The Advocate's Robin Miller takes a look at Robert Williams: Slang Aesthetics.
Read MoreThe Advocate: 'Godfather' of lowbrow, pop surrealist art ignited a movement that's still popular →
Exhibition
Dorothea Tanning and Georges Visat’s 'Personne'
in Exhibition
Dorothea Tanning’s Personne (Nobody) has proven to be one of the most popular pieces included in LSU Museum of Art’s exhibition Bonjour | Au Revoir Surréalisme. The book contains nine etchings each cut into three horizontal flaps that allow the head, torso, and trunk of a body to be recombined into a total of 729 figures—729 exquisite corpse figures.
Read MoreMuseum education collaboration with Martin Payton
in Exhibition, Education
We interviewed Education Curator, Rebecca Franzella, about her educational projects related to Martin Payton's exhibition Broken Time: Sculpture by Martin Payton.
Read MoreFrom the galleries to the classroom
in Education, Exhibition
Since LSU Museum of Art is a university museum, one outcome I hope for most when organizing an exhibition is for students to deeply connect with work, and find relevance to their studies. This fall, the stars aligned with Broken Time, an exhibition of Martin Payton’s welded steel sculptures, and two classes led by LSU art professor Malcolm McClay.
Read MoreA closer look at Martin Payton's installation piece
in Exhibition
One of the newest pieces in the Broken Time exhibition is Martin Payton's untitled installation. Learn how it was created, how we got it to the museum, and what it means.
Read MoreLPB's Art Rocks: Episode 513 with Martin Payton →
LPB's Art Rocks visits with Martin Payton to discuss his work and process, and what inspires him.
Read MoreCollection Spotlight: Ecce Homo in the Marketplace
in Exhibition
Currently on display as part of this recurring series of collection spotlight exhibitions is this large-scale Flemish painting, Ecce Homo in the Marketplace.
Read MoreThe Advocate: A little jazz, a lot of work lands artist Martin Payton his first solo show in Baton Rouge →
The Advocate's Robin Miller visits Martin Payton's studio to get insight on his work on display in Broken Time: Sculpture by Martin Payton.
Read MoreStaff Picks: Bonjour | Au Revoir Surréalisme
in Exhibition
The LSU MOA staff dives into surrealism and selects a few of their favorite prints on display.
Read MoreThe Advocate: Surrealist art on exhibit at LSU Museum of Art →
Country Roads: Broken Time →
in Exhibition
Country Roads' Erin Rolfs takes a closer look at the work of Martin Payton. (Photo by Lucie Monk Carter)
Read MoreThe Daily Reveille: Art history course promotes hands-on approach to learning →
in Exhibition
The Daily Reveille's Katie Gagliano goes inside the experiential learning opportunity for LSU art history students in conjunction with Bonjour | Au Revoir Surréalisme.
Read MoreInspired by Reflections
in Exhibition
We asked two LSU School of Art students, Eli Casiano and John Alleyne, to visit the exhibition Reflections: African American Life from the Myrna Colley-Lee Collection and create their own piece inspired by the work on display.
Read MoreOrganizing and activism in Reflections
in Exhibition
African American artists in the early to mid-19th century were often concerned with the question of how African Americans should be represented in artwork.
Read MoreThe Daily Reveille: Touring exhibition explores African-American life and southern experiences →
The Daily Reveille's Katie Gagliano explores Reflections: African American Life from the Myrna Colley-Lee Collection. Click here to read the article.
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