Fine Arts Library Exhibitions

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Acknowledging the First Edition
(2020-01-15) Chambers, Eddie; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
Recognizing the History of Black Magazine Publishing in the US
(2019-09) Chambers, Eddie; Doroba, Mark (Photographer)
"Recognizing the History of Black Magazine Publishing in the US" is an exhibition curated by Art & Art History Department Prof. Eddie Chambers. The display features important issues of Ebony, the legendary monthly magazine for the African-American market, (somewhat based on Life magazine) and founded by John H. Johnson in Chicago in the fall of 1945. A digest-sized sister magazine, Jet (somewhat based on the Readers’ Digest format) was founded by the Johnson Publishing Company in 1951. Copies are included in this display. In 1973, the Johnson Publishing Company expanded its readership to include children by producing Ebony Jr!. Targeting Black children in the five to eleven age-range, the magazine featured stories, comics, puzzles, and cartoons. Its contents combined elements of Black culture, Black history, and elementary school curriculum. The publication remained in print until 1985. Copies are included in this display, as are copies of magazines and journals such as Black World, Negro Digest, and Freedomways, publications that are a reminder of the breadth, depth, and reach of Black magazine publishing in the US, during the 20th century.
Charles White: Some Material
(2019-01) Chambers, Eddie; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
This exhibition was curated by Art and Art History Department Professor Eddie Chambers in Spring 2019. This collection correlates with exhibitions of the work of Charles White at both the Blanton Museum of Art and the Christian-Green Gallery. Born in Chicago in 1918, Charles White was a highly skilled and accomplished draughtsman, painter, printmaker and muralist. He dedicated his life to his art which was characterized by its commitment to depicting African Americans as dignified, resilient survivors.
Michael Kostiuk Collection
(2009) Michael Kostiuk Collection
Born in December 1944 in Texas, self-employed photographer and intermedia/interdisciplinary artist Michael Kostiuk also lived in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland. He has also worked as a commercial photographer, cinematographer, project director, and director of a photography gallery. Since 1970 his art works have been presented at over one hundred national and international one person and group exhibitions. Theme: Stereoscopic photography, shadow, three-dimensional objects, optical illusions, etc. The following inventory contains information regarding the original Kostiuk donation (mostly books which can be found in the library catalog) and the collection addition of original newspaper articles, original and copies of magazine and journal articles and issues, cassette tapes and ephemera.
Liz Hingley: Under Gods
(2012-09) Hingley, Liz; Peers, Glenn; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
The FAL is proud to have two prints in our west windows by British photographer Liz Hingley. The prints "Sikh Yoga" and "Muslim Teenager's One in Five Prayers" are part of "Under Gods", the current exhibit of Liz Hingley's work at the Visual Arts Center. The daughter of two Anglican priests, Hingley investigates the growth of multi-faith communities along a two mile stretch of Soho Road in her hometown of Birmingham, UK. Her series is also a celebration of the beauty that religious traditions bring to the urban landscape. Curated by UT Art and Art History Department professor Dr. Glenn Peers, the show is co-sponsored by the Visual Arts Center and the Department of Art and Art History, with additional support from the departments of Anthropolgy, Asian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Religious Studies, British Studies and the Center for European Studies in the College of Liberal Arts. Click the links to learn more about Liz Hingley and the Under Gods show at the Visual Arts Center. Photos and design by Mark Doroba.
