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.
Curriculum / Collection - Gant - Social Work: Community Assessment - 2nd display
Ryan McGinness Hopeless Gifts to Official Culture silkscreen on skateboard 2 3/16 x 30 15/16 x 7 13/16 in. (5.5 x 78.5 x 19.7 cm);2 3/16 x 30 15/16 x 7 13/16 in. (5.5 x 78.5 x 19.7 cm) Museum purchase made possible by the Friends Acquisition Fund
George Vargas Michigan Worker welding goggles, metal, hanging bells, rusty bottle cap, pulleys, chains, and padlock mounted on plywood 20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in (53.02 cm x 26.35 cm x 6.51 cm);20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in (53.02 cm x 26.35 cm x 6.51 cm) Gift of the artist
Jon Onye Lockard King of Spades oil on canvas 4 ft. 5/16 in. x 36 5/16 in. x 1 3/8 in. (122.7 x 92.2 x 3.4 cm);4 ft. 5/16 in. x 36 5/16 in. x 1 3/8 in. (122.7 x 92.2 x 3.4 cm) Gift of Romesh and Veena Saigal
Tyree Guyton Untitled (Paint Cans) paint cans, wooden crate, American flag, rearview mirror, and ceramic figurine 33 1/2 in x 28 1/8 in x 12 in (85.09 cm x 71.44 cm x 30.48 cm) Gift of H. David Zucca
James Dozier The Saga of J. Blue: Chapter 5, from "Detroit Focus 2000" color photograph on paper 10 15/16 in. x 14 in. ( 27.8 cm x 35.5 cm ) Gift of Detroit Focus 2000, and partial purchase with funds from the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
Michael Luchs Untitled spray paint on paper 36 in x 49 in (91.44 cm x 124.46 cm);38 in x 5 in x 1 in (96.52 cm x 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm) Gift of the Jacqueline Feigenson Memorial Fund
Object Orange Auburndale Site, Highland Park, MI, #3 iris print on paper 22.9 x 33 1/16 in. (58.26 x 83.98 cm);20 1/4 x 32 9/16 in. (51.43 x 82.71 cm);22.9 x 33 1/16 in. (58.26 x 83.98 cm) Museum purchase made possible by Stuart and Maxine Frankel