Ames, IA UM83.13 Jan 13 - August 7, 2004 Grant
Wood's Main Street The
exhibition and major publication focuses on original works of art created by
Grant Wood to illustrate Sinclair Lewis’ Main
Street. Between 1935-37, Grant
Wood created nine large drawings to be reproduced as full-page illustrations for
the Limited Editions Club publication of Main
Street by Sinclair Lewis. Wood
made nine illustrations in all, seven of major character figures portrayed in
the book and two of particular places. The
book was printed by Lakeside Press in Chicago, the same press that had printed a
catalogue and hosted an exhibition of Wood’s art in 1935.
Wood helped choose the book’s tan rag paper and the blue and yellow
linen binding, which complemented the colors he used in his large preparatory
drawings in pencil, charcoal, crayon and gouache on brown wrapping paper.
The book edition was limited to a print run of fifteen hundred, each one
signed by the artist. In
visualizing single-figure portraits for the book, Grant Wood applied satirical
generalizations in five out of the seven portraits, tersely summarizing the
fictional personalities and conveying through them Lewis’ basic skepticism
toward any fanatic dedication to a singular cause. The exhibition is organized by the Brunnier Art Museum and guest curated by Dr. Lea Rosson DeLong. This exhibition is sponsored by Howard F. and Roberta Green Ahmanson and Hometown Perry, Iowa.
From
Russian Easels: This exhibition offers visitors a rare opportunity to view over 60 works of art by Russian painters of the 20th century. This will be one of the first times that Russian Impressionism is exhibited in Iowa. A new and emerging area of study, Russian Impressionist painting has recently begun receiving international attention and scholarship. While the West was busy exploring many new styles of painting during the 20th century, Russian painters were still being academically trained. This exhibition affords artists and the mid-west audience the opportunity to view distinctive Russian styles of painting as well as work by some of their most important artists. The sixty paintings in the exhibition are rich in cultural heritage and historical significance. Most of the paintings are in the Impressionist style, with unique composition and form, and compelling depictions of the human spirit. The paintings will be discussed within the context of the historical, political and social events of the time. Visit The Museum of Russian Art's web site at www.tmora.org. The exhibition is guest curated
by Susan Russo from the collection of The Museum of Russian Art in Bloomington,
Minnesota and is organized by the Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa
State University. Image Credit: Aleksandr
Filippovich Burak (b.1921), The Young Skier, 1953. Oil on canvas.
On loan from the Museum of Russian Art, MN. Russian
Enamels Contemplate
Japan
The
Age of Brilliance
This
exhibition of examples from the brilliant period in American glass, will open on
Iowa Quester State Day, Saturday, April 5, 2003.
The exhibition will include over 275 selections from local and regional
private collectors and will feature rarities from the American Cut Glass
Association Collection, housed at the MSC Forsyth Center Galleries at Texas A
& M University. The
exhibition is organized by Kay Beckett and the Iowa Questers, and Al and Maurine
Edmond with assistance from the Heartland Chapter of the American Cut Glass
Association and the MSC Forsyth Center Galleries at Texas A & M University.
Support for the exhibition has been provided by Iowa Questers and the
University Museums of Iowa State University. Lalique
A
History of Glass
The
exhibition is organized by the Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa
State University.
Jan. 14 – March 30, 2003 Images
of Iowa: Photographs of a State's Natural Resources The exhibition will feature 57
photographs, three by each of 19 artists, and will tour museums and cultural
arts sites in Iowa for two years.
The
exhibition was guest curated by Amy N. Worthen and consists of 55 of Darling’s
prints including the one for which he is best known as a printmaker, a 1934
design for the first Federal Duck Stamp. The
prints in this exhibition were gifts to the Brunnier Art Museum from the J. N.
“Ding” Darling Foundation, Inc.
Hunting Images from the Permanent Collection This exhibition focuses on glass, pottery and porcelain wares produced in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These works of art with hunting motifs were created primarily for the upper class in the eighteenth century reflecting their sporting pastiems, and became more readily available in the nineteenth century. The hunt in history and as a decorative motif is explored.
October 24, 2002-January 5,2003 (art)n
Virtual Visions: Three Decades of
Collaboration For, Sandor's work not only catalyzed the evolution of photographic documentation into time-based environments, it sketched the potential for fine arts applications of virtual reality. Sandor also opened doors for artists to collaborate with scientists. She worked with NASA, JPL, the Scripps Institute and others, offering an unparalleled look at science as art. Today, Sandor is credited
as a pioneering artist in digital imaging and remains one of leading artists in
new media. Her portfolio under the name of (art)n has grown to become
one of the most extensive documents of virtual reality and computer graphics
content. (art)n's works have been commissioned by many museums, and
private and corporate collections. Her passion for the re-inventive powers of
art constantly challenges the existing vocabularies of fine arts in the digital
domain(s). Forty works of art will
be on exhibition. Themes
that will be explored include art and science, virtual architecture, the HIV
virus, space studies, Idealist art and mathematics. This
exhibition is supported in part with funding from Target Stores and Anita and
Wayne Beal. Art works for the exhibition
courtesy of Ellen Sandor, Founding Artist & Director of (art)n.
August 27, 2002-January 5, 2003 John
Bloom Retrospective Guest curated by Lea DeLong. Organized by the Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums. This exhibition is sponsored by Kathy and John Howell.
August 27, 2002-October 20, 2002 eMotion
Pictures: An Exhibition of
Orthopaedics in Art
March 7 - August 10, 2002 Earth Tones I: Natural Dyes in Art Natural dyes from plants, insects, and animals were the only sources of colorants, other than inorganic pigments, for textiles, paper and other materials until the development of synthetic dyes in 1856. Since that time, natural dyes have been replaced for almost all applications except for use by a few scattered artists and craftspeople around the world. In the past decade or so, a renewed interest in natural dyes has occurred as concern for the environment becomes an increasingly stronger force among consumers, governments, and businesses. This exhibition focuses on contemporary textiles, wearable art, water color, wood, basketry, calligraphy and other uses of natural dyes. This exhibition was guest curated by Sara Kadolph, ISU associate professor in textiles and clothing; Laurann Gilbertson, curator of textiles, Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum; and Karen Diadick Casselman, research associate, Nova Scotia Museum; in conjunction with Color Congress 2002: Art, History, and the Use of Natural Dyes (May 19-21 in Scheman). Over 200 people from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia participate in this event.
Traveling Bolivia Through the Wonders of
Weaving Weaving is a major part of the daily life of the native weaver. She weaves the items needed by her family for daily use and for certain ceremonial or festive celebrations. Many items take up to six months to weave. She weaves while tending her family, her children, and the livestock and between planting and harvesting seasons. Each item varies according to the skill and imagination of the weaver but many are easily recognized by the guidelines set by the community. The designs range from very simple strip patterns to very intricate detailed and complicated weaving techniques. This collection of weavings was collected by Kathy Barth while living in Bolivia. She is a weaver and was very attracted to the weavings, their style, colors and degree of difficulty while using the most primitive of looms, often times only 4 sticks driven in the ground. Guest curated by Kathy Barth. |
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