More Than Architecture (page 6)
(2011-10) Trombley, Bethany; Wallace, Susan; Webb, Leslie; Yancey, Norma; Architectural Engineers Collaborative; Allensworth and Porter, L.L.P.; Spaw Glass; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
On exhibit the month of October 2011, "More Than Architecture" featured members of the Austin architecture and design community displaying their creations alongside the permanent art collection of the Fine Arts Library (FAL) at The University of Texas at Austin. An opening reception was held at the FAL on Friday, October 7, from 5:00- 8:00p.m. The exhibit is a cooperative venture of the FAL with a group of local small-firm architects as part of the Austin x Design month-long celebration of design in the built and natural worlds. It provides the architecture and design community an opportunity to show off its artistic side, and for artists to exhibit their site-specific works in photographic form. Artists participating in the show included: Lisa Orr, designer of the Deep Eddy mural; Sculptor Lars Stanley; Artist Tim Kerr; and designer Davey McEathron of ¡El Grupo! and the moustache ride at El Chilito. The exhibit includes 40 works from over 20 designers and artists, featuring sculpture, a house model, photographs, furniture, glass, paintings, and decorative pieces. Photos and design by Mark Doroba
More Than Architecture (page 5)
(2011-10) Weise Robinson, Laura; Gasper, Pete; Schone, Eva; Shelander, Paul; Stankey, Lars; Trent, Betty; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
On exhibit the month of October 2011, "More Than Architecture" featured members of the Austin architecture and design community displaying their creations alongside the permanent art collection of the Fine Arts Library (FAL) at The University of Texas at Austin. An opening reception was held at the FAL on Friday, October 7, from 5:00- 8:00p.m. The exhibit is a cooperative venture of the FAL with a group of local small-firm architects as part of the Austin x Design month-long celebration of design in the built and natural worlds. It provides the architecture and design community an opportunity to show off its artistic side, and for artists to exhibit their site-specific works in photographic form. Artists participating in the show included: Lisa Orr, designer of the Deep Eddy mural; Sculptor Lars Stanley; Artist Tim Kerr; and designer Davey McEathron of ¡El Grupo! and the moustache ride at El Chilito. The exhibit includes 40 works from over 20 designers and artists, featuring sculpture, a house model, photographs, furniture, glass, paintings, and decorative pieces. Photos and design by Mark Doroba
More Than Architecture (page 4)
(2011-10) Minguell, Jose; Orr, Lisa; Woodson Pate, Samuel; Pigg, Bryon; Puemape, Ricardo; Weise Robinson, Laura; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
On exhibit the month of October 2011, "More Than Architecture" featured members of the Austin architecture and design community displaying their creations alongside the permanent art collection of the Fine Arts Library (FAL) at The University of Texas at Austin. An opening reception was held at the FAL on Friday, October 7, from 5:00- 8:00p.m. The exhibit is a cooperative venture of the FAL with a group of local small-firm architects as part of the Austin x Design month-long celebration of design in the built and natural worlds. It provides the architecture and design community an opportunity to show off its artistic side, and for artists to exhibit their site-specific works in photographic form. Artists participating in the show included: Lisa Orr, designer of the Deep Eddy mural; Sculptor Lars Stanley; Artist Tim Kerr; and designer Davey McEathron of ¡El Grupo! and the moustache ride at El Chilito. The exhibit includes 40 works from over 20 designers and artists, featuring sculpture, a house model, photographs, furniture, glass, paintings, and decorative pieces. Photos and design by Mark Doroba
More Than Architecture (page 3)
(2011-10) Hunt, Kate; Kaplan, Jen; Kerr, Tim; Legge, Murray; Williams, Julie; McEathron, Davey (El Grupo!); Doroba, Mark (photographer)
On exhibit the month of October 2011, "More Than Architecture" featured members of the Austin architecture and design community displaying their creations alongside the permanent art collection of the Fine Arts Library (FAL) at The University of Texas at Austin. An opening reception was held at the FAL on Friday, October 7, from 5:00- 8:00p.m. The exhibit is a cooperative venture of the FAL with a group of local small-firm architects as part of the Austin x Design month-long celebration of design in the built and natural worlds. It provides the architecture and design community an opportunity to show off its artistic side, and for artists to exhibit their site-specific works in photographic form. Artists participating in the show included: Lisa Orr, designer of the Deep Eddy mural; Sculptor Lars Stanley; Artist Tim Kerr; and designer Davey McEathron of ¡El Grupo! and the moustache ride at El Chilito. The exhibit includes 40 works from over 20 designers and artists, featuring sculpture, a house model, photographs, furniture, glass, paintings, and decorative pieces. Photos and design by Mark Doroba
More Than Architecture (page 2)
(2011-10) Coover, Ryan; Fajkus, Matt; Glenn, Hawkeye; Guerra, Ramey; Hunt, Kate; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
