Compromising Positions Thursdays 6-7

Beginning on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 6pm there will be a lecture series entitled Compromising Positions held at Victoria H. Myhren Gallery.  This series will be held every Thursday evening from 6-7pm from April 18-May 2, 2013. The lectures will consist of two speakers delivering a 20 minute talk each week in order to facilitate conversations and creative thinking within the gallery space. 

Tim Schwartz: Materials on Reserve April 18-May 5, 2013

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Please join Victoria H. Myhren Gallrey and the School of Art and Art History at the University of Denver for the opening reception of Tim Schwartz: Materials on Reserve on Thursday, April 18, 2013. The reception will be from 5-7pm and refreshments will be provided. This exhibition will be on view through May 5, 2013 and gallery hours are Monday-Thursday 12-6pm and Friday-Sunday 12-4pm.

Conceptual artist Tim Schwartz is known for blending old and new technologies, often studying the losses that occur with digitization—and what are the effects of this loss? Mastering the very system he often critiques, he uses digital methods that help us to highlight gaps in the transfer of information. For this installation, Schwartz used an algorithm to select nearly 600 volumes which form a portrait of book browsing habits at DU. He has created a space for people to use as a traditional library, while physically and digitally documenting their interactions with books.

Link here for more information on Tim Schwartz's work. 
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Sandy Skoglund: Book Marks April 11-May 5, 2013

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Please join Victoria H. Myhren Gallery and the School of Art and Art History at the University of Denver on April 11, 2013 for the opening reception of Sandy Skoglund: Book Marks.  The opening reception will take place from 5-7pm and refreshments will be provided.  The reception will begin with a performance piece taking place inside the installation followed by a brief talk by the artist.
 
Installation artist Sandy Skoglund turns the familiar into something strange and unknown through object placement, repetition and coloration. Her installation focuses on the reuse and reinvention of books that have been discarded. No longer do books sit idly on the shelves; they take on a life of their own. While imbued with playfulness and energy, Skoglund’s narratives convey a sense of uneasiness. The chaos of the scene opposes the Dewey Decimal structure and quiet atmosphere we expect from our books and libraries. She provokes the sensation one might feel upon entering a disrupted library.

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Joel Dallenbach: Sidewalk Stories February 21-March 31, 2013

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Please join Victoria H. Myhren Gallery and the School of Art and Art History at the University of Denver on Thursday, February 21, 2013 for the opening reception of Joel Dallenbach: Sidewalk Stories.  The reception will be from 5-7pm and will be followed by a post-opening event hosted by DUART! at the nearby Crimson and Gold.  Refreshments will be provided.  This exhibition will be on view through March 31, 2013, with gallery hours each day from 12-4pm. 

 

Joel Dallenbach is a street photographer located in Denver.  Using a vintage film camera, Dallenbach captures views of daily urban life on the streets of Denver in black and white.  His photographs capture one moment in the lives of various people and numerous street scenes throughout the city.  They encourage viewers to imagine the stories that are waiting to be told. 

 

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Deborah Howard: Beyond the Shore January 10-February 3, 2013

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On January 10, 2013, the Victoria H. Myhren Gallery at the School of Art and Art History will host the opening reception for Deborah Howard: Beyond the Shore from 5-7pm.  Afterward, please join DUART! for a post-opening gathering nearby at Crimson and Gold to further mingle with faculty and students. The exhibition will be on view through February 3, 2013, with gallery hours each day from Noon-4:00 pm.

Deborah Howard is an Associate Professor of Drawing at the University of Denver.  Her work encompasses a variety of themes and uses various materials to focus on the human presence.  These materials might include a traditional portrait done in oil, an abstract painting in encaustic, or any variety of found objects.  More recently, Professor Howard has incorporated shoes into her work.  Symbolic of people through presence and absence, these forms become sculptural investigations of the ephemeral.

Link here for more information on Deborah Howard's work.

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Conor McGarrigle: and whenabouts in the name of space November 1-December 9, 2012

 

Installation of the exhibition

The Myhren Gallery and the University of Denver will host the opening reception of the new exhibition Conor McGarrigle: and whenabouts in the name of space November 1, 2012 from 5-7pm.  Afterwards, join DUART! for a post-opening gathering with snacks and conversation at Crimson and Gold nearby.

