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Ladies and gentlemen! Children of all ages! Step right up to the spectacular holiday exhibition Under the Big Top LSU Museum of Art Shaw Center for the Arts Director’s Message Feature Ask the Director Endowment Society Party Providing advice in the visual arts since 2009 “I see a lot of artists represented at On October 20, members of the LSU Museum of Art Endowment Q. the Museum and aspire to have my work on Society had an opportunity to get together for an exclusive event at display as well. How do I go about it? Do I the home of Donna and John Fraiche. The delightful evening, co- have to know someone at the Museum? ” hosted by Fran and Leroy Harvey, was filled with art, conversation, and -Working Hard in the Studio music. Guests were entertained by pianist Louis Wendt and violinist Christy Gandy while enjoying scrumptious hors d’oeuvres and wine. LSU Chancellor Michael Martin was in attendance and thanked the A. Dear Working Hard: First of all, keep Society members for contributing to the sustainability of the Museum. working. The LSU Museum of Art wants to The Endowment Society has provided funds for both acquisitions encourage as many artists as possible. Our and programming and galleries reflect our efforts to showcase work its members continue to from both experienced and emerging artists on contribute to the future a regular basis. Naturally, we have a bias toward of the Museum. artists who have taught or were taught at Louisiana State University, and we often feature their work in our galleries. That being said, Beginning in January and through the end of April of 2012, the public will have a however, our track record for the past year has chance to see the fabulous sculpture of Jesús Moroles at the LSU Museum of Art. It is also included one-person shows of artists with no hard to describe the power of viewing granite handled as if it were paper. I have been a fan of Moroles since previous ties to the University or to the Museum overseeing the installation of one of his fountains in the Museum of Fine Art in Santa Fe more than 25 years of Art, George Rodrigue and Jesús Moroles. ago. During those intervening years, Moroles has been extraordinarily busy creating commissions, expanding The professional staff of the Museum is his studio in Rockport, Texas, and placing his work in public and private collections all over the world. A second looking for artists with quality work. Pure and home/studio in Cerrillos, New Mexico, serves as a multipurpose exhibition space showcasing the work of artists simple. You do not have to be affiliated with a from other countries. gallery, but it certainly helps. A gallery gets your If you visit New York City, you can see one of his largest works, located across the street from the Museum of name out and acts as a visual filter for museums. Modern Art. Created in 1987, Lapstrake is large by anyone’s standards, more than 22 feet tall and weighing in at Still, it begs the question of how selections are 64 tons. Still, it is not his largest single work. He just completed made. Virtually all museums have standards and a 50-foot-high work in Shanghai, surrounded by a 200 foot criteria from which they work. Even the Museum “river” of stone. From a standpoint of scale, his Houston Police “These sculptures are of Bad Art (yes, there really is such a place) has Officers’ Memorial (1992) comprises a huge area of somber criteria from which they select their collection. stone and stepped pyramids, all in the pastoral setting of more environmental Mercifully, the LSU Museum of Art has radically Hermann Park, just minutes from the downtown area. differing standards. How prolific is Jesús Moroles? More than 2,000 of his works than traditional...” So, keep working. Get some gallery support can be seen in China, Egypt, Switzerland, Japan, France, and if at all possible. Get critiques from as many across the United States. He has participated in over 170 one- people as possible—preferably those with a person exhibitions and approximately 200 group shows. He is represented in 300-plus museums throughout degree of artistic knowledge. Who knows? the world and in public collections as diverse as the City of Albuquerque and Xiadu Park, Yanqing, China. In Perhaps you will be the next artist discovered, recognition of his prodigious talent and output, he garnered a National Medal of Arts Award—the highest honor right here in Baton Rouge. given to artists by the U.S. government—at the White House in 2008. All of which brings us back to your chance to see and judge his work for yourself. The exhibition is unlike Thomas A. Livesay anything the Museum of Art has presented to date. These sculptures are more environmental than traditional, Executive Director and the landscape of the galleries is altered accordingly. The granite is wedged apart here, hammered-and- polished there, and stacked, jolted, and formed into shapes that defy their media. Send your questions about the visual arts to: In 1981 Moroles wrote, “Part of what I attempt to do with my sculpture is Director, LSU Museum of Art, to bring the quarry into the gallery—to make the stone important by drawing 100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70801 attention to it, and to show the finished pieces as the result of an interaction between man and nature.” The quarry is indeed in the gallery. Come see for yourself. COVER Image: Thomas A. Livesay Jesús Moroles (American, b. 1950), Brown Interlocking Executive Director Triptych, 1984. Morning rose

