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 […]
In 1950, Oliver B. James, a Phoenix attorney, donated 16 paintings to Arizona State University to provide students access to real art objects. Before 1955, James would acquire and donate close to 150 works — primarily historic American paintings by well-known artists. Travel back in time with us and explore the story of the ASU […]
Statement Piece brings together two like-minded ceramic artists from different generations. Danish-born Erik Gronborg came of age in the 1960s, when he began making handmade pottery that fused Pop Art and social activism. Ehren Tool served in the Marine Corps during the first Gulf War and makes functional cups that he gives away to facilitate […]
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 […]
The first video survey of Mexico City-based artist Miguel Angel Rios, Landlocked follows Rios' remarkable journey into a unique artistic practice that addresses issues of power, apathy and violence though his innovative use of social and political narratives and original production technique. The exhibition includes four never before seen works commissioned by the museum. This […]
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, […]
