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, […]
Taking the spirit of Octavio Paz's poem, Where Without Whom, as a guide, this exhibition from the ASU Art Museum's collection of Latin American prints and photographs features work by José Ygnacio Bermúdez, Enrique Chagoya, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Vincent Valdez and others. This exhibition is supported by the Evelyn Smith Exhibition Fund. Where Without Whom […]
Legendary curator and museum director Paul J. Smith has spent his career creating exhibitions and supporting the careers of artists who have come to define the contemporary studio craft movement. This exhibition pairs a portfolio of 20 of Smith's portraits with works from the ASU Art Museum's unparalleled collection of contemporary ceramics. Smith will present […]
Taking the form of an experimental laboratory or studio, “Superfake/The Parley” features new images, video and sculptural works by the Danish artist collective SUPERFLEX. The commissioned project takes a painting in the ASU Art Museum collection attributed to Frederic Remington as a starting point to examine issues of authenticity, reproduction and value, including the emotional […]