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P a otto April 29,2012. command thespaceofonegalleryfloor, invitingpatrons toplayagame. even sitonsomeofhisworks.Agiant chessboard set,madeentirely ofgranite,will willbeencouragedtotouch,explore,than mostmuseumexhibitions.Visitors and movements. personality withineachpieceandextractsitthrough aseriesofdeliberate at firstseemsimple,buthehasadeepunderstandingofthestone.Hefinds striking adelicatebalancebetweennature andman-madeart.Hisprocess may nature withinthestone.Moroles’ sculptures are celebratedfortheirserenity, as thoseatStonehenge.More modestlysizedfigures reaffirm the presence of very resistance enticeshim toworkwiththemedium. material. Heclaimsthathestruggleswithgranite,butalsosuggests this concede tohiseverydesire, headmitsthatdoesnothavefullcontrol overthe smooth surfaces. then letsthestonebreak on itsown,creating acontrastbetweenrough and the sawupandoutrepeatedly creates slicesthrough thelayersofgranite.He almost likeachiselinorder tocutpainstakinglythrough thedensestone.Pushing works are featured intheexhibitionTearing Granite . Moroles, however, doesjustthat.Moroles’ awe-inspiring,monumentalsculptural construction uses.Fewhaveventured tousethestoneproduce fineart.Jesús diamonds initslevelofhardness, graniteisknownforitsendlesshouseholdand wasneverboldenoughtoattemptanartworkingranite!Secondonly Bernini “softasdough.”Buteventhemasterful boasted thatinhishands,marbleturned Centuries ago,famedItaliansculptorGianLorenzo(Italian,1598-1680) Bernini g e Observe Moroles’ boldworksofgranite,ondisplayfrom January22through Tearing Granite:JesúsMoroles willprovide visitorswithanexperiencedifferent Some ofMoroles’ sculptures recall largeprehistoric, monolithicstones,such Although Moroles seemsto possesstheextraordinary abilitytomakestone Moroles employsuntraditionalcarvingtechniques.Heusesadiamondsaw TOp m: J Le e sús f t

