Sculpture by Brian Painter titled Portrait of the Artist as a Dog. brass, steel
Exhibition Dates: April 16–May 18, 2019 This exhibition spotlights acquisitions from the last several years that align with the mission of the NAU Art Museum to collect and display works of art that challenge visitors’ perceptions and expectations. Our permanent collection is what makes our institution distinct from others in Arizona and the region. These works of art, in a wide range of media used in unusual ways, reflect the cultural…
Selections from the Marguerite Hettel Weiss Bequest
Diego Rivera. Image of a boy with a curl on his Forehead. oil on rice paper. A gift from Margurite Hettle Weiss
wooden sculpture, End of the Day, by John Rood.
High Chairs, by Philip C. Curtis
Exhibition Dates: April 16–May 18, 2019 The Weiss Bequest was a significant factor in the establishment of the NAU Art Museum in the mid-1980s, and the museum is pleased to feature a range of the more notable sculptures and paintings from that gift. Of particular note are two portraits by Diego Rivera, which were restored a few years ago to an archival state that will protect the paintings for years…
September 11–November 16, 2018 Lydia Gravis: Mark-making in Liminal Spaces Detail of Subtle Entrapments, by Lydia Gravis Exhibition Dates: September 11 – November 16, 2018 Artist Presentation: November 16, 2018 at 4:00PM Recent works by Lydia Gravis explore the idea of liminal psychological spaces. Through repetitive mark-making in drawings that are often very large in scale, Gravis manifests her desire to respond to the world around her, but in abstract, rather than representational form. Lived experience is re-conceived…
A Post-industrial sculpture titled ept-01-13, by Todd Volz
A Post-industrial sculpture titled 4we-02-13, by Todd Volz. ceramic and mixed media
Exhibition Dates: February 5 – March 29, 2019 Artist Presentation: March 29, 2019, 4:00 PM In this exhibit, Volz —a professional artist and educator from Boulder, Colorado — shares his recent work with the NAU and Northern Arizona community. Drawing inspiration from the forms and surfaces of antique medical devices, farm machinery, and domestic appliances, Volz’s surface treatments recall a spectrum ofindustrial materials from frosted glass to rusting steel. His skillfully crafted Post-industrial ceramic sculptures, installations, and…
Man in Boat with an instrument, edited. Illustration sketch in gouache by Cyrus Baldridge
Exhibition Dates: April 16–May 18, 2019 The NAU Art Museum recently acquired preparatory sketches used by the artist to communicate with art directors whose books Baldridge was commissioned to illustrate. Baldridge is an important historical voice in American illustration, not least for his liberal, post-colonial perspective on the costs of empire early in the twentieth century. The books that he illustrated, as well as those on which he collaborated with journalist Caroline…
September 11–November 16, 2018 Lydia Gravis: Mark-making in Liminal Spaces Detail of Subtle Entrapments, by Lydia Gravis Exhibition Dates: September 11 – November 16, 2018 Artist Presentation: November 16, 2018 at 4:00PM Recent works by Lydia Gravis explore the idea of liminal psychological spaces. Through repetitive mark-making in drawings that are often very large in scale, Gravis manifests her desire to respond to the world around her, but in abstract, rather than representational form. Lived experience is re-conceived…
A Post-industrial sculpture titled ept-01-13, by Todd Volz
A Post-industrial sculpture titled 4we-02-13, by Todd Volz. ceramic and mixed media
Exhibition Dates: February 5 – March 29, 2019 Artist Presentation: March 29, 2019, 4:00 PM In this exhibit, Volz —a professional artist and educator from Boulder, Colorado — shares his recent work with the NAU and Northern Arizona community. Drawing inspiration from the forms and surfaces of antique medical devices, farm machinery, and domestic appliances, Volz’s surface treatments recall a spectrum ofindustrial materials from frosted glass to rusting steel. His skillfully crafted Post-industrial ceramic sculptures, installations, and…
