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Domenic J. IaconoDirector, SUArt Galleries

Once again the SUArt Galleries is planning an ambitious year of exhibitions and

programming for our students, faculty, staff, and local community. We begin the

academic year with the August 30th opening of the retrospective exhibition Karl

Schrag: Memories and Premonitions. 2012 is the centennial of Schrag’s birth and

we are celebrating his career with a display of more than 70 paintings, prints, and

drawings. Included in the exhibition will be a 1961 United States Information Agency

(USIA) film titled Printmakers that highlights the work of five important American artists,

including Schrag.

The Schrag exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated monograph. In

addition to my essay are contributions by former Whitney Museum of Art curator

John Gordon, former Brooklyn Museum prints and drawing curator Una Johnson, and

art critic Carl Little. The book will also contain several commentaries by Karl Schrag

illuminating his thoughts on art and life as an artist. Beautifully designed, the book will

be available beginning in late August at our Gallery Store.

Also on view this fall will be the work of eight upstate New York artists as part of the The

Other New York: 2012 (TONY 2012) exhibition that is being held in conjunction with the

Everson Museum and other Central New York art venues. Both the Schrag and TONY

exhibitions will be on view until October 21, 2012.

Our Permanent Collection Galleries will feature new exhibitions that highlight both

well-known and unfamiliar treasures. In the Gallery of American Art, we are excited

to present Ben Shahn and The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti. You may recall from our

Spring 2012 Newsletter that we had the mosaic mural- possibly the most recognizable

piece of artwork on campus- conserved last summer.

RIGHTBen Shahndetail: The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1967

COVERKarl SchragOvergrown Path, 1962

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3NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR

4 EXHIBITION

Memories and Premonitions is the first major examination of the artist’s work since his death in

1995. Reflective of his masterful handling of the figure, landscape,

still-life scenes, and the evocative power of his vision, this exhibition

includes more than 70 of Karl Schrag’s paintings, prints, and

drawings. Most importantly, the art selected for this exhibition will

convey the artist’s ability to see the landscape as if for the first time, the surprise of that special

view, the recognition of his ability to feel wonder when looking at nature or figure, and the

reward associated with seeing the world through his eyes.

Roberta Smith, of the NY Times, said in 1995 “Mr. Schrag came to specialize in a painting style

characterized by loose, energetic brushwork and resonant colors that restated the concerns

of van Gogh, Matisse and Kirchner in contemporary terms.”

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP

Karl SchragKatherine (in Red), 1967

Loan, Courtesy of Katherine and Lawrence Wangh

Delphiniums and Peonies, n.d. Loan, Courtesy of Peter and

Jeanette Schrag

Miriam CaravellaKarl Schrag, 1976

The SUArt Galleries opens the exhibition on August 30 and it will close October 21.

In addition to a selection of Shahn works from the permanent collection, a reproduction

of the mural illustrates a didactic timeline explaining the accusation and trial of the

Italian-American immigrants, the history of Shahn’s development of the mural, and the

restorations that have taken place over its more than 45-year history. Also featured

is a 16mm film made in 1967 documenting the mural’s installation and dedication. It

contains a unique interview with Shahn, and has additional footage and interviews

with the conservation team who cleaned and restored the mosaic in 2011. This

display was researched by our second year Ph.D. graduate assistant Jaimeson Daley

who worked with our staff to develop this insightful historical overview.

The East Galleries will be showing recent acquisitions to our Print and Photography

collections. Collecting Focus: New Prints and Photographs highlights impressive

additions to those collections. In the past five years, the Syracuse University Art

Collection has proactively expanded the Print and Photography collections through

generous donations from alumni, friends and institutions, as well as specific purchases

made by SUArt. See more in our Collections section, page 10.

On November 8th the Galleries will reopen with two exhibitions- Pulled, Pressed and

Screened: Important American Prints and Jeff Davies: Straight from the Heart, an

exhibition highlighting the work of a local Syracuse artist who passed away in 2006.

Probably best known in our community for his public murals that can be seen at

the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and on the south wall of the Boom Babies clothing store on

Westcott Street, this exhibition highlights the artist’s smaller and more personal work.

These shows will be on view from November 8, 2012 through January 6, 2013.

5NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR

Pulled, Pressed and Screened is a traveling exhibition organized by the SUArt Galleries

that will be seen, among other places, at the Juliette and Fred Turner Memorial Gallery

in the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, Texas. They will also be displaying another

SUArt Galleries exhibition, Winslow Homer and the American Pictorial Press, in 2014.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP

Karl SchragKatherine (in Red), 1967

Loan, Courtesy of Katherine and Lawrence Wangh

Delphiniums and Peonies, n.d. Loan, Courtesy of Peter and

Jeanette Schrag

Miriam CaravellaKarl Schrag, 1976

RIGHTRobert CottinghamOrph, 1979

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2012 FALL CALENDAR

August 30 – May 12, 2013 Permanent Collection ExhibitionsBen Shahn and The Passion of Sacco and VanzettiCollecting Focus: New Prints and Photographs

August 30 – October 21, 2012

Karl Schrag: Memories and Premonitions The Other New York: 2012Opening Reception Thursday, August 30 5:00-7:00 P.M.

November 8, 2012 – January 6, 2013

Pulled, Pressed and Screened: Important American PrintsJeff Davies: Straight from the HeartOpening Reception Thursday, November 8, 5:00 – 7:00 P.M.SU

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August 8 – September 13, 2012Those Who Can: New Work from The School of Art and Design

September 20 – October 11, 201240 Years in the Making: Celebrating Community Folk Art Center’s History and Collection

October 15 – December 6, 2012Emilio Sanchez: No Way Home

December 10, 2012 – February 7, 2013The Art of Stone Canoe

September 13 – October 27, 2012

Luv U: Senga Nengudi Windows Project: The Other New York: 2012 (Jeff Einhorn)Opening Reception Thursday, September 13, 5:00 – 8:00 P.M.

November 15 – February 9, 2013

Wilderness 24/7: ecoarttech

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LECTURES,PROGRAMS & EVENTS

EmILIO SANCHEZ: NO WAY HOmEImages of the Caribbean and New York City

Emilio Sanchez moved to New York City in 1944

to take art classes at Columbia and by 1952

decided to relocate there. His early images were

inspired by the landscape surrounding his father’s

plantation in Cuba and described cane fields

dotted with palm trees or working class residences

and villages. Apparent in them is an interest in

pattern, color and strong lighting contrasts that

came to characterize his mature style. New York

provided different and endless opportunities

to explore light and pattern combinations. An

Old Warehouse in Brooklyn, 1975, and a view of

a sunset from West 15th Street titled Crosstown

New York Sunset from the late 1970s are among

the paintings Sanchez made of the city that

were inspired by earlier artists like Charles Sheeler,

Georgia O’Keefe and Edward Hopper.

August 30 – May 12, 2013 Permanent Collection ExhibitionsBen Shahn and The Passion of Sacco and VanzettiCollecting Focus: New Prints and Photographs

August 30 – October 21, 2012

Karl Schrag: Memories and Premonitions The Other New York: 2012Opening Reception Thursday, August 30 5:00-7:00 P.M.

November 8, 2012 – January 6, 2013

Pulled, Pressed and Screened: Important American PrintsJeff Davies: Straight from the HeartOpening Reception Thursday, November 8, 5:00 – 7:00 P.M.

Karl Schrag and Atelier 17Lecture by Domenic IaconoSunday, October 7, 2:00 – 3:30 P.M.Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building

Senga NengudiTuesday, September 11, 6:30 P.M.Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building

WITKIN ON SCHrAg:A Conversation with Jerome WitkinTuesday, September 18, 5:00 P.M.Room 121 Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building

TONY 2012: An Evening with video artist Tammy BrackettThursday, October 4, 6:00 P.M.001 Life Sciences Building

ecoarttech: Art in the biological, cultural and digital wildernessTuesday, November 13, 6:30 P.M.Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building

September 13 – October 27, 2012

Luv U: Senga Nengudi Windows Project: The Other New York: 2012 (Jeff Einhorn)Opening Reception Thursday, September 13, 5:00 – 8:00 P.M.

November 15 – February 9, 2013

Wilderness 24/7: ecoarttechAn interactive art gallery experience that includes guided exhibition tours and projects geared specifically toward engaging your family with the exhibitions we bring to the Syracuse community.

September 29 & 30, 2:00 P.M.

November 17 &18, 2:00 P.M.