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5 LSU Museum of Art Future Exhibitions Gregory Scott Under the Big Top is a fanciful exhibition on display March – September 2012 Gallery I throughout the holiday season. This exhibition highlights the magic and timelessness of the circus At first glance, the works of Gregory Scott appear to be simple photographs Also on Display through the Museum’s spectacular collection of toys or paintings. Upon closer inspection, however, they reveal surprising elements and fine art and turn-of-the-century photography and of movement through video. This movement is seamlessly incorporated into the still picture, resulting in narrative compositions that are puzzling, circus posters on loan from a private collector. entertaining, and surprising. See ferocious stuffed animals and amazing antique Ladies and gentlemen! Children of all ages! toys! Nostalgia fills the air as colorful circus wagons and Gregory Scott (American, b. 1957), Mytopia, 2010. Archival digital print, oil on canvas and HD video. Image courtesy of Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago. trains full of exotic animals roll into the gallery space. The spectacle of dozens of antique toys, from the Museum’s Step right up Gabriel Dawe permanent collection and items on loan from a private April 2012 – April 2013 collection bring amazement and delight to all. Gill Hamilton Gallery Enjoy exciting works of art! The visual excitement Gabriel Dawe’s large-scale installations are made from thousands of different to the that accompanies the circus has intrigued artists for spectacular colored threads and take up to five weeks to create. His site-specific thread centuries. Exotic animals march into the ring in a graphic installations are breathtaking in their size and mesmerizing in their medium holiday exhibition watercolor painting by Newcomb Pottery artist Cecile and color. Owen. View artworks that depict circus characters, Gabriel dawe (Mexican, b. 1973), Plexus No.3, 2010. Thread, wood and nails. including a nineteenth-century drawing of acrobatic Image courtesy of the artist. the figures by English illustrator John Leech. An Under abstraction print of a juggler by Caroline Durieux, a Once Upon a Time native New Orleanian and former LSU professor, will March – October 2012 take your breath away. LA Machinery Gallery Be amazed by historic posters and photographs! From castles to frogs, this unique exhibition highlights selections from the Under the Big Top features a display of circus images permanent collection in a way that explores some of the best-known fairy from a private collection. See vibrant and whimsical circus tales of our time. This exhibition will be held in conjunction with the LSU Big posters. Archival photographs of dancers, acrobats, and English Department’s Enchantments: An Evening of Fairy Tales on April 1. clowns from the 1930s-era circus provides an exclusive look William Westall (British, 1781-1850), Durham Cathedral from the River Side, at the private, behind-the-scenes world of the big top. 1814. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William May, 66.5. Continue the heartwarming tradition! Since the 1960s, the LSU Museum of Art has showcased vintage Top and antique toys during the holiday season. The Museum will participate in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for A Tale of Two Cities: Tots program in conjunction with the holiday show. During Eugéne Atget’s Paris and November and December, the Museum will collect new, unwrapped toys to be distributed to needy children within Berenice Abbott’s New York Organized by the Syracuse University Art Galleries the greater Baton Rouge area. To share the joy of the May 20 – July 22, 2012 season, bring a new toy with you when you visit Under the Big Top. A Tale of Two Cities examines the work of two artists who were inextricably linked to each other Step right up, step right up... Be amazed, be enchanted, and to the development of modern photography. be mystified, be amused... The circus has begun!! Eugéne Atget, dismayed by the amount of architectural history being destroyed during the modernization of Paris, began photographing the city’s shop fronts, streets, and neighborhoods. Berenice Abbott, who met Atget in 1925, was deeply affected by his images, Faces of Pride: Elizabeth Catlett saying later that they gave her a sudden flash of recognition—the shock of realism unadorned. Abbott later February – June 2012 embarked on a project to document the ever-changing Gotham landscape of New York City. Her efforts produced Modern Gallery a catalog of images that, like Atget’s earlier photographs of Paris, records the essential character of the city. In conjunction with A Tale of Two Cities, the LSU Textile and Costume Museum will showcase dresses and Faces of Pride is devoted to the powerful and timeless drawings, prints, and sculptures of famed fashionable accessories from New York and Paris, dating between 1910 and 1950. The Hill Memorial Library on artist Elizabeth Catlett, on loan from the Stella Jones Gallery in New Orleans. Catlett’s inspiring the LSU Campus will also host a complimentary exhibition on Fonville Winans. works served as the inspiration for Rufus Reid’s award winning jazz composition Quiet Pride, LSU Museum of Art which will be performed at the Manship Theatre in conjunction with this exhibition. Eugene Atget (French 1857-1927), Untitled, c. 1921-1926. Gelatin silver print. Syracuse University Art Galleries. Berenice

abbott (American, 1898-1991), Jersey Railroad Yard, 1936. Gelatin silver print. Syracuse University Art Galleries. 7 Elizabeth Catlett (American, b. 1915), Mother and child, 1982. Bronze. Image courtesy of Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans. Open until 8pm Museum Store Christmas Trunk Show Dec 10am-8 pm Free First Sunday Museum Closed Open until 8pm A Blue Holiday Free Admission, 1-4 pm Fifth Floor George Rodrigue Last day to see Book Signing Copley to Warhol: Shaw Center for the 200 Years of Museum Closed Open until 8pm Arts Atrium, 2 pm American Art What Makes a Masterpiece? Free Admission, 2 pm

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Museum Closed for Museum Closed Open until 8pm New Year’s Day Jan Museum Closed Open until 8pm Second Saturdays: Color Bingo Free Admission, Fifth Floor, 10 am – 2 pm Meditation at the Museum Artist Demonstrations Fifth Floor, 5:30 pm Fifth Floor, 1 pm

