2008.64 Man's symbolic pendant (mendaka)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The pendant called mendaka is a symbol of rank, prestige, and power. Its cleft-oval shape implies that is was used as an ear ornament. The Sundanese interpret the organic form as a winged snake-dragon or serpent.
Texas Printmakers
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In 1940, eight women formed the Printmakers Guild when one of them, Bertha Landers, was denied entry to the Lone Star Printmakers, an all-male organization. Beginning in 1941 the club held annual exhibitions to showcase their art and offe
Lone Star Printmakers
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In May 1938, sixteen Texas artists met to create the Lone Star Printmakers, a local organization patterned after the Associated American Artists, an art club and gallery established in 1934 in New York City. Like the AAA, the Lone Star Printmakers served the dual purpose of promoting the creation and collecting of prints.
Purchase Prize
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A purchase prize was a monetary award granted to an artist for the institutional purchase of his or her artwork, which was deemed superior to all other artworks within its category by the juried panel of the exhibition.
1989.13 John Biggers, Starry Crown
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The three Marys of the African-American community represent the three cultures of African antiquity: Egypt, Benin, and the Dogon of Mali.
Hitoshi Nomura (b. 1945)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Conceptual artist Hitoshi Nomura was born in 1945 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He graduated with a BFA, which he followed with a graduate degree from Kyoto City University of Fine Art, Department of Sculpture. Since 2000, he has been a professor at the same university.
Hitoshi Nomura, _Dryice_
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Japanese conceptual artist Hitoshi Nomura has explored many ways of thinking about time throughout his career as an artist. In the late 1960s, he created three-dimensional sculptural works in nature, and then photographed them in intervals, documenting their decomposition over time. Nomura selected materials with specific properties that would allow the camera to record their change in a relatively short period of time.
2005.1 Thomas Sully, Cinderella at the Kitchen Fire
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In the late 1830s, in response to financial problems, Thomas Sully began to create
2004.11 Romare Bearden, Soul Three
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Romare Bearden was one of the great collage artists of the 20th century. In this jigsaw-like construction, he deftly assembled painted paper fragments, bits of magazine and newspaper images, and printed fabric in an image of three musicians, each with an instrument.