December 2007

UPCOMING EVENTS

Winter Exhibits Heat Up Katzen Arts Center

Open Tuesday through Sunday, the ART of CONFRONTation: AU Exploring Human Rights through Art brings together three major shows to emphasize their overarching themes of political and social protest.

Fernando Botero Abu Ghraib 7, 2004 Courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY

Fernando Botero: Abu Ghraib
Through Dec. 30, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
“In the first United States exhibition of the complete series, Fernando Botero's 'Abu Ghraib' paintings are a strongly personal statement documenting his reaction to news accounts of the events that took place at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in 2003 and 2004. The exhibit consists of paintings and drawings that depict abuses, both physical and moral, inflicted on Iraqi prisoners. Although not the first time he has explored his outrage at human rights violations, in this series of work the artist presents an unequivocal statement of outrage against human torture.”

Miriam Schapiro Anatomy of a Kimono (detail), 1975-76 Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland

Claiming Space: Some American Feminist Originators
Through Jan. 27, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
“Co-curated by Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrard, pioneering feminist scholars and professors of art history at American University, Claiming Space displays 40 breakthrough works of the 1970s by 20 founders of the Feminist Art Movement in America, whose art became the starting point for the global movement.  The show presents feminist art at its originating moment, in some of its most visually and politically powerful assertions, emphasizing the large-scale objects and installations that challenged the art world and helped claim a newly expanded space for women in society.”

Irving Norman From Work, 1978 Courtesy Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Dark Metropolis: Irvin Norman’s Social Surrealism
Through Jan. 27, 11 – 4:00 p.m.
“This exhibition, produced on the occasion of what would have been Irving Norman's 100th birthday (1906 - 1989), features paintings that remain as powerful and relevant today as when they were first created. Norman's monumental paintings reflect a troubled and turbulent world. His works teem with detail portraying urban spaces and modern technology, decimated by poverty and war." Curated by Scott Shields; organized by the Crocker Art Museum.

The Katzen Museum also continues its outdoor Architecture/Sculpture and Jules Olitski exhibitions.

Bo Simeon Bo Simeon, Framed Window, 2007

Architecture and Sculpture
Through Jan. 27, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.
“The world around us can both provide inspiration and create vast opportunities for artistic creation: the possibilities are limitless. John Beardsley, a senior lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and the Washington Sculptors Group present submissions responding to the configuration and scale of the Katzen Arts Center, including its material, color, and light, as well as its experiential qualities.”

Upcoming Exhibitions:

January–February 2008: Carlos Luna: El Gran Mambo; Ben L. Summerford; Roger Brown: Southern Exposure; Elena Sisto: New Work; William Christenberry: Site/Possession.

April 2008: Robin Rose: Cypher; Thinking Thought/Wondering a World; AU Art Department Student Exhibitions; Israeli Show; Willem de Looper.

Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tues.–Sun. and 1 hour before Katzen Events.

The Katzen Arts Center is located on Ward Circle at the intersection of Massachusetts and Nebraska Avenues in N.W. Washington, D.C. Please see Driving Directions at AU Maps.

Admission is free.

Parking (metered until 5 p.m.) is available in the 550-space garage located beneath the Katzen Center at the Glover Gate entrance on Massachusetts Avenue. For more information refer to Katzen Visiting Web site.

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