Appearing
from left to right:
Ellsworth
Kelly
(b. United States, 1923-2015)
Lithograph,
18/84
Gift of
Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills
Dane
Goodman
(b. United States)
Polaroid
SX-70 photographs, plywood
Gift of
the artist
Artist
statement:
“Living
in New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s, I was working with an SX70
Polaroid camera and shooting photographs as well as making drawings,
sculptures, and installations. Urban is a synthesis of sculpture and
photography and was part of the installation, Rattle in the Hot Shop, featured
in Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine.
I chose a
universal image, a chair, and reduced it to its most basic form, and covered it
with black Polaroids that show no image. In this way the Polaroids are not so
much photographs as objects, and in this instance are used as tiles. The
repetitive patterning of black Polaroid photographs makes them appear
window-like, giving the chair an appearance similar to a skyscraper, like the
Seagram building in New York City. In working this way, I negated the primary
concept of photography to serve as documentation of the world around us.”
Robert
Rauschenberg
(b. United States, 1925-2008)
Offset
lithograph
Museum
purchase in honor of Professor of Art History and Director Emeritus, E. Bruce
Robertson by Todd Anderson, Chester Battle, Winston Braun, Sue and J.W. Colin,
Mehmet Dogu, Michelle Faust, Jocelyn Gibbs, Elyse
Gonzales, Leslie Gray, Judi Haskell, Victoria Hendler
and David Broom, Stu and Joan Levin, Susan Lucke,
Kris Miller-Fisher, John Nava, Charles and Betsy Newman, Silvia Perea and Juan Heras, Paksy Plackis-Cheng, Donald E. Polk and J. Paul Longanbach, Karen Prinzmetal and
James West, Ceil and Michael Pulitzer, Sudi Staub,
Lisa Thwing, Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, Sandy and
David Wasco, Li Wen
This
artwork was purchased with contributions from many community members to honor
Professor of Art History and Director Emeritus, E. Bruce Robertson, on the
occasion of his retirement. Robertson’s longtime admiration for artist Robert
Rauschenberg prompted the purchase. The monumental triptych, which can be
installed horizontally or vertically, is a self-constructed visual memoir,
highlighting personal and professional moments in the artist’s life. In
addition to “found” imagery, the upper panel shows an X-ray of the artist
superimposed over a chart of his astrological sign. The central image depicts
the artist as a youth, boating with his parents, and is encircled by excerpts
about his career accomplishments. The lower register features Rauschenberg
performing Pelican (1963), anchored by representations of New York and
his hometown of Port Arthur, Texas.
Vasa Velizar Mihich (b. Yugoslavia, 1933)
Cast
laminated acrylic
Gift of
the Lynn K. Altman Family Trust
John Sonsini (b. United States, 1950)
Pedro from the Santa
Barbara Project,
2007
Oil on
canvas
Gift of
John Sonsini