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Jordan Schnitzer, President, Harsch Investment Properties & Avid Art Collector
The Art of Food
University of Arizona Museum of Art’s Largest Exhibit in Over a Decade By Valerie Vinyard The University of Arizona Museum of Art’s new exhibition looks good enough to eat. “The Art of Food,” a buffet of 109 pieces of food-themed art, will debut Oct. 24 at the UAMA and run through Mar. 20. In the exhibition are works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and a bevy of other post-World War II artists. The collection will be featured across four of the UAMA’s galleries and outdoors. It will include prints, lithographs, watercolors, photos and sculpture. This will be an impressive kickoff tor the museum, which had been closed in recent months because of construction. In fact, “The Art of Food” will be the UAMA’s largest exhibition in more than a decade. Curator Olivia Miller, who has been at UAMA for almost 10 years, is excited 190 BizTucson
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about the array of artists that will be featured in the exhibit. “People should come to it because we all have a connection to food,” Miller said. “It’s not only necessary to sustain our bodies but everyone has a connection to food. Food is essential to community and culture.” The museum can thank the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation for access to the pieces. Schnitzer, a lifelong art lover, first visited UArizona in 1970 over spring break. When he was in Tucson about three years ago, he invited Miller to visit Portland, Ore. to see his collection. As they sifted through thousands of works of art, Miller said the theme of food kept coming up. “It seemed like the topic was perfectly connected to the community,” she said. Schnitzer, who has more than 19,000
works in his collection, said that this exhibit showcases “the best of the best artists of the last 50 years.” “Deliciously seductive, the images are all known to us,” he said. “They’re very welcoming. After you’re looking at them, the work grabs you.” “Art has brought out the creative genius in people,” he added. “Artists in particular are always chroniclers of our time, and that is different than other art forms.” Schnitzer is president of Harsch Investment Properties, a Portland-based real estate investment company that owns and manages office, multi-tenant industrial, multi-family and retail properties in six western states, including Arizona. Harsch owns more than 657,200 square feet of commercial real estate in Tucson, including a 157,500 square-foot distribution center and rewww.BizTucson.com
