In Curriculum / Collection, an incredible variety of University of Michigan courses take material form. Collected for each course are objects that address the nature of reality, imagination, and vision in relation to politics, social action, science, mathematics and more.
Working in collaboration with University faculty, the works in this exhibition were selected for their capacity to provoke engagement with the guiding questions and themes of their specific courses, while also offering students material and inspiration for research projects in their areas of study. The exhibition demonstrates some of the diverse and creative ways art plays a central role in learning across the disciplines. It also asks us to consider what we can learn from art objects across an infinite variety of specialties and subject matter.
Patrick Caulfield You'll be sick if you spend all your time indoors screenprint on paper 16 1/8 in x 14 3/16 in (40.96 cm x 36.04 cm);24 in x 22 1/16 in (60.96 cm x 56.04 cm) Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick
Val Mann You Will Be Made to Feel Dumb Again and Again... cloth, thread, wood, and wire 30 5/8 x 24 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (77.79 x 62.55 x 6.35 cm) Bequest of Marion Lawrence
Jean-Michel Basquiat A Lie colored crayons on paper 24 in x 18 in (60.96 cm x 45.72 cm);24 in x 18 in (60.96 cm x 45.72 cm);28 in x 23 in (71.12 cm x 58.42 cm) Gift of Arthur Cohen in honor of Ben and Yetta Cohen
Käthe Kollwitz Visit to the Hospital woodcut on Japan paper 10 ⅞ in x 14 ⅛ in (27.62 cm x 35.88 cm);12 3/10 in x 16 ¼ in (31.27 cm x 41.28 cm);18 ⅛ in x 22 ⅛ in (46.04 cm x 56.2 cm) Museum Purchase
Susan Crowell Nociceptor-Heart Sutra white stoneware, industrial ceramic pigment 9 in. x 18 in. x 9 in. ( 22.86 cm x 45.72 cm x 22.86 cm ) Gift of Ellen Wilt