ICYMI - this video tempting your tastebuds for the "Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing" exhibit. Have you seen it yet? It's amazing!
Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing on view now through December 8th - don't miss it!
ICYMI - artist Connie Imboden on how her photography process intends to “take the body and put it back together in a new way in hoping that that new way says something meaningful or poetic.”
See Endless Transformations – The Alchemy of Connie Imboden, now through December 8th.
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Clip shot and produced by Joe Rubino
📷 #worldphotographyday
Upcoming AU Museum artist Connie Imboden on how her photography processes “take the body and put it back together in a new way in hoping that that new way says something meaningful or poetic.”
See Endless Transformations – The Alchemy of Connie Imboden. Opening 09.07.24
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Clip shot and produced by Joe Rubino
Sneak Peek - so looking forward to our Ralph Steadman exhibit in the fall!
"One of the nice things about painting is that you do it all by yourself. It is one of the few things I can think of that you have complete control over. You do it. You make it. It’s over. A composer needs a musician. An architect needs a builder. For me, the painting is over when I finish it.
"I’m interested in the first impressions. The large masses you see when your eyes are half open before the details get in the way. I am interested in the way shapes merge. I am interested in what information you take from life …. and how you translate it in classic terms on a flat service.
I am interested in color before it becomes a rendered thing. I am interested in how the canvas is divided…how you enter and move around…how you turn the corners in a painting. I am interested in paintings that cannot be explained by words."
-Jack Boul
See Boul's work in the exhibition 'Jack Boul: Perceptual Painting' -- on display now through Aug 11th.
Step into the colorful, abstract, and whimsical world of Dickson Carroll at the "Dickson Carroll, Retrospective, 1973 to 2023," on display through August 11.
This exhibition highlights Carroll's dual role as an artist and architect, showcasing how these disciplines intertwine in his visionary creations. From imaginative building models to beautifully crafted furniture and illuminated river scenes, Carroll's hand-carved wooden works reflect both function and beauty. Explore fifty years of artistic and architectural brilliance in this exuberant retrospective. Don't miss the chance to experience Carroll's unique three-dimensional visions!
Have a one-on-one conversation with the artist! Artist/architect Dickson Carroll will be on hand and available for individual discussion/questions in the Alper space for his exhibition Dickson Carroll Retrospective, 1973 to 2023.
Exhibit 'Dickson Carroll, Retrospective, 1973 to 2023' on display 'til Aug 11.
May 5th at 9am --Don’t miss Bob Schieffer’s CBS Sunday Morning interview as he talks about his AU Museum Looking for the Light!
Hey AU students and DC neighbors! The weather's been pretty moody lately. We hope you're enjoying the great outdoors while it's nice and warm. But when it's cold and windy, we recommend visiting us at the Museum and viewing our Spring exhibitions.
We're open Wednesday–Sunday, 11am–4pm.
See you soon!
🌍 Join us on Thursday, April 25th for a powerful panel discussion titled "Responsibility and Action in a Changing Climate" featuring esteemed climate scientists Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D., and Chitra Kumar. Moderated by artist Ellyn Weiss, the discussion will explore the exhibition "The Human Flood" and the impacts of climate change on mass migration. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with important conversations about our collective future.
Register for the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-discussion-the-human-flood-tickets-777862316127
#ClimateChange #TheHumanFlood
Artist Miriam Mörsel Nathan – from our exhibition Art and the Demands of Memory: Works by Second Generation Holocaust Survivors – recounts her mother’s experience in the concentration camp Terezín in Czechoslovakia. “A group of inmates were ordered to build a crematorium outside the camp. After cremation, the ashes were placed into paper urns and stored in chronological order in the casemates so the Nazis would have clear evidence of how many Jews were dead. In 1944 the Nazis ordered the urns to be emptied into the river Ohre. One day, shortly before the end of the war, I was ordered to these casemates to be part of a human chain stretching to the river. We were removing the urns with the ashes, passing them from hand to hand, to be finally thrown into the river. For days upon end there were ashes floating on the surface. We all thought that the Nazis wanted to destroy the evidence, but actually they were emptying the casemates to turn them into gas chambers.” The painted boxes in the installation ZDENKA are to remind us of those paper urns, labeled and numbered, in which the ashes of women, children and men were stored until they were thrown in the river.
Artist Miriam Mörsel Nathan – from our exhibition Art and the Demands of Memory: Works by Second Generation Holocaust Survivors – recounts her mother’s experience in the concentration camp Terezín in Czechoslovakia.
“A group of inmates were ordered to build a crematorium outside the camp. After cremation, the ashes were placed into paper urns and stored in chronological order in the casemates so the Nazis would have clear evidence of how many Jews were dead. In 1944 the Nazis ordered the urns to be emptied into the river Ohre. One day, shortly before the end of the war, I was ordered to these casemates to be part of a human chain stretching to the river. We were removing the urns with the ashes, passing them from hand to hand, to be finally thrown into the river. For days upon end there were ashes floating on the surface. We all thought that the Nazis wanted to destroy the evidence, but actually they were emptying the casemates to turn them into gas chambers.”
The painted boxes in the installation ZDENKA are to remind us of those paper urns, labeled and numbered, in which the ashes of women, children and men were stored until they were thrown in the river.