Exhibition
LSU Cornerstone featured The Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists in the 2021 Winter Issue. Read an interview and watch a video with LSU MOA Curatorial Fellow Clarke Brown and former LSU MOA Curator Courtney Taylor.
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The Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists supports growth of LSU Museum of Art’s permanent collection by funding acquisitions of works by Black, Indigenous, and Latinx artists, including those of marginalized sexualities, gender identities, and communities. LPB Art Rocks! talks to representatives from the museum including Clarke Brown, a Curatorial Fellow, who is specializing in diversity and inclusion in the arts.
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Check out ceramic works from Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection at LSU Museum of Art featured in the October 2021 issue of Ceramics Monthly.
Read MoreSonya Clark is a textile and social practice artist who uses everyday objects to implicate the construction of empire and speak about the afterlife of slavery. Recently, LSU MOA acquired one of Clark’s pieces as part of the Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists entitled French Braid and Cornrow, which is currently on view. Read this closer look at the work by LSU MOA Curatorial Fellow Clarke Brown.
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Candice Lin, La Charada China (Tobacco Version), 2019, cement with casein paint, welded steel table frame, tobacco, ceramics, distillation system (distilling a tincture of tobacco, sugar, tea, and poppy), poppy pod putty, sugarcane, white sugar, cacao, sage, ackee, oak gall, Anadenanthera, dong quai, California clay, Dominican Republic clay, metal parts, bucket, pumps, tubing, dried indigo, glass slides, bottles, drawings, tile, rubber, wood, Courtesy of the Artist and François Ghebaly Gallery, Photography by Ian Byer-Gamber
Candice Lin: The Agnotology of Tigers opens October 20, 2021 / This year's collaboration with the LSU School of Art features visiting artist Candice Lin. Her exhibition, The Agnotology of Tigers, will feature recent works based on archival images from LSU (Chinese Bandits) alongside a new configuration the installation La Charada China. Lin’s installation illuminates’ histories of social violence and a politics of forgetting that obscures the history of indentured Chinese labor and lingering stereotypes.
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Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection and The Boneyard: The Ceramics Teaching Collection featured online for Ceramics Now magazine. Click here to read.
Read MoreCarrie Mae Weems to Headline Fairfield University Art Museum’s Fall Exhibition Series. Click here to read article from Ebony Magazine.
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(Featured in Form & Fire) Daniel Rhodes (American, 1911-1989), Head, No. 223, 1985, Stoneware, 13 ½ x 11 x 16 in., Unsigned, © Daniel Rhodes
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) covers Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection and The Boneyard: The Ceramics Teaching Collection: click here to read
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(Featured in Form & Fire) Richard Shaw (American, b. 1941), Dominoes, 2003, Porcelain, 6 x 8 ½ x 2 ¾ in., Signed in pencil on front, © Richard Shaw
inRegister Magazine cover Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection and The Boneyard: The Ceramics Teaching Collection: click here to read
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Installation view of Collection Spotlight: Recent Acquisitions by Black Artists at LSU Museum of Art
Radcliffe Bailey’s works are a wonder to view in person. A storyteller, Bailey layers and assembles symbols, photographs, motifs, and text to build a narrative network between his personal history, memory, and identity to that of the African Diaspora. Read this blog post by LSU MOA Graduate Assistant Kirsten Campbell about Radcliffe Bailey’s Far Beyond the Valley, now on view in Collection Spotlight: Recent Acquisitions by Black Artists until September 26, 2021 at LSU MOA.
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Bisque works featured are unfinished ceramic works used for teaching purposes. (left to right) sauce boat by Jen Allen; mug by John Gill; head by Kensuke Yamada; handled vase by John Gill; teapot by Mike Jabbur; caged vessel by Jen Allen; rabbit by Joe Bova; pitcher by Jen Allen; cup and saucer by Lisa Orr; upside-down head by Kensuke Yamada; white mug by Lauren Gallaspy; cup by Doug Peltzman
LSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA) in Baton Rouge, LA is pleased to open on July 8, 2021, The Boneyard: The Ceramics Teaching Collection presenting the energy and legacy of ceramics demonstrations through bisqueware. This exhibition is a collaboration between LSU Museum of Art and LSU School of Art. Read the full press release to learn more.
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Andrea Gill (American, b. 1948), Tall Vase, 1991, earthenware, Promised Gift of E. John Bullard
Charles Smith (American, b. 1949), Acorn Vase, 2016, stoneware; Promised Gift of E. John Bullard
Kurt Weiser (American, b. 1950), Pair of Yunomi: Faces and Pots, 2012, porcelain; Promised Gift of E. John Bullard
Lisa Orr (American, b. 1960), Large Rabbit Bowl, 2018, polychrome glazed earthenware; Promised Gift of E. John Bullard
Paul Soldner (American, 1921–2011), Pedestal Piece from Kimono series, 1982, unglazed Raku fired earthenware; Promised Gift of E. John Bullard
Peter Voulkos (American, 1924–2002), Chimney Pot, 1964, glazed stoneware; Promised Gift of E. John Bullard
Roberto Lugo (American, b. 1981), Covered Jar: Theaster Gates and Jesse Williams Portraits, 2016, porcelain; Promised Gift of E. John Bullard
William Brouillard ( American, b. 1947), Machine Age Analog Icon Charger, 2015, earthenware; Promised Gift of E. John Bullard
LSU Museum of Art (LSU MOA) in Baton Rouge, LA is pleased to open on July 8, 2021, Form & Fire: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection, featuring a group of over 100 American studio ceramic works on long-term loan and are a promised gift by bequest to the LSU Museum of Art from E. John Bullard. Read the full press release to learn more.
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Woodshop News covers The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design in this feature.
Read MoreAs museum professionals, a huge part of our jobs are to make exhibits look seamless, effortless, and as perfect as possible. Behind the scenes though works with damage are conserved by professional conservators. Check out this blog post written by LSU MOA Registrar Olivia Peltier to learn about two recent acquisitions restored and now on view in the galleries!
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Frederick J. Brown (American, 1945–2012), Sarah, 1998, oil on linen, Promised gift of Arthur Roger, L2020.15
(detail): Frederick J. Brown (American, 1945–2012), Sarah, 1998, oil on linen, Promised gift of Arthur Roger, L2020.15
(detail): Frederick J. Brown (American, 1945–2012), Sarah, 1998, oil on linen, Promised gift of Arthur Roger, L2020.15
(detail): Frederick J. Brown (American, 1945–2012), Sarah, 1998, oil on linen, Promised gift of Arthur Roger, L2020.15
LSU MOA Collections Intern Alaina Newell takes a closer look at Frederick J. Brown's Sarah now on view in our Art in Louisiana Portrait Gallery.
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