Contemporary Masters gallery guide

GALLERY GUIDE

CONTEMPORARY

MASTERS

WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE ART MUSEUM OF SOUTH TEXAS

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7 collage and mixed media 12 pencil, ink, and charcoal drawings 13 paintings, wet media, and pastels 28 prints

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LATINO ARTISTS represent 13% of the artists

MASTER 27% of the art on display was created by female artists.

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Bring your lunch to LSU MOA and the-ISMS learn more about them at our free

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Brown Bag Lunch on May 3 from 12–1 p.m.

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abstract expressionism

Abstract expressionists sought to convey intense emotional content through expressive non-representational mark-making with bold colors and masses. Compare the geometric, hard edge intensity of Lee Krasner’s print with the chaotic, scribbles that create tension in Ben Culwell’s mixed media.

conceptual art

Conceptual artists questioned what could and could not be considered art; they considered an idea as art equal to any finished visual product. Conceptual art frequently includes text, reference imagery, performance, and preparatory drawings in the work. Conceptual art rejected institutions (museums, galleries, universities, etc.) as authorities on defining art. Fact: Sol LeWitt named conceptual art with his essay “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art.”

op art

Op (optical) art explores illusion and perspective through the interaction of color. It was influenced by Josef Albers’ color theories. Albers’ student Richard Anuskiewicz was a leader of the op art movement. Check out the dynamic color interactions of teacher and student.

surrealism

Surrealists reacted to the rationalism of modernism by foregrounding the importance of the subconscious. Influenced by the theories of Freud, surrealists focused on dream states, the erotic, and the automatic—states unbounded by social norms. Hint: Look for a melting clock.

LATINO PERSPECTIVE

Lillian Garcia-Roig (American, b. 1966), La Infanta Teotihuacana, c. 1995, serigraph, Art Museum of South Texas.

Cuban-American Lilian Garcia-Roig’s La Infanta Teotihuacana adds a distinctive Latino take on Diego Velasquez’s Las Meninas, a 17th-century portrait of the Spanish royal family. Garcia-Roig elevates an indigenous girl to the rank of royalty with this portrait.

She emphasizes features associated with indigenous people of Central America, which became part of the Spanish colonial empire.

She accentuates the girl’s darker skin, almond eyes, highlights her cheekbones with red, and adorns the girl’s thick hair with flowers.

CONTEMPORARYMASTERS

on view April 7–July 9, 2017 Josef Albers Bruno Andrade Richard Anuskiewicz Richard Artschwager Milton Avery Walter Darby Bannard Jennifer Bartlett Leonard Baskin David Bates John Biggers Lee Bontecou Chris Burden Alexander Calder Judy Chicago Dale Chihuly Ben L. Culwell Salvador Dali Gene Davis Marylyn Dintenfass Janet Fish Vernon Fisher Roy Fridge Lilian Garcia-Roig Adolph Gottlieb Nancy Graves Alan Gussow Hans Hartung Carl Holty

Dorothy Hood Benito Huerta Paul Jenkins Luis Jimenez Donald Judd Sharon Kopriva Lee Krasner Sol Lewitt Jack Levine Seymour Lipton Robert Mangold Conrad Marca-Relli Mary McCleary Melissa Miller Robert Motherwell Bruce Nauman Kenneth Noland Robert Rauschenberg Susan Rothenberg

Alex Rubio Greg Rubio Edward Ruscha Al Souza James Surls Vincent Valdez Beth Van Hoesen Kathy Vargas Theodore Waddell Andy Warhol William T. Wiley Dee Wolff

PROGRAMS

BROWN BAG LUNCH Wednesday, May 3, 2017 12–1 p.m., Third floor Curatorial assistant Glauco Adorno gives an informal talk on Latino artists in Contemporary Masters. Free to attend.

THIRD THURSDAY Thursday, May 18, 2017 6–8 p.m., Fifth and Sixth floors LSU professor Leslie Friedman leads printmaking discussion followed by a screenprinting demo making art to take home and Japanese beer tasting with Tsunami on the Pennington Rooftop Terrace. $10 for general public, $5 for members, free for Contemporaries.

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#lsumoa | #contemporarymasters ON THE COVER Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991), Untitled, c.

1982, serigraph, 4/150, Art Museum of South Texas.

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