From the Collection of Stéphane Janssen
Arizona State University Art Museum
Nelson Fine Arts Center
February 8 through May 11, 2003
image credit: Pierre Alechinsky, 1985, Ciel en circuit fermé,
1985, mixed medium, 78 _ x 78 _
Courtesy of the collection of Stéphane Janssen.
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, February 8, 2003
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dual opening with the exhibition
Shared Passion: Sara and David Lieberman
Collection of Contemporary Ceramics and Craft
CoBrA: From the Collection of Stéphane
Janssen
Named for Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam, from which the original
group reflects post-war malaise and shifts in philosophical thought that
prefigure post-modernism. The artists of CoBrA took stock of their culture
in the aftershock of the horrors of Nazi genocide and the extermination
camps. Their work demonstrates a recasting of European traditions and
innovation, creating a visual vocabulary for expression of a new worldview.
The group existed under the CoBrA rubric for only the period of 1945-51;
but associations among them preceded and endured after, and works from
before and after will be shown in this major exhibition.Artists in the
Exhibition
Works by the following artist are included in this exhibition: Asger Jorn,
Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Constant, Corneille, Christian Dotremont,
Henry Heerup, Serge Vandercam, Reinhoud, and work by other artists still
to be confirmed.
Exhibition Gallery Guide Essay
View ASU Director/Chief Curator, Marilyn A. Zeitlin's, exhibition
gallery guide text online.
Opening Reception
On Saturday, February 8, the ASU Art Museum will present receptions for
CoBrA: From the Collection of Stéphane Janssen and Shared Passion
from 7 – 9pm at the Arizona State University Art Museum's Nelson
Fine Arts Center location and Ceramics Research Center.
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by Marilyn A. Zeitlin, CoBrA: From the Collection of Stéphane
Janssen will be installed in the Arizona State University Art Museum Nelson
Fine Arts Center location.
Duration
CoBrA: From the Collection of Stéphane Janssen (February 8 - May
11, 2003) is open at the Nelson Fine Arts Center Tuesday from 10am to
9pm, Wednesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
Support
The exhibition and related programs are supported in part by Friends of
the ASU Art Museum.
ASU Art Museum Exhibitions
Selected past exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum include:
Subjectivity: Photography of Themselves
Joel-Peter Witkin Photographs
Face Off: Paintings by Michael Ray Charles
and Jean-Michel Basquiat
Salute, Walt Witman: Recent Photographs
by Duane Michals
Shirin Neshat: Rapture
Frogs and Dogs: David Gilhooly and
Roy De Forest
For more information contact John Spiak at spiak@asu.edu.
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