PARENTS WEEkENd1:00 P.M. October 5 & 6

ORANGE CENTRAL 1:00 P.M. November 9 & 10

SPECIAL EVENT WEEKENDS FREE GUIDED TOURS AT SUArt

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THE LOUISE AND BERNARD PALITz GALLERY

Of course we will also be presenting an ambitious schedule for the Louise and Bernard

Palitz Gallery at Lubin House in New York City. Currently on view is the College of Visual

and Performing Art’s faculty exhibition Those Who Can: New Work from the School of

Art and Design. The work selected for this exhibition represents the gamut of processes

utilized by artists today, and also exemplifies the strength of a department that heavily

influences many of the young artists studying the visual arts at Syracuse University.

Defying the adage that “those who can’t…teach”, the six faculty members included

in Those Who Can demonstrate that being an effective educator can coincide

with success as an artist. We will also be displaying a 40th anniversary show from the

Community Folk Art Center beginning September 17th. In mid-October we will reprise

the Emilio Sanchez exhibition, No Way Home: Images of the Caribbean and New York

City that opened in our main campus galleries last year. This display will be open during

the annual International Fine Print Dealers Association fair in November at the Seventh

Regiment Armory on Park Avenue where more Sanchez art can be seen.

In December we will host our first display of art from the Syracuse University arts,

literature and commentary journal Stone Canoe. The Art of Stone Canoe will highlight

work that was featured in the publication during the last 6 years and includes objects

by such notables as David MacDonald, Gail Hoffman, and Yvonne Buchanan. If you

happen to be in NYC during the Holidays check with the staff at Syracuse University

Lubin House to see if the Palitz Gallery will be open.

THE WAREHOUSE GALLERY

The Warehouse Gallery will begin its 5th season with the exhibition Lov U, a mixed

media installation by Senga Nengudi, a key figure of the Black Arts Movement in the

1960s-1970s. Known primarily for performance-based art installations, her work focuses

on movement and the human body and is multidisciplinary in nature and international

in scope, with cultural references to Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. In Lov U,

Nengudi explores the physical senses, and includes photographs and video to reflect

on love throughout cultures and times. Drawn to discarded, everyday materials, the

ephemerality of Nengudi’s work is a metaphor for life’s transience.

Jeff Einhorns’ Window Project A Portrait of the Artist As A Giant Deflating Head

is part of The Other New York: 2012. For this project, Einhorn creates a site-specific

installation addressing the fine line between performance art and sculpture while

wittily emphasizing the unstable state of things and systemic disorder. The artist’s

portrait is printed on a large balloon-filled inflated head made out of poly lyra, which

floats in the space facing West Fayette Street. Over

time, the work will deflate, a process that is tracked

by a vinyl ruler fixed to the wall. These shows will open

September 13th and run through October 27th.

The Warehouse Gallery will reopen in November with

an exhibition by ecoarttech who are well known

for exploring environmental issues and media from

an interdisciplinary perspective. Most recently you

may have heard about their work at the Whitney

Museum of Art in New York City where they created

an interactive app called Indeterminate Hikes+ that,

as they say, transforms everyday landscapes into

sites of bio-cultural diversity and wild happenings.

ecoarttech will be on view from November 15, 2012

until February 9, 2013.

Senga Nengudi in her studio

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:

James SkvarchThe Consumption of Risk, 2012

Amy GreenanSometimes I Can’tBelieve It, 2011

Barbara PageGrand Junction, 2010

photo of Jeff Davies

9EXHIBITION

The Other New York: 2012 is a community-wide, multi-venue

biennial exhibition organized by the Everson Museum of

Art that is the result of a major collaboration among 14

art organizations in Syracuse collectively presenting work

by 63 artists. The SUArt Galleries is exhibiting work by eight

upstate artists selected from over 200 applicants. Included

are finely cast and delicate sculptural porcelains by Ithaca

native Matthew Glaysher, a two channel video by Tammy

Brackett exploring an artificial landscape made from pages

from books, and a series of small paintings examining local

abandoned houses by Buffalo artist Amy Greenan. The

other participants, Juan Cruz, Sara DiDonato, Sue Huggins

Leopard, Barbara Page and James Skvarch are exhibiting

works on paper, reflecting the strength and longtime

collecting interest of the Syracuse University Art Collection.

