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What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the ancient world? Some recall the architecture of Athens and Rome, others classical nude sculpture or the vivid red-figure Greek pottery. More will first think of the scores of gods, heroes, and monsters that star in ancient myth and epic such as Zeus and Hades, Achilles and Odysseus, Icarus and Oedipus, or modern-day interpretations like Disney’s Hercules or Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. Centuries later, the legacy and influence of ancient antiquity continues to endure.
The University of Oregon’s art department has a long and distinguished tradition of teaching metalsmithing and jewelry making. Working With Metal: A Teaching Selection draws on the JSMA’s extensive metalwork collection, presenting a group of works selected by current UO art faculty members Anya Kevarkis and Claire Webb to support their metalsmith teaching. Their selections draw on metalwork in the museum’s founding collection of East Asian Art donated by Gertrude Bass Warner; works donated by Max Nixon, UO’s longtime metalsmith faculty member; and works from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection of 29th Century Metalwork.
This exhibition showcases the intriguing intertextual nature of such themes in Japanese prints and highlights how they appear and recur with additional nuances in poetry, classical tales (including parodies), theatrical performances, and the culture of courtesans.
This thematic exhibition was instigated by History of Art and Architecture Professor Akiko Walley’s Spring 2024 seminar, Art of Tea in Japan. With support from Megumi Unno, a certified Ura Senke tea practitioner, and using objects from the JSMA’s permanent collection and loans from generous private collectors, Walley’s undergraduate and graduate students learned about the history, aesthetic principles, and practice of the Japanese “way of tea” (chadō or sadō).
Presented as part of artist Steve Prince’s multi-visit residency with his partner and collaborator Leah Glenn, Kitchen Table Talk presents a selection of drawings, prints, and installation that reflect on the conversations that occur around the kitchen table.
This exhibition features the renowned Tattoo series created by Chinese artist Qiu Zhijie (born 1969), one of the most prolific and influential artists, critics, curators and educators in China today. Qiu Zhijie began the Tattoo series in 1994. He, himself, is the bare-chested, expressionless figure in all the photographs. In the article “The Limit of Freedom”, Qiu remarked:
Drawing upon the comprehensive Calvin and Hobbes collection held by the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at Ohio State University, the JSMA is proud to present the first exhibition of original Calvin and Hobbes art displayed outside of the Billy Ireland Museum itself.
This exhibition is the result of the Spring 2024 History through Chinese Art and Material Culture course taught by Professor Ina Asim in which undergraduate students focused on artworks from the museum’s permanent collection as primary research materials to study social history, art symbolism, technological innovation, and the history of collecting.
Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery
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This exhibition examines artistic responses to violence instigated by state regimes across the Americas to disclose censored narratives, argue for the importance of artmaking as an act of memory and witnessing, advocate research, and seek justice.
Wan Koo and Young Ja Huh Wing and Jin Joo Gallery of Korean Art
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This exhibition features a broad scope of artworks that visually and conceptually depict nature and the world incorporating methods, aesthetics, and ideas derived from Korea and other cultures from the eighteenth century through the present.
Emilio Sánchez (b. 1921 Camagüey, Cuba – 1999 New York) and Paloma Vianey (b. Ciudad Juárez, México) investigate line, color, light, and space in their formal studies, reflecting an interest and passion for architectural motifs. Adopting the visual vocabulary of photography and painting, their cropped views reveal fragmented narratives balanced by vibrant warm colors and brightly lit vistas.
Born and raised in Portland, Toedtemeier was a fixture in the Oregon
cultural community until his untimely passing in 2008 at the age of 61. The
exhibition highlights the range of Toedtemeier’s photographic work.
Pious Customs: Religious Painting in European Art examines a selection of Orthodox icons and religious painting from Italy, France, and the Netherlands, ranging from the 14th to the 20th century. As a comparative
exhibition, it aims to illustrate the diverging traditions of European religious art, but also the iconographic and stylistic similarities fostered by complex networks of trade, cultural, exchange, and interaction between Christian Byzantium and Europe.
The University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art celebrates 16 years of NewArt Northwest Kids, our annual K–12 juried student exhibition. This year’s theme, inspired by Strange Weather: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, asked students to think creatively about the fragility of earth and human relationships. Students were invited to use their imagination and problem-solving skills to represent solutions for improving our world, including addressing climate-based challenges in our present and future.