Museum Closed Distinguished Lecture Series: Jesús Moroles Open until 8pm Members reception LSU College of Art + Design for Tearing Granite: Museum after Dark: History of Coffee LSU Campus, First Floor lecture hall (RM 103), 5 pm Jesús Moroles Fifth Floor, 5:30 pm 6:30 – 8:30 pm

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Gallery Talk: Jesús Moroles Fifth Floor, 2pm Museum Closed

Open until 8pm Meditation at the Museum Fifth Floor, 5:30 pm Feb Free First Sunday Museum Closed Open until 8pm Second Saturdays: Free Admission, Fifth Floor Name That Artwork! Free Admission, Fifth Floor, Free First Sunday Tour 10 am – 2 pm Behind-the-scenes look at Tearing Granite with the curator Fifth Floor, 2 pm Museum Closed Open until 8pm Museum Closed Spanish Town Parade Museum after Dark Fifth Floor, Time TBA

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Museum Closed Rufus Reid Project musical composition inspired by sculptures by Elizabeth Catlett. Manship Theatre, 7:30 pm Contact Manship Theatre for tickets at 225-344-0334. Events Volunteer Opportunities at LSU Museum of Art The LSU Museum of Art depends on volunteers. Opportunities are available to serve as docents, museum store clerks, and gallery December attendants. You can assist with research, exhibition installation, public relations, events, and general office work. Consider volunteering your time. For more information, contact LeAnn Russo at 225-389-7211; [email protected]. Museum Store Christmas Trunk Show 10 am-8 your museum visit. Children must be accompanied by Volunteer Profile 2 pm, Museum open 5-8 pm, Free Admission, an adult, “Take-and-Make” supplies are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Groups of 10 or more 4 Free First Sunday Free Admission, Fifth Floor who would like to participate in our Second Saturday programs are encouraged to email education curator, Last day to see Copley to Warhol: 200 Years of Lara Gautreau to make a reservation at American Art Celebrating the Centennial of 4 [email protected]. This program is made possible though the New Orleans Museum of Art Free Admission support from Ms. Marjorie Childs.

