Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Marsico Visiting Artist Lecture Wednesday April 25, 6 pm!


New Media Artist Denis Summers will talk about his project to connect painting and physics as well as several other works, including his environmentally-concerned Crying Post installations, his "moving color field paintings" from the Phase Shift Video Series, and his animation of Marcel Duchamp's Large Glass.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Dr. Susan Huntington Shares Her Exciting New Research



Dr. Susan Huntington, Distinguished University Professor Emerita at The Ohio State University gave a lecture entitled “Early Buddhist Art and the Emperor’s New Clothes,” on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 6 pm in SAB 119.  This event was sponsored by the Mary Lanius Endowed Lecture Series which supports events on Asian Art in the School of Art and Art History.
Professor Huntington spoke about her ground-breaking research on early Buddhist Art.  In early publications on this type of imagery, scholars assumed that images of the Bodhi Tree, Wheels, and Stupas conveyed symbolic representations of the Buddha’s presence.  Instead, Dr. Huntington interprets these images as reflective of pilgrimages made by the laity to significant sites of early Buddhist worship.  In her lecture, she exposed some of the Eurocentric preconceptions of early scholarship on Indian Art, and discussed the ways in which statues of the Buddha were imbued with reliquary power by the addition of scrolls and wooden backbones. 

Thursday, April 19, 2012




Rokeya Sultana, visiting artist and Fulbright scholar discussed her paintings, prints and experiences visiting the US in the Printmaking Studio - Shwayder top floor room 230 April 18, 2012
 

Visiting art Fulbright Scholar Rokeya Sultana, professor of art and faculty of fine art at Dhaka University in Bangladesh

o Sultana is researching how to use fewer chemicals in printmaking. Her thesis is titled "Possibilities of Etching and in Representation of Identity."
 

o Her main focus is to explore the idea of womanhood in a changing world of a slowly progressing society using materials that are chemical-free and easy to apply.
 

o Rokeya's art is a reflection of loss and displacement, and the impermanence in life. She was influenced in her formative years by the tumultuous 1971 revolution that created Bangladesh, and the evolution of a strong cultural identity in her country's art and society.

Mixed Media Blog: The New Source for all SAAH News!

 All previous news stories from the SAAH website can now be found below!!

 

 Artist and SFS alumna Cornelia Carpenter Kenya Fall '09 is mapping the land -- and spirit -- of the Australian rainforest.

 

State of the Art A new building brings renewed focus to DU’s School of Art and Art History. Read Full Story

 

Ralph and Trish Nagel: Cultivating Creativity  Ralph and Trish Nagel can spot opportunity even if it’s buried under sod and trampled by short-cutting pedestrians. Witness the  read more...

 

Rolling Stones album cover part of upcoming Warhol show at DU gallery  This 1977 album cover designed by Andy Warhol is among a number of works by the noted pop artist that  read more...

 

Trygve and Victoria Myhren: The gift of a gallery  He is inspired by intersections, by the marriage of communication, technology and creativity. She is drawn by color and abstraction  read more...

 

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MFA Student, Allie Pohl Featured in Denver Post
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SAAH Professor featured on Fox News!
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