Past Exhibitions

Triptych of photos: Left - a person holding a shiny object, standing near a bus. Middle - a person looking at a cityscape under a cloudy sky. Right - a group of people playing soccer on a street at night.

Song Tao, From Last Century, 2004-6 (34minutes, 7seconds)

Artist Project Space

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Artist Song Tao’s three-part video humorously and poetically engages the dynamic cityscape of Shanghai, China’s largest metropolis. The artist and his cast transform public wastebaskets, crowded bus stops, wide boulevards, and sprawling high rises into spaces of play and personal reflection.

Natural stone bridge lit from below with a brilliant starfield above

National Geographic Greatest Photographs of the American West

Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery

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In this special exhibition, wide open spaces, spectacular rock formations, and the cowboy life are examined alongside struggles for limited natural resources, Native American cultural continuity, and new energy sources.

A black and white photograph of a woman dancing energetically, wearing a dress with a feathered skirt.

CSWS “Women’s Stories, Women’s Lives”

Upper Hallway Galleries

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This special selection of photographs from the permanent collection are on view in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the Center for the Study of Women in Society, a campus organization that creates, funds, and shares research that addresses the complicated nature of gender identities and inequalities.

A vibrant painting of a young man in a tennis outfit holding a racket, with an abstract, colorful background of multicolored dots, resembling a cheering crowd.

Art of the Athlete II

Education Corridor

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Building on last year’s collaboration with the John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes and the UO Department of Arts and Administration, this year’s show features work created by UO student athletes from a variety of sports: football, soccer, men’s and women’s golf, track and field, cheerleading, men’s and women’s basketball.

Surrealist artwork by Joan Miró, featuring abstract shapes and bright colors including red, blue, and yellow, against a white background.

Transatlanticism

John and Ethel MacKinnon Gallery

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This exhibition focuses on Iberian and Latin American Transatlantic Studies, featuring works by such important modern and contemporary masters as Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002), Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983), Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), and Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991), among others.

An ornate religious icon featuring the Virgin Mary with child, surrounded by an array of smaller religious scenes and angels, all richly adorned with gold accents and intricate detailing.

Ave Maria Marian Devotional Works from Eastern and Western Christendom

A. Dean & Lucile I. McKenzie Gallery

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The Virgin Mary has been venerated in art and visual culture since the late Middle Ages throughout Christian Europe. Featuring both painted panels and ivories, from the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Yugoslavia and Greece, this new exhibition in the McKenzie Gallery explores a variety of symbolic representations of Mary and iconic scenes from her life.

Iconic photograph of Che Guevara wearing a black beret and zippered jacket

Korda and the Revolutionary Image

Focus Gallery

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This exhibition features photographs of such historical figures as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.

Red square with the words JSMA @ 80

Living Legacies The JSMA @ 80

Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery

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In honor of the JSMA’s 80th anniversary, “Living Legacies” will celebrate collectors and collections in our community that reflect the JSMA’s vision for the future.

A group of people gathered in a conversation near a church. The individuals are dressed in winter clothing, with a variety of hats and coats, and appear to be deeply engaged in their discussion.

New American Acquisitions

Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Gallery

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Features works acquired, through gift and purchase, over the last five years, since Lasting Legacies, reflecting a more expansive collecting mission and enhanced service to our on- and off-campus constituents.

Black and white photography of a person with short dark hair wearing glasses and a dark shirt with hands held as though waltzing with an invisible person

Helmuth Rilling Expressions and Experience

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This exhibit of images by Eugene photographers Warren Morgan, Juretta Nidever, Jon Meyers, and others aims to capture the artistry, friendship, and humanity the community has enjoyed with this humble yet influential leader.

3D artwork of red and white painted wood with a circle cut into the middle and two bars across the circle at an angle

Su Kwak Light Journey An Odyssey in Paint

Focus Gallery

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Organized by the Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University and curated by Dr. Jungsil Lee, this retrospective exhibition of the art of Su Kwak brings together a body of work that affirms the artist’s distinctive use of light and color to affirm her spiritual life.

Photograph of a medium-light skinned person sitting on a black and white striped bench wearing a white three-piece suit with a black tie and a black and white fedora. The table and room have black and white stripes in varied directions with one strip each in neon yellow, neon blue, and neon orange.

Ming Wong Life and Death in Venice

Artist Project Space

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In conjunction with the fourth annual Cinema Pacific film festival, which this year focuses on the cinema of Singapore and Mexico, Singapore-artist Wong shows his 3-channel Life and Death in Venice.

Abstract print of overlapping curved lines in vibrant rainbow colors

Piero Dorazio & the Responsive Eye

John and Ethel MacKinnon Gallery

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In conjunction with the American Association of Italian Studies Conference, held in Eugene April 11–14, this special exhibition presents a series of nearly twenty experimental Op (Optical) art color aquatints and lithographs by the influential Italian artist Piero Dorazio (1927-2005).

Focus on Tibet

Focus Gallery

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In conjunction with the May 10 Eugene visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the JSMA is presenting a small selection of art from Tibet and relating to Tibetan Buddhism, largely drawn from the museum’s permanent collection.