JEFF DAVIES: STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART

Jeff Davies (1938-2006) was a Syracuse resident who, as

a self-taught artist, gained a near cult status among local

collectors. He began his artistic career by making small,

quickly conceived and finished line drawings for co-

workers at the Onondaga County Water Authority where

he worked as a draftsman. Davies developed a style that

incorporated elements of Surrealism with Rube Goldberg

inspired machines often in service to a sexually charged

theme. In the 1970s he gave up a life and family in the

suburbs to devote himself full time to making art. As he

gained experience he enlarged the size of the images,

ultimately making murals, the most famous of which are

on the interior and exterior walls of the Dinosaur Bar-B-Q

restaurant in downtown Syracuse. Eventually, he worked

out an arrangement with the owners of Pastabilities

Restaurant in Armory Square where he was a regular that

they would install a new painting of his every other week.

AUGUST 30 – OCTOBER 21, 2012 OPENING RECEPTION THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 5:00 – 7:00 P.M.

OPENING NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Senga Nengudi in her studio

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:

James SkvarchThe Consumption of Risk, 2012

Amy GreenanSometimes I Can’tBelieve It, 2011

Barbara PageGrand Junction, 2010

photo of Jeff Davies

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COLLECTING FOCUS:NEW PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHSIN THE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTION

ANDREW SALUTI and EMILY DITTMAN, SUART GALLERIES

Syracuse University has been actively collecting artwork

since 1873, and has amassed an impressive and important

collection of paintings, sculpture, prints and photographs.

Since 1978, special attention has been placed on the

acquisition of works on paper- the graphic arts, photographs

and drawings- resulting in an encyclopedic collection of

works that outline the history of the various media dating

back to the fifteenth century. Collecting Focus: New Prints

and Photographs exhibits the most recent acquisitions to

the Syracuse University Art Collection.

The past two years have been particularly beneficial to

the print collection. Major collections of artwork were

given by the Seong Moy family and the Emilio Sanchez

Foundation to be cataloged and maintained by the SU

Art Collection. Private collectors acknowledged the

collection’s importance by making donations. Most

notable was the addition of the Hamilton Armstrong collection, a gift that included

over 200 prints with artists like Rembrandt, Käthe Kollwitz, John Taylor Arms, as well as

local printmaker James Skvarch. Living artists, such as letterpress artist Amos Kennedy

Jr., added selections of their current work to count among the hundreds of printmakers

represented. The SUArt Collection has also built relationships with important print

publishers, among them Bill Goldston, Master Printmaker and Director of the famed

Universal Limited Art Editions. From ULAE we added a collaborative portfolio by

Robert Rauschenberg and Russian poet Andrei Voznesensky. For the 2011 exhibition

Sources and Structures: The Art of Robert Stackhouse, the SU Art Collection purchased

Stackhouse’s imposing Blue Flyer from Tandem Press at the University of Wisconsin in

Madison, one of the most active contemporary print workshops today.

Since 2007 the Syracuse University Art Collection has proactively expanded the

Photography Collection; placing a collecting focus on a medium that has not gained

numerous acquisitions since the mid- 1980s. The photographs highlighted in Collecting

Focus represent how these recent gifts have aided in broadening our holdings to

help illuminate photography’s rich and evolving history. For example, the concept of

landscape and its effect on the people and environment that

surround it are highlighted in the images of the contemporary

master Robert Giard (1939-2002). South Fork Portfolio: Ten

Photographs by Robert Giard captures a geographic region

of Long Island the artist felt was integral in documenting the

people and places that have particular importance to the gay

and lesbian community.

Collecting Focus: New Prints and Photographs not only

illustrates the notable works that have been added to the SUArt

Collection, but also acknowledges the variety of avenues that

artwork makes its way to Syracuse University. Most important are

the donors, alumni, and friends of SUArt that enable the print and

photography collections to grow in scope and depth- offering

new opportunities for students to examine important original

works of art and build on the already remarkable collection that

is the cornerstone of the Syracuse University Art Collection.

TOPRobert RuaschenbergDarkness Mother, 1978

BOTTOMDonna Ferrato

Tribeca’s Heroes, 2008

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of art on its campus for the enjoyment and education of visitors,

students, faculty, and staff. Now, with a new interactive web-

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information about the art on campus and the artists who made

the work, using QR reader technology in their smart phones.

Simply scan the QR code on the artwork’s descriptive label

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has information about our public sculpture. The Art on Campus

application can assist visitors to Syracuse University on a walking

tour of more than 30 artworks that are placed both outdoors and

inside many of our buildings.

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TOPRobert RuaschenbergDarkness Mother, 1978

BOTTOMDonna Ferrato

Tribeca’s Heroes, 2008

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