Upcoming Exhibitions
2010
James L. Steg, One, Two, Three, Four, 1964, collagraph, artist proof #3.
Courtesy of Frances Swigart Steg.
Spotlight: Prints by James L. Steg
March 20 - May 16, 2010
Master printmaker James L. Steg (1922–2001) was a professor of art for 43 years at Newcomb College of Tulane University. He explored many printmaking techniques and became an authority on paint and solvent reactions. He pioneered eccentric media, such as Xerox prints altered with paint and chemicals. Among his inventions is the collograph, a form of printmaking in which collaged materials are applied to a rigid backing such as wood or cardboard and then inked and run through a printing press.
Among the collections that include Steg’s works are those of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Maggie Taylor, These strange adventures, 2006, archival pigment inkjet print. Copyright 2008 Maggie Taylor. Courtesy of Curatorial Assistance, Inc.
Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor
May 19 - July 18, 2010
Lewis Carroll's works - the Alice books in particular - have been a source of inspiration for artists for over 100 years. Almost Alice: New Illustrations of Wonderland by Maggie Taylor takes a fresh look at the enduring tale through the work of Maggie Taylor, who in recent years has emerged as one of the most accomplished and innovative masters of digital imaging process. This exhibition focuses upon Taylor’s recently published series Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2008, Modernbook Editions, Palo Alto, California). Consisting of 45 digital transformations, Maggie constructs surreal narratives that bring out the fantasy and the fantastic that is at the heart of Carroll’s playfully ironic writing.
A few objects from the LASM Miniature Collection. Gifts of Mrs. H. Payne Breazeale Sr.
Selected Miniatures from the LASM Collection
May 19 - August 1, 2010
Many of them antique, these miniature furniture pieces and accessories are carefully crafted down to the tiniest detail. The objects on view range from a little Spode cup and saucer set and a small silver platter made in 1899 to a Meissen figurine. Among the large variety of furniture pieces are a Louis XV commode c.1715–74, a 1760s Chippendale chest, an early Victorian walnut wardrobe, and an 1840s English piano with tiny keys.
Of the more than 427 objects in LASM’s miniatures collection, Mrs. H. Payne Breazeale Sr. gave the museum 381 objects that reflect a wide range of styles and time periods.
Sally Heller, Uprooted, 2007, mixed media and found materials, dimensions variable. Installation at Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, LA. Image courtesy of the artist.
Spotlight: An Installation by Sally Heller
May 22 - July 18, 2010
Prior to the opening day, museum visitors are invited to observe as the artist assembles the installation, beginning Tuesday, May 18.
Late this spring the Soupçon Gallery will be transformed by one of Sally Heller’s fantastical ecosystems, created with clever reference to consumerism and environmental issues. Heller constructs her installations, which sometimes include sound and video, from cheap consumer goods such as chicken wire and plastic plates, or what she calls “the bric-a-brac we discard but use in an often gluttonous capacity.”
Since receiving her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1980, she has exhibited throughout the country at Columbia College, Chicago; Miami University Art Museum, Ohio; Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Mass.; Soapfactory, Minneapolis; Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY; and Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, among other venues. She lives and works in New Orleans.