Art in Louisiana
LSU Museum of Art Executive Director Daniel Stetson during a tour of the LSU MOA Portrait Gallery.
Local art enthusiasts are probably familiar with the LSU Museum of Art, located on the fifth floor of the Shaw Center for the Arts in downtown Baton Rouge. What visitors might not realize is how long it takes the museum’s exhibits to be acquired and arranged. Read this article by 225 Magazine to learn more!
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IMAGE: Mark Messersmith (American, b. 1955), Summer 2010, 2010, mixed media on canvas with predella boxes and carved wood, Gift of the Artist, L2021.12a,b
Now on view in LSU MOA’s Art in Louisiana: Views into the Collection landscape gallery is Mark Messersmith’s Summer 2010, a sculptural painting based on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Learn more about this work’s symbolic imagery in this closer look blog post by LSU MOA Graduate Assistant Kirsten Campbell.
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NOW ON VIEW (pictured here in LSU MOA’s Art in Louisiana: Views into the Collection Intro Gallery): Mary Lee Bendolph (American, b. 1935), Untitled (Strip Quilt), 2009, cotton, corduroy, velvet, Purchased with funds from the Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists, LSUMOA 2021.10
LSU Museum of Art recently acquired a quilt by Mary Lee Bendolph, one of the foremost strip quilters associated with Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Bendolph’s striking compositions reject traditional methods of symmetry and uniformity, instead embracing abstraction through the improvisational use of geometry. Learn more about it in this closer look by LSU MOA Graduate Assistant Kirsten Campbell and view it today in our Art in Louisiana Intro Gallery!
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Frederick J. Brown (American, 1945–2012), Sarah, 1998, oil on linen, Promised gift of Arthur Roger, L2020.15
(detail): Frederick J. Brown (American, 1945–2012), Sarah, 1998, oil on linen, Promised gift of Arthur Roger, L2020.15
(detail): Frederick J. Brown (American, 1945–2012), Sarah, 1998, oil on linen, Promised gift of Arthur Roger, L2020.15
(detail): Frederick J. Brown (American, 1945–2012), Sarah, 1998, oil on linen, Promised gift of Arthur Roger, L2020.15
LSU MOA Collections Intern Alaina Newell takes a closer look at Frederick J. Brown's Sarah now on view in our Art in Louisiana Portrait Gallery.
Read MoreIn this blog post, LSU MOA Graduate Assistant Kirsten Campbell writes about examples of modernist furniture design from The Art of Seating and sculpture now on view at LSU MOA that show the differing ways in which modernism and biomorphism influenced various disciplines in art.
Read MoreLearn about the LSU MOA Newcomb Pottery collection and look for these plants in your yard or on our next walk–you will be surprised how many Newcomb subjects are even weeds and wildflowers! Also in this blog post: take a virtual visit to the LSU MOA Newcomb Pottery Gallery!
Read MoreIn this activity, let’s take a closer look at Matt Wedel’s sculpture from the LSU MOA collection and try our hands at making our own version at home!
Read MoreDo you ever sometimes see a color and think “That would probably taste really good.” Well today we are going to learn about colors, but also end up with something tasty to eat. But what are colors? Why are there so many? What can we learn about how artists use colors? Let’s dive in and see.
Read MoreWe all have one—I’m talking about the junk drawer. Maybe it starts with a Taco Bell sauce packet or a screwdriver or some craft supplies you hurriedly swept “out of sight, out of mind” into the drawer. And now we are all mostly at home, looking for things to do or trying to entertain our children. Let’s tackle the junk drawer — let’s create a pattern today!
Read MoreWelcome to Stories in Art! Let's look at the painting, Portrait of Lady with an Accordion to create a drawing and story of your own. Let’s have fun!
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Skylar Fein, Red Lincoln (Po Boys), 2007, latex on wood, Gift of E. John Bullard III
Red Lincoln (Po Boys) is a 2007 work by Skylar Fein that currently hangs in the contemporary gallery at the LSU Museum of Art. As an artist and self-identified amateur historian, Fein creates installations that grapple with the importance and complexities of LGBTQ history—to “do” queer history means to wrestle not only with facts and evidence but also with speculation and resistance.
Read MoreEven if you have already visited Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens, another trip to explore LSU MOA’s permanent collection in comparison to works featured in Across the Atlantic is well worth it.
Read MoreDiscover the recent changes in the Art in Louisiana exhibition and the student artworks they inspired.
Read MoreCurrently on display as part of this recurring series of collection spotlight exhibitions is this large-scale Flemish painting, Ecce Homo in the Marketplace.
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