Spring 2016–Fall 2017

A Subjective Archaeology: Recent Works by John O’Connell Exhibition Dates: November 1 – December 3, 2016 Opening Reception: November 3, 2016, 5:00 – 7:00 PM Artist’s Statement All of the materials I use in my work are new. None of them are found, repurposed or appropriated. I create elaborate surfaces that reference time, use and trauma but none of them have actual histories. All of the complicated and layered stories found in them, I put there, moment-by-moment. These works are…

Stranger in These Parts: Recent Paintings by Tracy Stuckey Exhibition Dates: January 31, 2017 – March 4, 2017 Lecture Presentation by the artist: February 2, 2017, 4:00 – 5:00 PM “The American West has always been as much an idea as a reality,” notes George Speer, Director of the NAU Art Museum, “and Tracy Stuckey’s paintings investigate the region as a ‘brand’ shaped by romantic images, as an imaginative territory embodied in iconic figures such as John Wayne and the…

rock, paper, binder clips: kathryn martin assembles Exhibition Dates: March 28 – May 6, 2017 Lecture Presentation by the artist: March 28, 2017, 4:00 – 5:00PM kathryn e. martin is a three-dimensional artist living and working in Milwaukee, WI. Her portfolio includes Public Art, private commissions, site-specific installations and Art for hire. With a focus on observing everyday, often overlooked objects, martin concentrates on formal characteristics. Making decisions that are carefully calculated to take advantage of materials, to dissect, interpret,…

Shrouded Histories, New Narratives: Photography by Ben Montague Exhibition Dates: September 13 – October 15, 2016 Opening Reception: September 15, 5:00 – 7:00 PM The NAU Art Museum’s exhibition of photographs by Ben Montague comprises three distinct series — Constructs, Insects, and Militainment. The first, Constructs, recombines cast-off industrial materials into anthropomorphic, steam-punk assemblages far removed from our high-tech present. Insects employs shifts in scale to create terrifying images of creatures trapped in amber. Deployed in grids, they suggest scientific…