Art
Museum presents two exhibitions
By Yoshinori Okada
Summer On-line Forty-Niner
From
the Vault
More
than 40 pieces of artwork from University
Art Museum’s recent acquisition to the permanent
collection are on display for “From The
Vault.” The exhibition included photography,
prints, drawings and mixed-media works by
artists, such as Robert Adams, Julius Shulman
and Vernon Fisher.
The museum’s collection of works on paper
is intended to establish a major visual-arts
resource for the campus and neighboring
communities while building its collection
of artwork by emerging and established artists,
said Anna-Marie Sanchez, curator of collections/registrar.
“It’s really an opportunity for people on
this campus and the community to come here
and see the art work first-hand,” Sanchez
said. “We have really an amazing collection.”
Art Museum has built its permanent collection
through donations and annual purchases for
more than five years. The artwork of museum
quality that fits the specific theme, and
its significance to the local area and its
history are considered and picked for the
collection, Sanchez said.
“Plant with Heart,” 1987, by John Baldessari,
“Gas Station Near Disney Land,” by Julius
Schulman, and “Ancient Aerial Sighting,”
2002, by Ken Price, were a few among displayed.
Psychology
today: centric 63
Another exhibition, “psychology today: centric
63,” featured pieces of artwork by Los-Angeles
based artist Brad Spence.
Spence said his artwork is influenced by
popular psychology magazines from the period
of his childhood, which helped him understand
his faint and lifeless memory at that time.
Seven large-scale pieces, such as “The Power
of Sugar Pill” and “The Austic Child,” measuring
81 by 66 and 81 by 132 respectively, and
all done with acrylic on unprimed canvas,
were on display.
“This body of work addresses common themes
from the late 1960s and early 1970s, such
as disconnection and isolation, on a larger
scale,” said Mary-Kay Lombino, curator of
exhibitions.
“I like them a lot, especially, some of
the paintings are really good,” said Anthony
Avilson. He was hesitant when his girlfriend
asked him to visit the exhibition from Hollywood,
where he lives, but it was worth the visit,
he said.
While Spence had had one-person exhibitions
at galleries, such as Shoshana Wayne Gallery
in Santa Monica, and group exhibitions in
many art institutions in and out of California,
an exhibition solely devoted to his artworks
was the first time.
University Museum’s Centric has featured
emerging local artists since 1981 as part
of its goal to present new artwork to the
audience both on and off campus.
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