Letter from the Director

THE ROAD MUST EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THE WHOLE WORLD.

/// JACK KEROUAC ///

We have traveled a long road together. Throughout our nearly 65-year history, we have opened our doors to travelers seeking to discover something new. In our journey together, the stops along the way have not been roadside attractions and greasy spoons. Instead they have been abstract sculptures and classical paintings, the artifacts of ancient civilizations, the costumes that defined generations, the sleek lines of racing cars, landscapes of the West, and the creative vision and big ideas of artists from points on the map. Through these small escapades, we move through space and time and discover the worlds that exist between us, inside of us. We see life in new ways, we make memories, we mourn, we dream. Thank you for being with us every step of the way on our journey. We look forward to traveling the next miles ahead as a museum and as a community, together.

image credit: Cornelia Parker, Mass (Colder Darker Matter), 1997. Burnt wood, wire and string. Museum purchase with funds provided by Jan and Howard Hendler.

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New Director 32 Men’s Arts Council 33 Why We Give 34 Acknowledgment /

Museum Donors 36 The pARTy 36 Arizona Costume Institute

Holiday Luncheon 43 Education 43 The Museum Store

EXHIBITIONS

10 Legacy of Ceylon: Art and

Photography of Sri Lanka 13 On View 14 Breaking Up 16 Generation Paper: Fast Fashion of the 1960s 20 Desert Rider 28 Farewell Photography:

The Hitachi Collection of Postwar Japanese

Photographs, 1961-1989

SPRING/SUMMER 2022

Mark Koenig

The Interim Sybil Harrington Director and CEO

Mark Feldman

Chair of the Board of Trustees

EDITORIAL STAFF

Executive Editor / Nikki DeLeon Martin Managing Editor / Samantha Andreacchi Creative Director / Michael Bartley Photography Editor / Airi Katsuta

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Janet Baker, PhD, Curator of Asian Art Betsy Fahlman, Adjunct Curator of American Art Helen Jean, the Jacquie Dorrance Curator of Fashion Design Sierra Medina, Marketing and Communications Specialist Audrey Sands, PhD, the Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography Samantha Santos, External Affairs Coordinator Gilbert Vicario, Curator of Contemporary Art Rachel Sadvary Zebro, Assistant Curator

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image credits: (front cover) Cara Romero, Liquid Sunshine, 2021. Digital chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist. (above, top to bottom) Installation view, Generation Paper: Fast Fashion of the 1960s, 2021, Phoenix Art Museum; Margarita Cabrera, MiniHummer, 2005. Vinyl and thread with model parts; 100 hummers each 4 1/2”x 10” x 6”. Courtesy of the artist and Talley Dunn Gallery.