On exhibit the month of October 2011, "More Than Architecture" featured members of the Austin architecture and design community displaying their creations alongside the permanent art collection of the Fine Arts Library (FAL) at The University of Texas at Austin. An opening reception was held at the FAL on Friday, October 7, from 5:00- 8:00p.m. The exhibit is a cooperative venture of the FAL with a group of local small-firm architects as part of the Austin x Design month-long celebration of design in the built and natural worlds. It provides the architecture and design community an opportunity to show off its artistic side, and for artists to exhibit their site-specific works in photographic form. Artists participating in the show included: Lisa Orr, designer of the Deep Eddy mural; Sculptor Lars Stanley; Artist Tim Kerr; and designer Davey McEathron of ¡El Grupo! and the moustache ride at El Chilito. The exhibit includes 40 works from over 20 designers and artists, featuring sculpture, a house model, photographs, furniture, glass, paintings, and decorative pieces. Photos and design by Mark Doroba
More Than Architecture
(2011-10) Babin, Marcia; Barger, Jeff; Bartels, Frauke; Bedre, Jason; Carson, Sandy; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
On exhibit the month of October 2011, "More Than Architecture" featured members of the Austin architecture and design community displaying their creations alongside the permanent art collection of the Fine Arts Library (FAL) at The University of Texas at Austin. An opening reception was held at the FAL on Friday, October 7, from 5:00- 8:00p.m. The exhibit is a cooperative venture of the FAL with a group of local small-firm architects as part of the Austin x Design month-long celebration of design in the built and natural worlds. It provides the architecture and design community an opportunity to show off its artistic side, and for artists to exhibit their site-specific works in photographic form. Artists participating in the show included: Lisa Orr, designer of the Deep Eddy mural; Sculptor Lars Stanley; Artist Tim Kerr; and designer Davey McEathron of ¡El Grupo! and the moustache ride at El Chilito. The exhibit includes 40 works from over 20 designers and artists, featuring sculpture, a house model, photographs, furniture, glass, paintings, and decorative pieces. Photos and design by Mark Doroba
Fermata Thin Air
(2004) Harper, Dennis; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
The Fine Arts Library is proud to exhibit the work of artist Dennis Harper. Suspended above the current periodicals shelves is his sculpture "Fermata Thin Air". Made almost entirely of Foam-core (thin sheets of styrofoam with paper covering both sides), the piano weighs a mere 35 pounds! The work has graced the 3rd floor of the FAL since 2004. From the mid 1970s through the early 80s Harper worked for Oat Willie's Department Store Inc. (a manufacturing and distributing company not associated with Oat Willie's Head Shop), as a product designer, graphic artist, and advertising designer. Harper and Jay Gaulding then opened a head shop called Chicken River Trading Company in Las Vegas, New Mexico and soonafter opened satellite shops in Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico as well. In 2008, Harper's "Fermata" was one of fourteen winners of the International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. In 2009, Dennis Harper received an M.F.A. at the San Francisco Art Institute. Dennis grew up in Los Angeles and attributes his aesthetic sensibilities to a thoroughly Southern California enculturation. He lives in Austin, TX and is a member of Box 13 Art Space in Houston, TX. photos and design by Mark Doroba
Elephant
(2001) Thom, Scott; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
Suspended above the fifth floor staircase is the woodcut print "Elephant" by Scott Thom. Completed in 2001, the Fine Arts Library is proud to give the lively pachyderm a temporary home. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Scott Thom is currently the Head Preparator at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, TN. Photos and design by Mark Doroba.
The Art & Art History Collection (AAHC)
(2017) Bourget, Stephen; Jones, Kimberly; Runggaldier, Astrid; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
The Art and Art History Collection (AAHC) consists of ancient artifacts, historic objects, and ethnographic materials from the Americas and Africa. The bulk of the collection was formed in 2004, consisting of cultural collections transferred from the Texas Memorial Museum (TMM), currently part of the Texas Natural Science Center (TNSC). The initial transfers from the TMM included largely pre-Columbian and ethnographic collections pertaining to Central and South America. Subsequent acquisitions expanded the scope to include objects from Central Africa and the North American Southwest. The transfers continued through 2008, bringing the current department holdings to nearly four thousand artifacts. The Art and Art History department acquisitions were supplemented in 2005 by a generous donation of sixty-five objects from Duncan and Elizabeth Boeckman of Dallas, Texas. The Boeckman collection represents cultures from Central and South America, predominantly ceramic figurines from Nayarit, Jalisco, and Colima cultures of West Mexico. The artifacts complement well the pre-Columbian acquisitions and further enrich the strong Americas focus of the department collection. The most substantial holdings of the AAHC are the ancient ceramic, stone, and textile artifacts created by various pre-Columbian societies. From South America, the collection includes numerous ritual ceramics and exceptionally fine textiles, pertaining to the Nasca, Moche, Chimú, Lambayeque (Sicán), and Chancay cultures. From Central America, the AAHC boasts a rich variety of ceramic