Director's Letter

In 2011, the UNM Art Museum received a bounty of gifted works of art that contributed significantly to our educational
mission which includes, above all, utilizing the permanent collections for teaching and
exhibition purposes.



Alfred Stieglitz
Equivalent, 1927, gelatin silver print, Gift of
Doris Bry in honor of Luanne McKinnon.
© 2012 Georgia O'Keeffe Museum/ Artists Rights
Society (ARS), New York. 2011.9

Among them are a rare Alfred Stieglitz, Equivalent, 1927, the verso of which
states, in Stieglitz’s own hand, instructions for presenting the photograph either vertically or horizontally
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Exhibitions

Martin Parr
(British, b. 1952), Lynmouth, England, 1999; From
the series Think of England, Fuji Crystal archive print,
purchased with funds from the Friends of Art.
©Martin Parr/ Rose Gallery. 2012.1



Take a good look!


Reconsidering the
Photographic Masterpiece

Hiroshi Sugimoto


On extended view:

News

John Chamberlain
Untitled, 1966, urethane foam, cord, paint, cloth
and wooden beads, University of New Mexico
Art Museum. 72.600

The UNM Art Museum has contributed the loan of its John Chamberlain (American, 1927-2011) foam sculpture from 1966 to the Guggenheim Museum's New York exhibition, John Chamberlain: Choices. A one-time instructor of graduate students at the University of New Mexico (1966), Chamberlain is noted in the canon of American art for his "car crash" sculptures which were a brilliant, three-dimensional response to abstract expressionist painting. His tireless pursuit of discovery and his intuitive process distinguish him as one of the most important American sculptors of our time.

The Guggenheim's John Chamberlain: Choices (opening February 24, 2012 and traveling to Guggenheim Bilbao) comprises nearly 100 works, from his earliest monochromatic welded iron-rod sculptures to works in foam and the large-scale foil creations of recent years. This presentation encompasses Chamberlain’s shifts in scale, materials, and methods, informed by the assemblage aesthetic that has been central to his artistic practice.

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