Exhibitions
Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection
September 23, 2008 – January 25, 2008
Architects have been designing useful objects for centuries, elevating the functional into art. With works selected from Margo Grant Walsh’s acclaimed collection, Designed by Architects showcases metalwork from around the world that was designed by prominent architects between the late-19th and 21st centuries. The exhibition explores the intellectual and stylistic links between the design of buildings and the design of practical objects, touching on the significant stylistic movements in history. Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection has been organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Image credit: Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from The Farber Collection
October 4, 2008 through January 4, 2009
Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from The Farber Collection, making its West coast premiere at the JSMA, dramatizes the extraordinary production and innovation of Cuban artists over the past century. It represents a variety of styles and media including painting and photography. The exhibit captures a wide range of experiences and points of view, reflecting the rich and complex experiences and expressions of artists who share a common love for Cuba. Image courtesy of The Farber Collection Miami, Courtesy of Cuba Avant-Garde Inc. © Armando Marino. Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Art from The Farber Collection is originated by the Samuel P. Harn Museum at the University of Florida and is toured by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions (CATE), Pasadena, California. Cosponsored at the University of Oregon by the Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation. Major funding provided by Connie and Jeff Huling.
Cuba Avant-Garde: Arte contemporáneo cubano de la Colección Farber
Del 4 de octubre del 2008 al 4 de enero del 2009
Cuba Avant-Garde: Arte contemporáneo cubano de la Colección Farber hace su premiere en la Costa Oeste en el Museo de Arte Jordan Schnitzer con una innovadora colección de 58 obras de pintura, dibujo, fotografía, escultura y medios mixtos de 40 artistas nacidos en Cuba. La exposición subraya la mezcla cultural, diversidad estética y voz de la reflexión crítica característica del arte contemporáneo internacional, a la vez que llama la atención al impacto social y artístico distintivo de la situación única de Cuba.
Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Art from The Farber Collection/ Arte Contemporáneo Cubano de la Colección Farber se inició en el Museo Samuel P. Harn de la Universidad de Florida y es transportada por Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions (CATE), de Pasadena, California. Otros patrocinadores de su presentación en la Universidad de Oregón incluyen a la Fundación Coeta y Donald Barker, con fondos significativos provistos por Connie y Jeff Huling.
Iconicity
On-going
The term icon (from a Greek word for “resemblance” or “likeness”) is commonly used to refer to a broad spectrum of visual representations, ranging from sacred objects that serve as the focus of religious rituals to the folders and other symbols that typically comprise a computer desktop. What these widely disparate usages share is the underlying notion of an image that embodies certain quintessential features which render it immediately and easily recognizable.
All of the works included in Iconicity depend upon the premise of easy recognition, though in most cases that is merely a starting point for exploring a variety of other issues such as the commodification of religious imagery, the nature of cultural and political icons, the creation of personal icons, and the often blurry line between icon and stereotype.
John Piper: Through the Lens
On-going
John Piper: Through the Lens examines the artist’s use of the camera as a mediating device and his placement of the viewer in the position of voyeur. Exhibited works from the Eye and Camera series consider Piper’s fragmentation of the female form through the combination of photography, collage and silkscreen. His images present the female body as an emblem, removing all individuality and rendering it an object of display. Experimenting with Pop Art techniques, Piper fragments, manipulates and obscures his subject to tantalize and draw in the viewer.
A Gaze of Her Own: Women in Japanese Art
On-going
From earliest times through the present, Japanese culture has realized the equality of men and women in many ways. Women’s voices were included in Japanese literary and religious canons since the myths were first written down in the Kojiki and the first poetry anthology, the Manyoshu. As many of the works in this installation illustrate, women have also served as important subjects in the visual arts, especially for woodblock print artists. Less commonly, though nonetheless importantly, women also on occasion rose to prominence as artists themselves. Indeed, the multi-talented Otagaki Rengetsu, several of whose ceramics are on view, is one of the best known and best loved artists of her generation.
A GAZE OF HER OWN was organized by Mara Miller, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History, and her students in ARH 399, Kathryn Barton, Ryan Kramer, Miwako Okagami, and Patrick Terry.
Elizabeth Keith in Korea
On-going
From the
Murray Warner Collection of Oriental Art, a series of woodblock prints by Scottish artist Elizabeth Keith are on display in the Huh Wing. Keith lived in Asia for many years, recording scenes of everyday life first in paintings and later by using traditional woodblock printing; she was also one of the first Westerners to depict the topography, costumes and social customs of Korea. The colorful scene of a traditional marriage ceremony depicted in "Country Wedding Feast" exemplifies Keith's close observations of the rituals of daily life. In 1937, The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (then the UO Museum of Art) became the first university art museum to exhibit Keith's work, and in 1974 it mounted the first retrospective subsequent to her death in 1956.
Also on View
In addition to our 4,000-square-foot Changing Exhibition Gallery, you will encounter a selection of galleries that reflect the range of the museum's 12,500-piece art collection and the mission of the museum. Opening exhibitions in our collections galleries will present works from the museum, as well as pieces loaned to the museum. Highlights within each gallery will rotate regularly, offering new perspectives to returning visitors.
Collections Galleries Exhibitions:
Not Far From Here: Modern and
Contemporary Art in America
Schnitzer Gallery
Status and Authority in Imperial China
Soreng Gallery
Art and Everyday Life in Japan
Preble/Murphy Wing
True Views: Traditions of Korean
Painting
Huh Wing and Jin Joo Gallery