vessels, modeled figurines, bone and stone sculptures created by the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, Colima, Nayarit, Zapotec, and Veracruz cultural traditions. The holdings further comprise tripod vessels and bowls from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. In addition to the pre-Columbian objects, the AAHC has a distinguished group of over 700 historic and ethnographic textiles from Mexico, Guatemala, and the U.S. Southwest. These include numerous colorful huipiles (womens’ shirts) from Guatemala and mantas (shawls) from Zinacantan, Oaxaca, and the Huichol regions, collected largely from the 1960s through 1970s. The collection also hosts over sixty Navajo and Hopi textiles that date from the 19th to early 20th centuries. There are a limited number of African artifacts within the department collection. The objects largely derive from West Africa, such as a divination tray from the Yoruba. There are also wooden sculptures and masks from the Dogon, the Senufo and Mali regions. Representing over two thousand years of ritual and artistic practices, the collection supports a broad range Representing over two thousand years of ritual and artistic practices, the collection supports a broad range of academic interests for individual research and course instruction. Highly select and representative examples of the collection are on permanent display in the Fine Arts Library, including pre-Columbian ceramics, stone sculptures, and textiles, as well as the African wooden sculptures. Portions of the collection have further been exhibited in the Mexic-Arte Museum, the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, the UT Visual Arts Center, and the College of Fine Arts Deans office. Finally, the collection is being digitally catalogued for greater accessibility. Through exhibition, teaching and research, the AAHC thus serves as a substantial resource for university students and the greater scholarly community.
Jacqueline Barnitz: 40 Years of Publications
(2006) Barnitz, Jacqueline; Tarver, Gina
Jacqueline Barnitz: 40 Years of Publications Jacqueline Barnitz is responsible for establishing modern Latin American art as an area of concentration within art history at the University of Texas at Austin, where she has taught now for 25 years. She's a major reason why UT Austin is known as the best place in the nation for studying modern Latin American art. A notable record of publication accompanies her career as a distinguished educator. In fact, her interest in Latin American art goes back to her tenure as an art critic in New York for the periodicals Art Voices (1964-1965) and Arts Magazine (1964-1975). Additionally, she's been the curator of numerous art exhibitions and, subsequently, the author of many exhibition catalogs. In 2000 UT Press published her much-anticipated and seminal book Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America, which quickly became the textbook on the subject. We present this display of selected publications as a tribute to her outstanding contributions to the university and to the field of art history.
Sam Shepard Archives
(2006-01) Shepard, Sam
The most influential playwright of his generation, Sam Shepard was born in 1943 in Ft. Sheridan, IL. His family traveled extensively before settling in Southern California. While in high school he began acting and writing poetry. In 1962 he left home with a traveling theater group and arrived in New York City the following year, where he began writing short “rock and roll” plays. Shepard’s first plays to be staged were Cowboys and The Rock Garden, at Theater Genesis in October 1964. He has won almost a dozen Obies for off-Broadway productions. La Turista (1967) was his first full-length play. In 1971, he moved to London where he spent three years writing and directing. As playwright in residence at San Francisco’s The Magic Theater, he wrote Angel City, Inacoma, Tongues (in which he and his mentor Joseph Chaikin appeared), and True West, a 2000 Broadway production of which won numerous Tonys. He returned to the Magic Theater in 2000 for the premiere of The Late Henry Moss, which he also directed. He also wrote a libretto for a Daniel Nagrin dance piece in Jacaranda (1979). Sam Shepard won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for Buried Child. He has received grants from the Rockefeller Foundation (1967) and from the Guggenheim Foundation (1968 and 1971). A revision of Buried Child received a Tony Award nomination (1996). Shepard was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letter in 1986. He received the Gold Medal for Drama (1992) from the Academy and was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame (1994). Shepard joined a rock band, the Holy Modal Rounders in 1968, playing drums and guitar. He took part in Bob Dylan’s “Rolling Thunder Revue,” a nationwide touring group, in 1975, and wrote an account of the experience, Rolling Thunder Logbook (1977). Shepard’s film career began in 1978, when he appeared in Renaldo and Clara and Days of Heaven, directed by Terrence Malick. His screenplay for Paris, Texas, directed by Wim Wenders, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. Also that year he received an Academy Award nomination for The Right Stuff (1983). Shepard also earned a Golden Globe nomination for Dash & Lily (1999). He wrote and directed Far North in 1988. Shepard has appeared in a number of other movies and in 2005 he wrote and performed in Don’t Come Knocking. Shepard’s published collections of short stories include Hawk Moon (1973), Cruising Paradise (1996), and Great Dream of Heaven (2002).