Conor McGarrigle is a digital artist whose work allows viewers to interact with his work and experience a city in a new and unexpected way, such as WalkSpace (an interactive iphone app).  Others such as Mad Men: the BT edition captures a single episode of the TV show in the midst of being downloaded by many people using Bittorrent; and Somewhere Else?, which consists of a QR code located on Dublin’s O’Connell Bridge that allow users to view a random selection of photographs of the O’Connell Bridge taken during McGarrigle’s Joyce Walks. 

The exhibition will be on view through December 9, 2012, gallery hours are each day from Noon-4:00 pm.

Link here for more information on Conor McGarrigle’s work.

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Open House for DU ART! November 13, 2012

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Join DU ART! and the DU community for a tour of the Hampden Art Study Center and refreshments on November 13, 2012 at 6:30 PM.  The Hampden Art Study Center is the first dedicated study/storage facility for DU’s fine art collections.

Tour of Becoming Van Gogh—October 26, 2012

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Join DU ART! for an exclusive member tour of Becoming Van Gogh—the upcoming major exhibition at the Denver Art Museum—with DAM curator Angelica Daneo at 5:15 on October 26, 2012. The tour will be followed by a reception at MAD Wine with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.


Becoming Van Gogh offers an in-depth exploration of the unconventional path that Van Gogh took on his way to becoming one of the most recognized artists in the world.  This exhibition analyzes the critical steps in the development of Van Gogh’s work by examining many of his works, as well as works by artists that Van Gogh responded to, such as Henri Toulouse-Lautrec and Camille Pissarro.


Link to the Denver Art Museum’s website here for more information on Becoming Van Gogh.

Richard Bell: Uz vs. Them September 13-October 21, 2012

Australia’s most talked about contemporary artist and a figure of increasing international stature, Richard Bell describes himself as “more an activist than an artist.” Didactic yet humorous, Bell’s vivid and provocative paintings and videos signal an important and powerful voice in contemporary art. This is the first mid-career survey in the U.S. of the work of this important Aboriginal activist/artist.

Richard Bell uses a wide range of media including painting, performance, and video to challenge western conceptions of what encompasses “indigenous” or “folk” art.  He utilizes familiar styles often seen in Pop Art from artists such as Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns, as well as the paint drips of Jackson Pollock while including text that challenges the way the viewer thinks about racism and race politics.

The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and supported by the Queensland Government, Australia, through Trade and Investment Queensland’s Queensland Indigenous Arts Marketing and Export Agency (QIAMEA). Additional support has come from the Australian government through the Australia Council for the Arts and the Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C. 

Link to the Myhren Gallery here for more information!

Insider Moment at the DAM with Hamilton Artist Brian Knep

Watch an artist at work in the museum and hear the back story at this Insider Moment. Join master teacher Heather Nielsen for a special look at new media artist Brian Knep and his interactive installation for the museum, Exempla.

For his artwork Exempla, Boston-based artist Knep was inspired by a three-year-old’s drawings that he saved from a friend’s recycling bin. This moment will take place mid-installation and you’ll have the opportunity to see how the cartoonish creatures in the artwork multiply and cover the gallery walls reacting to the changes we impose on their world. Hear how his vision came to life using new technology and see how you, the visitor, can interact and change the artwork.

Free with general admission. No reservations needed. Please meet on level two of the Hamilton Building in the Precourt Family Discovery Hall, near the elevators.

Link to the Denver Art Museum's website here for more information.

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.

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. 

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
http://www.denverpost.com/art/ci_14795304

 

SAAH Professor featured on Fox News!
http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-du-gaming-020210,0,7996170.story

"DU Today" Celebrates Professor Maynard Tischler

Link to the article here:  Zen and the Teaching of Art

Dr. Mary Ann Scott Honored

Dr. Mary Ann Scott taught Art History at DU from 1985 until her untimely death in 1988.  She was a scholar of seventeenth century Dutch Art.  She had written her Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Maryland on the Dutch genre painter Cornelis Bega, under the direction of Dr. Arthur Wheelock, who remains the Curator of Northern Baroque Art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.  Dr. Scott was completing a book on Bega when she died.

  Recently Dr. Wheelock informed us that he contributed  to an exhibition, “Cornelis Bega: Elegance and Uncouth Manners,” that opened in March 2012 in Aachen, Germany at the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, traveling onto the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen in Berlin in July.  The catalog of the exhibition is dedicated to Mary Ann because of her pioneering work on this little known artist.  It is a great honor and tribute to her hard work locating his paintings in collections around the world.  A special tribute was paid to her at the opening reception.   

