Join us at the ASU Art Museum to celebrate our Fall 2014 season and the opening of the exhibitions In Solitude, Where We Are Least Alone , Shifting Sands: Recent Videos from the Middle East , Richard T. Walker: the predicament of always (as we are) , and Trout Fishing in America and Other stories […]
Artists Bryndis Snæbjörnsdóttir (Iceland) and Mark Wilson (England) explore the networked effects of conservation initiatives in Arizona. Over two years, they researched programs underway to reintroduce the California Condor and the Humpback Chub into the Grand Canyon. Through humor, wonder and surprise, their installation of photographs, videos and sculpture explores the complexity of human-animal interactions […]
Convergence / PHX - BG Curator: Maida Gruden, Belgrade, Serbia Artists: Aleksandrija Ajduković, Nidaa Aboulhosn, Edgar Cardenas, Sean Deckert, William LeGoullon, Goran Micevski, Ivan Petrović, Stefana Savić, Nina Todorović, Mihailo Vasiljević, Ryan Parra, Claire A. Warden ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Convergence / PHX - BG is an exhibition of photographic works by artists from Phoenix and […]
Known for projects which ‘touch the earth lightly,” architect Glenn Murcutt begins his work with a keen observation of the natural conditions of each site. His distinctive residences and public buildings combine simple materials with elegant and refined forms and detailing. Yet they are primarily concerned with bringing the qualities of the surrounding world into […]
Since the 1950s, the ASU Art Museum has been actively collecting provocative and compelling artworks to share with our students and community members. The collection now includes more than 12,000 objects, primarily acquired through generous donation. One area of focus is work created at the ASU Art Museum; the current exhibition includes many of these […]
Tan Ping is one of China's most recognized artists and printmakers; his area of greatest exploration has been in abstract art rather than figurative work. In this installation of drawings and video, he invites viewers to consider human expression and culturally-specific contexts of viewing. This exhibition is generously supported by Tan Ping Studio, the Helme […]
Featuring the work of Katherine Bernhardt, Hugh Scott Douglas, Jeff Elrod, Daniel Lefcourt, Eddie Peake, Avery Singer, Josh Smith and Brad Troemel. The artists in the exhibition unfix historic notions of what a painting should be. Their works are hybrids of old and new, familiar and surprising media and processes. Through this mix the artists […]
This exhibition is at our downtown Phoenix residency program location. Questions about visiting? Call 480.965.2787 and press "0" Over 300 backpacks, water bottles, border restraints and other objects left behind by undocumented migrants on their journey into the United States form the basis of this exhibition exploring the human experience of crossing the U.S./Mexico border. […]
Oliver B. James, a Phoenix attorney, anonymously donated paintings and prints to Arizona State University in the 1950s. His goal was to provide students, faculty, school children and the general public in Arizona with the opportunity to view and be inspired by original works of art. James thoughtfully acquired and donated close to 150 works […]
For this second part to his critically acclaimed video Octopus (2011), Yoshua Okón has created a multi-channel video installation centering on anti-immigration protests against unaccompanied children that are fleeing violence and poverty from Central America into the United States. Produced during Okón's residency at the ASU Art Museum International Artist Residency Program, Oracle was inspired […]
PUBLIC HOURS Friday – Saturday, noon – 6 p.m. First and Third Fridays, 4 – 9 p.m. ABOUT YOSHUA OKÓN: OCTOPUS Produced in 2011, while Okón was an artist-in-residence at the UCLA Hammer Museum, Octopus is a video installation depicting a reenactment of the Guatemalan Civil War at the parking lot of a Home Depot […]
Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora Off Campus Repellent Fence is a temporary two-mile long land art installation intersecting the U.S./Mexico border. The installation is comprised of 26 tethered “scare eye” balloons, ten feet in diameter, floating 50 feet above the desert landscape. Repellent Fence is a social collaborative project among individuals, communities, institutional organizations, […]