Artstream Ceramic Library
(2009-01) Holt, Karen; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
The Artstream Ceramic Library, featuring the work of thirteen nationally recognized ceramic potters, is being hosted by the Fine Arts Library through Thursday, March 31. Similar in structure to a literature-based library, the Ceramic Library loans out unique handmade cups for a period of seven days. Borrowers from the Ceramic Library are required to take a digital photograph of the cup in use, though other art forms are encouraged as well, including music, video and visual art. The photographs and art based on the loaned items will be posted online. The borrowing program is limited to University of Texas at Austin faculty, staff and students. The Artstream Ceramic Library is an extension of the Artstream Nomadic Gallery. Housed in a vintage 1967 silver Airstream trailer, the Library travels across the country to libraries and organizations interested in sponsoring this project so that people from coast to coast may participate in this distinctive cultural exchange. A reception highlighting the 40 cups available for checkout will take place Friday, March 4 at 5 p.m. Lisa Orr – a local potter and one of the Artstream artists – will speak at 5:30 pm about the Artstream project. And on Monday, March 7 at 9 a.m. there will be a demonstration by Lisa Orr and Austin potter Ryan McKerley in the Ceramics studio in the Art Building, Room 2.410. For more information visit: www.art-stream.com/library. Photos and design by Mark Doroba.
Genocide Archive Rwanda & One Million Bones
(2012-01) Tenney, Martha; Remington, Matthew; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
The Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) and Fine Arts Library (FAL) are collaborating on a genocide awareness exhibit featuring photographs from the HRDI’s Genocide Archive of Rwanda collection and an installation of the nation-wide public art/advocacy project, One Million Bones. The exhibit was coordinated by Martha Tenney, a second year iSchool student and Graduate Research Assistant for the HRDI, and Matthew Remington, a master’s student in Art Education. The exhibit runs from late March to late April. FAL and HRDI will contribute funds for a small reception in April. You can learn more about the One Million Bones project at: http://www.onemillionbones.org/ Photos and design by Mark Doroba
Monumental Ideas in Minuature Books (MIMB)
(2012-01) Ying, Hui-Chu; Doroba, Mark (photographer)
Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books (MIMB) is a traveling exhibition of handmade artists’ books curated by Hui-Chu Ying, Professor of Art at the University of Akron. This exhibition features 87 mixed media books by 106 artists from the United States, Canada, China, Japan, India, Pakistan, and Spain and will be displayed in universities both nationally and internationally. When closed the books share similar dimensions of 4”x 5”x 1”, but when opened they can be expanded to any length, width, and depth. The diversity of materials and construction techniques used to create these books reflect the diversity of the concept of the artist book. Displayed together, these miniature objects redefine the traditional format of the book and prompt the viewer to engage with the intimate details of the handmade works. More information about the books and exhibit can be found at www.mimb.org. Photos and design by Mark Doroba
Erudition: An Exhibition on Reading The Ancient Aesthetics of Living
(2012-09) Doroba, Mark (photographer)
The FAL is happy to bring the colorful Erudition: An Exhibition on Reading the Ancient Aesthetics of Living to our fine arts community. This collection of treasured books from the Ming elite's leisure life has been assembled by the National Central Library of the Republic of China. The exhibit presents four themes: The Leisure Life of the Literati; Dramatic Literature; Conceptions of Health; Observing Nature. In addition to these themes, the exhibit incorporates contemporary Taiwanese publications and some rare books digitized by the National Central Library. More than a review of classic literature, Erudition is an investigation of a deeper philosophical and cultural continuum. Since its foundation in 1933, the National Central Library of the Republic of China has collected and conserved important national documents. The NCL is considered an important resource for Taiwanese literature as well. Their collection includes over 12,000 objects from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Before arriving in Austin, the exhibition was shown in New York City, Houston and Los Angeles. More information about the books and exhibit can be found at http://goo.gl/gznSD. Photos and design by Mark Doroba

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