What Makes a Masterpiece? Free Admission, Artist Demonstration Free Admission, Fifth 4 Fifth Floor, 2 pm The exhibition Copley to Warhol 14 Floor, 1 pm The artist’s process has fascinated highlights works by significant American artists, many and baffled viewers for centuries. Join LSU Past and Students are a part of the Arts! of which are considered “masterpieces.” But what Present gallery artists Alex Harvie and Chris Smith as makes an artwork a “masterpiece?” Who bestows they reveal how a blank canvas becomes a work of art. that honor? What criteria are used? John Bullard, Student Worker’s and Volunteers the New Orleans Museum of Art Director Emeritus, Distinguished Lecture Series: Jesús Moroles shares his insight into this interesting and sometimes 18 LSU College of Art + Design, LSU Campus, First The LSU Museum of Art and Museum Store are proud to have student workers and student puzzling distinction. Floor lecture hall (RM 103), 5 pm The LSU College of Art volunteers to help out on a daily basis. They are LSU students who study in many curriculums + Design Distinguished Lecture Series presents sculptor including marketing, advertising, mass communications, art education, biology and A Blue Holiday 1-4 pm The LSU Museum Jesús Moroles. kinesiology. They help in the museum store as well as at the admissions desk in the museum. 10 of Art is proud to announce an encore book They also assist other museum staff when needed. We salute our student worker’s! signing by Louisiana favorite George Rodrigue. The Museum after Dark: The History of Coffee fun begins with a book reading by Weny Rodrigue, 19 Fifth Floor, 5:30 pm With over 400 billion cups What made you want to volunteer at the museum? We love being a part of then a book signing with George. Kids can participate consumed every year, coffee is the world’s most popular the arts and the great atmosphere of the museum in the Shaw Center for the Arts. in hands-on art, creating holiday ornaments and beverage. Join the owners of Strands Café, Baton What is your favorite thing about LSU Musuem of Art? It is a wonderful a Blue Dog mask. View the spectacular holiday Rouge as you sample coffees from different regions and learning experience. exhibition Under the Big Top, our unique display of learn about different brewing processes and flavors. circus-themed toys and fine art from the museum’s Discover the long-standing history of this well-known What has been your favorite thing about volunteering at LSU Musuem of permanent collection, and turn-of-the-century photos drink in a museum setting complete with eighteenth- Art? We like meeting visitors from all over the country, promoting the museum and circus posters on loan from a private colletor. and nineteenth-century tea and coffee services. and becoming a member, working in the museum store, and learning from the staff. The exhibition opening receptions are a lot of fun too! George Rodrigue Book Signing Shaw Center Members reception for Tearing Granite: Jesús 10 for the Arts Atrium, 2 pm Books are available at 21 Moroles Fifth Floor, 6:30 – 8:30 pm the Museum Store. What a great holiday gift! Tearing Granite: Jesús Moroles opens to Be the first to know about upcoming events and exhibitions, meet new people, and find 22 the public other great networks! Follow the LSU Museum of Art on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. January Gallery Talk: Jesús Moroles Fifth Floor, 2 pm Meditation at the Museum Fifth Floor, 5:30 pm 22 Sculptor Jesús Moroles works in granite, which towels. Chairs will be provided. Come straight from work to serious laughter.Bring a “Take-and-Make” home to 12 Instead of spending the evening stuck in traffic, he calls “the heart and core of the universe.” He – no special exercise clothing is needed. create your own artwork inspired by your museum visit. unwind and relax with Meditation at the Museum with approaches each granite block without preconception. Children must be accompanied by an adult, “Take-and- Pure Yoga instructor Alvin Temple. Through meditation Learn about this incredible contemporary artist as he 5 Free First Sunday Free Admission, Fifth Floor Make” supplies are available on a first-come, and a sublime museum setting, you will learn to calm shares with us his art and his methods in the newest first-served basis. Groups of 10 or more who Insider’s View of Tearing Granite Free Admission, your mind and be more stable, still and aware. All levels exhibition, Tearing Granite. would like to participate in our Second Saturday are welcome at this monthly course. Participants are 5 Fifth Floor, 2pm Any exhibition has its challenges, but programs are encouraged to email education encouraged to bring mats, pillows or towels. Chairs an exhibition involving granite sculptures weighing over curator, Lara Gautreau to make a reservation at will be provided. Come straight from work – no special February 1000 pounds can be extremely challenging. Discover [email protected]. This program is made possible though exercise clothing is needed. Tearing Granite, as the curator reveals the insider’s view of support from Ms. Marjorie Childs. Meditation at the Museum Fifth Floor, 5:30 pm exhibition planning. Second Saturday: Color Bingo Free 2 Unwind and relax with Meditation at the Museum Museum After Dark: The Game of Chess Fifth 14 Admission, Fifth Floor, 10am – 2pm with Pure Yoga instructor Alvin Temple. Through Second Saturday: Name That Artwork! Free 16 Floor, Time TBA Jesus Moroles’stunning, large-scale

LSU Museum of Art Colors are everywhere in the Museum of Art, meditation and a sublime museum setting, you will 11 Admission, Fifth Floor, 10am – 2pm I can name that granite chessboard is a featured work in the exhibition

but can you find them when you need five in learn to calm your mind and be more stable, still and artwork in three clues. Based on the old favorite “Name Tearing Granite. Chess has inspired artists from different that Tune”. Visitors see who can recognize an artwork with times and cultures to create beautiful works of art. Join 10 a row? This bingo-with-a-twist will help you see aware. All levels are welcome at this monthly course. things in a whole new hue! Bring a “Take-and- Participants are encouraged to bring mats, pillows or the fewest number of clues. Be careful not to overestimate the Louisiana State University Chess Club for a game Make” home to create your own artwork inspired by your powers of deduction – the consequences could lead commonly associated with stategy and now with art. Thank You welcome new members LSU MOA Corporate Members ABMB Engineers, Inc. Ms. Jeanie Achord Ms. Leslie Dumler Brent & Rebecca Kelley Mr. and Mrs. David C. 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