Fall 2017
Engaging Technology II:
Art + Science
September 28th - December 22nd, 2017
Curated by John Fillwalk
Engaging Technology II presents a selection of internationally renowned artists who are actively investigating the intersections of the arts and sciences. These explorations include interactive installation, code as art, physical sciences, augmented and virtual reality, performance, and human computer interaction.
Throughout the run of the exhibition, a series of invited performances, lectures, and workshops will be scheduled on campus and within the community that enhance the exhibition’s programming.
Image: Adam Brown, The Great Work of the Metal Lover, mixed media installation, 2012.
Action! The Anatomy of
LeRoy Neiman's Champions
September 28th - December 22nd, 2017
LeRoy Neiman (1921–2012) left his mark on the history of sports art. Even those unfamiliar with his name will know his art by sight: bright pinks, magentas, and greens applied in a fluid, abstract manner to describe action on the football field, on the basketball court, and in the gymnasium. Neiman knew major sports figures as personal friends and, like a wartime photographer, he embedded with the troops. Action! features 74 paintings and drawings that shed new light on Neiman as a master draftsman deeply grounded in the many languages of the graphic arts, as well as in their most basic precept: the ability to capture motion. Athletes and the athletically gifted provided Neiman with source material of which he never tired. This exhibition highlights Neiman’s ability to capture pose and gesture, from Joe Montana preparing a pass or Prince Philip playing polo to dancers contorting their bodies on the street and stage.
Image: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921-2012), Joe Montana, 1989, colored pencil, pastel, spray paint, and felt pen on paper, © LeRoy Neiman Foundation, New York.
Spring 2018
Richard Diebenkorn:
Beginnings, 1942-1955
February 1 - May 20, 2018
Organized by the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation in
conjunction with the Crocker Art Museum
Curated by Scott Shields, Associate Director and Chief Curator
of the Crocker Art Museum
This blockbuster exhibition and its accompanying catalogue
aim to present a comprehensive view of Diebenkorn’s evolution to maturity,
focusing solely on the paintings and drawings that precede his 1955 shift to
figuration at age 33. Included in the exhibition are paintings and drawings
primarily from the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation, many of which have never
before been publicly exhibited. Together, these 78 drawings and 22 paintings
offer a full picture of the young artist’s achievements.
Image: Richared Diebenkorn, Untitled, 1949, oil on canvas, 45 1/8 x 37 3/8 in. Catalogue raisonné no. 665 © Richard Diebenkorn Foundation.
Crocker
Art Museum, Sacramento, California, October 8, 2017–January 7, 2018
David
Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, February
1–May 20, 2018
Portland
Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, June 16–September 23, 2018
Frederick
R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California,
January 12–April 7, 2019
Academy
Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, April 19–July 14, 2019