Phoenix Art Museum Announces Exhibitions Through End of 2015

See below for exhibitions that are currently open or scheduled to open at Phoenix Art Museum through the end of 2015. For additional details, visit phxart.org.

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Currently On View:

Sacred Stories and Images of the Buddha: The Vessantara Jataka Scroll
September 20, 2014-March 8, 2015

Visitors can explore the complex story of the Buddha through its portrayal on a rarely seen large painted cloth scroll from Laos that will be shown along with Thai Buddhist figures and other Southeast Asian Theravada Buddhist works from the museum's collection.

Fashioned in America
October 11, 2014-March 15, 2015

This is an exhibition about how economics, ecology, and labor ethics are driving a revival of fashion designs made in the United States. Featuring more than forty ensembles and accessories, it highlights work by contemporary designers including Ralph Rucci, Anna Sui, Nanette Lepore and J. Mendel whose vision and talent are invigorating the revival of clothing manufacturing in the USA.

Don Coen: The Migrant Series
October 18, 2014-February 1, 2015

View this dynamic series of recent, large-scale (9'6" x 6'6"), photo-realist portrait paintings of migrant farmers in America shown primarily in the working environment where the artist initially contacted his subjects.

All That Glitters is Not Gold: Platinum Photography from the Center for Creative Photography
November 1, 2014-March 29, 2015

An exploration of one hundred years of photography's most exquisite print types - platinum and palladium - featuring some of the masters including Peter Henry Emerson, Clarence White, Laura Gilpin, Edward Weston, Jan Groover and Kenro Izu.

Vanitas: Contemporary Reflections on Love and Death from the Collection of Stéphane Janssen
November 2, 2014-February 8, 2015

On display are works in a variety of media that use symbols like skulls, skeletons, rotting fruit, and hourglasses to depict the transient nature of earthly goods, the certainty of death, and the meaninglessness of earthly life. The exhibition features portraits by prominent artists including Karel Appel, Robert Arneson, Brassaï, Robert Mapplethorpe, Vik Muniz and Joel-Peter Witkin.

Mysteries from Europe: Works by Unidentified Artists
November 22, 2014-April 19, 2015

Through the Museum's long history, several paintings and drawings have entered the collection that are compelling works of art, but the artists who created them are, as yet, unidentified. This exhibition encourages looking closely and enjoying images without the associated baggage that comes with artistic biographies.

Exhibitions Opening in 2015:

PLATINUM: Contemporary Photography
January 10-April 5, 2015
This exhibition brings together four of the leading photographers currently working in the historic platinum process. Lois Conner, Scott Davis, Kenro Izu, and Andrea Modica work in different genres and styles exploring the distinct characteristics of material to include landscapes, nudes, still lifes and portraits-all lusciously rendered in one of photography's most admired processes: platinum.

Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester and the Power of Observation
January 24-April 12, 2015
The Codex Leicester, a collection of fascinating writings by Leonardo da Vinci, features observations on various topics, particularly properties of water, and is filled with diagrams, quick sketches and Leonardo's distinctive backwards handwriting. This will be the first time a work by Leonardo's own hand is shown in Arizona.

Andy Warhol: Portraits
March 4-June 21, 2015
One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol was at the forefront of the Pop Art movement and known for his brightly colored images. This exhibition examines Warhol's fascination with celebrity culture and the "world famous," featuring nearly 200 screen print paintings, drawings, videos, paintings and photographs from his student days in the 1940s to the New Wave-era 1980s. Also on view will be an installation of Warhol's reflective Silver Clouds, helium-filled metalized balloons.

Pattern Play: The Contemporary Designs of Jacqueline Groag
April 4-August 9, 2015
Following the prolonged trauma of World War II a renewed public appetite for color and pattern flourished in Britain. Czech-born Jacqueline Groag was one of the most versatile female designers of the post-war period. From the colorful and playful to the abstract and representational, Groag's work contributed to Britain's spirit of renewal and defined the popular "contemporary" style.

