Selections from the Ovitz Family Collection
Arizona State University Art Museum
June 7 through September 28, 2008
Anselm Reyle, Untitled, 2007. Mixed media on canvas with stainless steel frame, 89 ½ x 130 ¾ inches
Courtesy of the Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles. Photo Credit: Matthias Kolb
NOW: Selections from the Ovitz Family Collection
NOW: Selections from the Ovitz Family Collection presents works by international contemporary artists. Dating from 2006 to 2008, the works illustrate recent trends in contemporary art that are fresh from the artists’ studios. These works are also recent acquisitions to the Ovitz Family Collection that highlights both established and emerging artists. Michael and Judy Ovitz began collecting art in the 1970s, and are listed among the world’s top collectors by publications such as ARTNews and Art & Antiquities.
Exhibition Artists
Artists featured in NOW include Mark Bradford, Rachel Harrison, Richard Hughes, Jamie Isenstein, Katy Moran, Anselm Reyle, Stephen G. Rhodes, Sterling Ruby, Andro Wekua, and Thomas Zipp. Richard Hughes and Andro Wekua will also be part of Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International opening in May 2008. Rachel Harrison is featured in the 2008 Whitney Biennial.
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by Andrea Feller, ASU Art Museum Interim Curator of Education, will be installed in the Arizona State University Art Museum’s Nelson Fine Arts Center location.
Duration
NOW: Selections from the Ovitz Family Collection (June 7 through September 28, 2008) is open at the ASU Art Museum: Tuesday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. (summer hours: Tuesday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.);
Wednesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
Sunday, 1-5 p.m.;
Closed Monday and holidays
ASU Art Museum Exhibitions
Selected past exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum include:
Bill Viola: Buried Secrets
The Other Mainstream: Selections from the Collection of Mikki and Stanley Weithorn
Screenshots: Digital Drawings by Jon Haddock
Carl Andre / Tim Hawkinson
Pipilotti Rist : Sip My Ocean and other videos
Sites Around the City: Art and Environment
Shirin Neshat: Rapture
Andreas Gursky: Photographs
William Kentridge: Ubu Tells the Truth and Other Stories
Anthony Goicolea: Photographs, Videos and Drawings
Gardening with Oscar Oiwa: New Paintings
Jim Campbell: Transforming Time, Electronic Works 1990-1999
Hung Liu: New Paintings
Topsy Turvy: Sculpture by Alison Saar
Dennis Oppenheim: Alternate Current
More information contact John Spiak at spiak@asu.edu.
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