  A small fund established in her memory within the School of Art and Art History awards promising students who choose to study the history of art.  Donations in her honor are always 

welcomed.  

Michael Salter, Associate Professor of Digital Arts at the University of Oregon, is an artist concerned with the proliferation of graphic icons that are used in contemporary advertising, invading all public space.  With a background in sculpture and graphic design, his art work today includes electronic media, paintings and sculptures, including giant robots made from discarded Styrofoam computer packaging.  Sponsored by a Marsico Visiting Scholars Grant, Salter gave a lecture on his work on Thursday, February 16 to a full crowd in the HyperCube on the third floor.  He worked earlier in the week with eMAD students to produce a wall of his designs rendered in vinyl. 

      He has shown his art nationally and internationally in Brussels, New York, L.A., Portland, London, Amsterdam, Miami, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Seattle, Atlanta and Chicago. His work has been featured in Art In America, Best Art NY 2009, Dot Dot Dash, Pictoplasma2, Grab Magazine, Arkitip Magazine, Repellent Magazine, and LoDown Magazine.  

DU SAAH Faculty Triennial

As students spilled out of class, a crowd had already gathered for the opening of the School of Art and Art History's Faculty Triennial. There was a great mix of excited students, experienced artists and dedicated art lovers - snacking and imbibing as they perused the incredible offerings of DU's faculty. A scan of the room quickly reveals the skill, creativity, and unique perspective of the instructors. This inspiring show was deftly curated and designed by Dan Jacobs and his gallery staff, grad students Anna Estes and Nessa Kerr. Students do not grow without the knowledge and inspiration of their teacher, so it is a great opportunity to celebrate the art of these important motivators. 

Marsico Visiting Artist Toni Mosely's Workshop: Creating Prints with DU Students

Toni arrived on Tuesday January 10 and started by setting up that afternoon. Catherine Chauvin's "Experiences in the Visual Arts" class helped her mix ink. It was a typical snowy Wednesday in Denver, the perfect day for the Workshop to start. First, the "Screen Print" class created rubbings all around the Shwayder Art Building. These became the base of several photo-screen prints which were used as the base of prints created by workshop participants. They then used the screens to print their own textures, layering hand cut stencils on top. Since the class used this method in their assignments, the preview of this tricky process helped immensely. 


On Thursday, Susan Meyer brought in two drawing classes to participate in the workshop. The first class had beginning students who used the textures and hand cut stencils to create their prints. Then, the intermediate class used a water based monotype process in order to have a more drawing-based experience. The day flew by with many students stopping by from 2-D Foundations to Advanced Problems, all looking forward to making prints. By the time Catherine’s Experiences in the Visual Arts class met, they found all the ink they had mixed had been used!  They decided to make a group piece – based on an Exquisite Corpse and each of them printed an individual piece as well.  All in all, over 50 people participated in the workshop, all printing in one day.  After that, Toni was “a bit knackered”  (exhausted) for her talk that evening – but it was well attended and she shared with the students a different view of artmaking and maintaining a studio practice wherever you go!

By Catherine Chauvin

Hamilton Visiting Artist Rupprecht Matthies' Public Lecture

On Monday October 17 at 6 pm Rupprecht Matthies delivered a public lecture on his work. The lecture was in the HyperCube space, located in Shwayder Art Building (top Floor).  Rupprecht Matthies was the third in the series of Hamilton Visiting Artists.  Thanks to the generosity of the Hamilton Family Fund, the Visiting Artists program has created opportunities for students to work with internationally recognized professional artists, while also strengthening the ties between the School of Art and Art History and the Denver Art Museum, where these artists are also doing installations or giving additional lectures. 

Rupprecht Matthies’ work focuses on communication and discussion. He considers himself a mediator and concentrates on words that express life, or that signify something important, or that are simply the favorite words of his subjects. Using the power of each remark, he creates an installation that ultimately distills the desires of humankind.

While in Denver, he re-interpreted his installation "¿Being Home?" from the Embrace exhibition at the Denver Art Museum, for a new exhibition opening November 12, 2011. In addition, he conducted workshops at Centro San Juan Diego and at DU - where students, community, faculty, and staff were welcomed to participate.

We want to thank the Hamilton Family Foundation for their generosity in sponsoring this Visiting Artist series.

Link to the an article about Matthies from DU Today