NEW Acquisitions—Latin America
News from Latin America

Jan. 30 - June 10, 2006

The ASU Art Museum collection of work from Latin America has strength in Mexican modernism and contemporary Cuban work, with the largest publicly held collection of Cuban works outside the island made by artists of the 1990s. These works reflect changing social and political conditions of life on the island as they simultaneously reflect on aesthetic and personal concerns of its inhabitants. New works include Dislexia by Ivan Capote. Made of used machine parts, it challenges the viewer to read a philosophical text hidden under a coating of motor oil. The kinetic work challenges our ability to read and perceive quickly, and delivers a philosophical adage for those who can. Other new acquisitions include paintings by Eduardo Ponjuan, Pedro Alvarez; a photograph by Cirenaica Moreira, a drawing by Fernando Rodríguez, prints by Enrique Chagoya, Luis Jimenez, Kcho and Los Carpinteros; and works from a large gift of Latin American folk art given by Virginian collector Pete Cecere. The exhibition is in memory of Pedro Alvarez (1967-2004).

NEW Acquisitions—Contemporary Art
NEW to the ASU Art Museum Collection

Feb. 4 - Aug. 4, 2006

Bob Carey, American
Snow Ballerina, 2003
digital photograph, 13 x 15"
Museum Purchase

This exhibition focuses on the range of contemporary art acquired over the past two years, reflecting the museum's collection and exhibition goals. Recent purchases and gifts include multimedia installations by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle and Maurizio Pellegrin; paintings by Michael Ray Charles, Bob Adams and John Bankston; prints by Xiaoze Xie and Nathan Oliveira; and ceramic sculpture by Rudy Autio. These provocative and compelling works are of aesthetic interest and educational value for a broad audience.

NEW Acquisitions—Prints
Lasting Impressions: Selections from the Print Collection 2003-2005

Feb. 4 - Aug. 5, 2005

In the past two years, the ASU Art Museum has added prints from artists within the United States and abroad to increase its global range. The exhibition includes gifts and purchases of works by artists from South Africa, Japan, Mexico, England and the United States, including works by Leonard Baskin, Enrique Chagoya, Sue Coe, Sam Gilliam, Yozo Hamaguchi, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Claudette Schreuders, Charles White, William Wiley.

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