Uses of the Real
Originality, Conditional Objects, Action/Documentation, and Contemplation
January 1, 2008 - April 30, 2011
Contemporary art can be baffling. Artists sometimes take objects from the everyday world and transform them into art. But what makes an object art? Is it originality, genuineness, authorship, or is it context? USU museum staff and guest curators select works from the museum’s permanent collection that provoke the question "What makes it art?" Panel discussions and viewer participation projects will be sponsored during the exhibition through 2009. The museum’s major works of art will remain on display throughout the exhibition, but you won’t want to miss seeing the changes that will be occurring in the galleries as the museum explores with viewers the questions associated with what makes art "real" art!
Uses of the Real: Originality, Conditional Objects, Action/Documentation, and Contemplation. January 1, 2008 - April 30, 2011. Installation view, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. Utah State University. Logan, Utah.
Frank Lobdell, August, 1957, 1966, Oil on canvas, 71 x 61 inches, Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation.
Edward Kienholz, Lady, 1960, Wood, plaster cast, and paint, 14 x 21 x 8 inches, Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation.
George Herms, Pure XX, ca.1961, Assemblage of found objects, 24 x 14.375 x 7 inches, Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation.
Hilary Brace, Untitled (#01-01), 2003, Charcoal on Mylar, 17.25 x 15.25 inches, Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation.
Martin Kersels, Bracelet, 2001, Motor, chain, epoxy, mirrored tiles, and plastic skeleton 72 x 6 x 7 inches, Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation.
Kaz Oshiro, Washer/Dryer #2, 2005, Acrylic and bondo, 43 x 27 x 28 inches, Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation.
Howard Kottler, Walnut Cup, 1973, Earthenware with decaled plexiglas, 8 x 12 x 8 inches, Gift of the Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation.
Wallace Berman, Verifax Collage, 1975, Verifax copies collaged on board, 25.5 x 20.625 inches, Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation.
Uses of the Real: Originality, Conditional Objects, Action/Documentation, and Contemplation. August 28, 2012 - March 14, 2014. Installation view 1, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. Utah State University. Logan, Utah.
Uses of the Real: Originality, Conditional Objects, Action/Documentation, and Contemplation. August 28, 2012 - March 14, 2014. Installation view 2, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. Utah State University. Logan, Utah.
Uses of the Real: Originality, Conditional Objects, Action/Documentation, and Contemplation. August 28, 2012 - March 14, 2014. Installation view 3, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. Utah State University. Logan, Utah.
Uses of the Real: Originality, Conditional Objects, Action/Documentation, and Contemplation. August 28, 2012 - March 14, 2014. Installation view 4, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art. Utah State University. Logan, Utah.