One-of-a-Kind: Unique Photographic Objects from the Center for Creative Photography

April 11-October 25, 2015
This unique photography exhibition will cover the entire history of the photographic medium from the 1840s to the present day-works highlighting several photographic processes from negative or digital capture to daguerreotypes and Polaroid prints. On view will be photographs by David Emitt Adams, Pierre Cordier, Betty Hahn, Bill Jay, Chris McCaw, Joyce Neimanas, Susan Rankaitis and Andy Warhol.

Contemporary Forum Grant Winners:

April 25-May 31, 2015

Hidden Histories in Latin American Art
May 9-August 23, 2015

The focus of this exhibition is an investigation of the means by which some Latin American and Latino artists spotlight stories or histories marginalized by the media in their artistic practice. Historically, many artists have sought to expose parallel truths existing outside of the mainstream. The artists in this exhibition explore neglected yet pressing histories, such as the violence against women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico; the marginalization of indigenous communities in Guatemala; and the fate of civilians "disappeared" by military and paramilitary groups in Colombia. Hidden Histories will include works by Teresa Margolles (Mexico, born 1963), Doris Salcedo (Colombia, 1958), Graciela Sacco (Argentina, 1956), Luis González Palma (Guatemala, 1957) and Annie López (US, 1958), among others. The exhibition encompasses approximately 1,400 square feet and includes works from the Phoenix Art Museum's permanent collection as well as loans from other institutions and private collections.

From New York to New Mexico: Masterworks of American Modernism from the Vilcek Foundation Collection
June 5-September 7, 2015

Enjoy masterworks of American Modernism from the early 1910s to the post-war era. Artists including Georgia O'Keeffe, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove and Marsden Hartley explore a wide range of modernist approaches with emphasis given to American cubism, nature-based abstractions of the Stieglitz Circle and regional modernism from the American Southwest.

American and European Art of the 1920s and 30s
June 10, 2015-TBD

From the highs of the Roaring '20s to the depths of the Depression and the beginnings of the Second World War, the art of the period expressed the interests and concerns of the era. This focused exhibition features highlights from the Museum's collection.

Culpepper Collection
September 5, 2015-January 3, 2016

PhotoBid
October 30-November 20, 2015

Photographic Still Life
December 5, 2015-May 15, 2016

Timed to complement the Steele Gallery exhibition "Inventing American Still Life, 1800-1950," this exhibition will draw on the rich resources at the Center for Creative Photography to explore photography's contribution to the still life genre, including work by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Josef Sudek, Arthur Tress, Jo Ann Callis and Jan Groover.

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About Phoenix Art Museum - Since it opened in 1959 Phoenix Art Museum has become the largest art museum in the southwestern United States providing access to visual arts and educational programs in Arizona. In the last fifty years millions have visited the museum to view the over four hundred national and international exhibitions it has hosted. These are shown alongside Phoenix Art Museum's collection that has grown to over 18,000 objects of American, Asian, European, Latin American, Western American, modern and contemporary art, photography and fashion design. The museum hosts photography exhibitions through its landmark partnership with The University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography in Tucson.

Museum visitors can also enjoy the PhxArtKids gallery, the Dorrance Sculpture Garden, the Thorne Miniature Rooms of historic interiors and a collection of works by renowned Arizona artist Philip C. Curtis. Inside the museum is also full service restaurant Palette that features casual fare made from local organic produce and The Museum Store that stocks a comprehensive selection of art books, handcrafted jewelry, home décor, children's toys and other gifts.

Phoenix Art Museum serves as a valuable community resource and a center of enrichment for audiences of all ages. In addition to the exhibitions the museum hosts each year, it also offers a mix of always-available and date-specific public programs including film screenings, lectures, workshops, performances, tours and other special events.

For additional information, visit phxart.org or call 602-257-1880.