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Exhibition

In present day Cuba, humor has come to play an essential role in coping with the challenges of everyday life in the face of an uncertain national destiny. In September 1998, the ASU Art Museum opened Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island , an exhibition of the work of 17 […]

Often using himself as the subject, photographer Bob Carey takes the viewer from pain to pleasure. He evokes a self-examination and confrontation with issues that each of us faces, bringing forward the realms of identity and gender. Panel Discussion - Photographic Prosperity: Creating for Commercial and Fine Art Venues Friday, September 24, 12noon, Matthews Center […]

Exhibition

Akio Takamori Public Lecture Friday, October 7, 7 p.m. Neeb Hall Akio Takamori Ceramic Demonstration Saturday, October 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Ceramics Studio at the Mesa Arts Center Members and Invited Guests Reception Saturday, October 8, 7-9 p.m. ASU Art Museum Between Clouds of Memory: Akio Takamori, A Mid-Career Survey The Arizona State University Art […]

Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the U.S. Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the U.S. surveys the exciting and rapidly changing field of contemporary Chinese art in drawing, installation, painting, photography, video, prints and sculpture. The exhibition features the work of 26 artists, living in the U.S. and in China. Some have […]

PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION/ STUDENT WELCOME BACK PARTY: Sept. 8th - 7-10 p.m. Local Bands Playing on Plaza - 8-10 p.m. PUBLIC PROGRAMS: A number of public events including lectures, book signing, workshops and tours will take place throughout the run of the exhibition. Please see information below and sign-up for the ASU Art Museum e-nnouncement […]

Tuesday, October 30, 6pm Freedom, Fear and Creativity When expectations are removed and new freedom is welcomed, how do we respond? http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/jarbaslopes/dialoguecontinues Tuesday, November 20, 6pm Communities Engaging/ Unlikely Places Can a Museum be a place for active participation in the creative process ? http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/jarbaslopes/dialoguecontinues Tuesday, December 4, 6pm What happened here, and now what? […]

This fall, the ASU Art Museum will host a new exhibition by well-known artist and filmmaker Brent Green titled, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then. The project is inspired by the true story of an idiosyncratic house in Louisville, owned by hardware store clerk Leonard Wood. When his wife Mary was diagnosed with cancer, Leonard started […]

Rico Solinas' decision to use metal saw blades as the canvas for his portraits of art museums is the artist's tribute to the American work ethic. Thirteen years in the making and featuring buildings from the Louvre to the Hermitage to ASU's own art museum, this exhibition reflects Solinas' belief that an artist should never […]

Juan Downey: The Invisible Architect is the first U.S. museum survey of the work of Chilean artist Juan Downey (1940-1993), an unsung video-art pioneer whose career Artforum magazine calls "brilliant and idiosyncratic." Working in a variety of media, Downey anticipates our current interest in urbanism, post-colonial theory and locality in contemporary art. He explores the […]

Visiting artist Miguel Palma (Portugal) has developed a “Desert Initiative Remote Shuttle” that investigates ways in which meaning of place, particularly in remote desert environments, is created and communicated. Palma's work in this exhibition engages issues through the lens of exploration: military history in Arizona and the Southwest, the military's role in desert preservation, the […]