2022 Exhibitions

Herbert Bayer: From Bauhaus to Aspen

Herbert Bayer: From Bauhaus to AspenOn view through June 2022Herbert Bayer (1900–1985) studied and taught at the Bauhaus, an art school in 1920s Germany that shaped art and design on an international scale. As a commercial artist and catalog designer in 1930s Berlin, he strove to communicate clear messages to mass audiences. At the same time, his experiments with surreal photomontage and sculpture reveal a more fantastical side to his work. Bayer claimed his art was apolitical, but he was a highly sought-af...

Hostile Terrain 94

Hostile Terrain 94March 28—May 7, 2022Opening reception March 31, 4:00p.m. - 6:00p.m. at the CU Art MuseumHostile Terrain 94 is a global participatory art project in collaboration with the Undocumented Migration Project. Our Boulder rendition of this exhibition seeks to memorialize migrants who have died crossing the US/Mexico border and start productive conversations about undocumented migration and the state of Colorado. The installation, created by anthropologist Jason De León, photographer Michael Wells...

LaMont Hamilton:  To Hear the Earth Before the End of the World

LaMont Hamilton: To Hear the Earth Before the End of the WorldFebruary 3 - July 16, 2022To Hear the Earth Before the End of the World (a rephrasing phrasing of poet Ed Roberson's book To See the Earth Before the End of the World) is a light and sound installation organized around elements of air, earth, fire, water, and the aether. The work includes field recordings Hamilton captured during his research and travels to Europe and North and South America where he gained what he calls "a ground zero understand...

Spring 2022 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions

Spring 2022 Master of Fine Arts Thesis ExhibitionsFirst round: April 2–14, 2022Opening celebration: April 1, 2022, 4–6 p.m.Artists:Amy HoaglandMadeline Job  Allison LemonMolly OttSecond round: April 23–May 6, 2022Opening celebration: April 22, 2022, 4–6 p.m.Artists:Alanna AustinMckenzie BlakeElizabeth LangyherKaitlin Mccolgan

The Art That Made Medicine

The Art That Made MedicineSeptember 13 2021—April 29 2022How does Hydrogen Man, a woodcut made by Leonard Baskin in 1954, relate to an illustration of the circulatory system from Andreas Vesailus’ 1555 anatomical text? What can we learn by considering artistic renderings of the human body and anatomical atlases side by side?The Art That Made Medicine traces the interconnections between artistic practice and medical knowledge in Western anatomical illustration from the late 1400s to the mid-1900s. Together, ...

Making Trouble: Hands-on Photography

Making Trouble: Hands-on PhotographyFebruary 3 – March 19, 2022Making Trouble: Hands-on Photography brings together a selection of photographs from the museum’s collection that have been altered either digitally or by hand. Made in the spirit of experimentation and intervention, the photographs on view demonstrate how photographers have expanded or challenged traditional understandings of photography.This exhibition was curated by Emily Berkes and Emilie Luckett, MA candidates in art history enrolled in a c...