WFIU: Angles from the Indiana University Art Museum
Artists and curators preview upcoming exhbitions and intrepret works from the collection of the Indiana University Art Museum. Angles from the IU Art Museum is a production of WFIU Public Media from Indiana University
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African Reinventions: Reused Materials In Popular Culture
African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture presents strictly defined ...
African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture presents strictly defined art objects—such as jewelry, sculpture and painting—fashioned from discarded materials, while demonstrating how artistry, in combination with resourcefulness,
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Summer Quest: A Safari In One’s Own Backyard
Ahhh… summer! A time when life in a college town ...
Ahhh… summer! A time when life in a college town slows down a little, and year-round residents might be open to something different. Add to that equation a group of arts organizations looking to gain traction with locals and summer visitors and voilà!
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The Birth Of Venus: A Long Labor Of Love
Since 1961, Robert Laurent’s Birth of Venus fountain has been ...
Since 1961, Robert Laurent’s Birth of Venus fountain has been the centerpiece of Showalter Plaza, the artistic core of Indiana University’s Bloomington campus. It’s a celebratory, modernist take on a classical subject that brings to mind Paul Manship’...
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From Reference City to No-Man’s-Land: IU’s MFA Printmakers
In Jeremy Sweet’s carnivalesque work, Mayan masks brush shoulders with ...
In Jeremy Sweet’s carnivalesque work, Mayan masks brush shoulders with King Kong and Annie Oakley. Sweet’s freewheeling vernacular stands in stark contrast to the cryptic language spoken in William McMahan's work.
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Drawing On Tradition, In Search Of Oneself
Although their work looks nothing alike, photographer June Yong Lee ...
Although their work looks nothing alike, photographer June Yong Lee and painter Nishiki Tayui are both expatriates from the Far East who have lived in the US for about a decade. Both have spent their time in Bloomington making art that grapples with cu...
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Improbable Kinship: Arthur Liou, Barry Gealt, Osamu James Nakagawa
Although disparate in terms of form, works by Arthur Liou, ...
Although disparate in terms of form, works by Arthur Liou, Barry Gealt, and Osamu James Nakagawa emerged from the artists’ philosophical and personal kinship.
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Painting Today Is Judged By New Criteria
When you wander into an exhibition of contemporary art these ...
When you wander into an exhibition of contemporary art these days, it might occur to you to ask, where have all the paintings gone? The dearth of the longtime mainstay of the visual arts in the current scene prompted a recent discussion at the IU Art ...
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Before and After: Photographs of Rural America in the Depression
News about the way the economic downturn is affecting our ...
News about the way the economic downturn is affecting our fellow citizens can seem abstract if it’s not happening in our own backyard. In the 1930s, policy makers facing the same challenge found a way to tackle it—through photography.
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Indiana University Art Museum Open Late For Coffeehouse Nights
During the month of September, they’ll be opening their doors ...
During the month of September, they’ll be opening their doors for an evening of coffee, snacks, music, and of course art. WFIU's David Wood spoke with Josie Larimer, the special events coordinator at the IU Art Museum about their upcoming Coffeehouse N...
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Picturing Indiana Limestone
The Indiana University Art Museum celebrates Limestone Month with four ...
The Indiana University Art Museum celebrates Limestone Month with four rare watercolor paintings by noted Hoosier artist, Otto Stark.
