Untitled and the Minimalist Aesthetic July 27-November 9, 2008 in the De Wetter Gallery
This exhibition considers the basic tenets of the movement that emerged in the late 1960s and was known for paintings or sculpture "made with an extreme economy of means." Artists included are Donald Judd, Andrea Rosenberg, Margo Sawyer, Joe Mancuso and Connie Goldman.
Karel Appel: Cats August 3 – March 8, 2009 in the Gateway Gallery
Karel Appel was a Dutch member of the avant-garde, European artist's group known as "CoBrA" in recognition of the cities where its members lived; Copehhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. "Cats" is a portfolio of prints by Appel from 1978 that demonstrates his continued interest in exploring the line between abstraction and meaning.
Contemporary Prints from the Permanent Collection August 3 - March 12, 2009 in the C2 Gallery
Prints by American and Mexican contemporary artists from the permanent collection
A Portrait of the Artist 1525-1825: Prints from the Collection of the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation September 7 –November 30, 2008 in the Contemporary Gallery
The exhibition includes more than 80 engravings, etchings, woodcuts, mezzotints, and lithographs from the Blaffer Foundation´s collection of Renaissance and Baroque art. A Portrait of the Artist features the work of Rembrandt van Rijn, Claude Lorrain, Adriaen van Ostade, Salvator Rosa, Francisco Goya, William Hogarth, and many other European masters.
Blake to Kahlo to Warhol: Masterworks from the Harry Ransom Center November 16, 2008 - March 29, 2009
Blake to Kahlo to Warhol includes European, Mexican and American masterworks from the 19th and 20th centuries by well known artists such as William Blake, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Tom Lea, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol.
French Impressionism and the Foundations of American Modernism: Selected Artwork from the Museo Soumaya and the El Paso Museum of Art September 7 - November 30, 2008 in the Contemporary gallery French Impressionism and the Foundations of American Modernism will compare and contrast French Impressionism by artists such as Degas, Cezanne, Monet, Renoir, Pissaro and Rodin with their American counterparts; William Merritt Chase, Frederick Childe Hassam, John Henry Twachtman and Theodore Earl Butler. This exhibition will focus on exploring the extent to which French Impressionism became a foundation of modernism in the United States.
