- To Have It About You: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
To Have It About You: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 23, 2009 – January 10, 2010.
- Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota
Simon's a Sissy
Mike Lash is known for his witty and often sardonic line drawings with text, inspired by both comic books and pop art of the 1960s that favored images from popular culture.
The Final Warning
Nechvatal uses his own manipulations of computer programs as the basis for what he calls his “robotically assisted” work. Here, the forms are based on patterns made by artficial organisms—computer viruses—programmed to use particular colors from a digital image they have “infected.”
Swept in Parts
For this work the artist swept the dust from his studio floor onto a large sheet of paper. He then tore the paper into pieces and worked more on the surface with his broom. In this way he both calls attention to the detritus of everyday life and uses it and ordinary tools to draw out the latent beauty in the most mundane of surroundings.
Sixteen-Eight-Seven-Five
Whether working on canvas or paper, Edda Renouf cuts into her material with a metal etching tool. The incisions, as seen in these works, usually conform to a grid or other geometric form. This structure is not entirely logical, however, as the artist uses what she calls an intuitive sense and not a mathematical formula to determine the exact placement of her marks. In this way Renouf explores the complex variability of all so-called systems. In some works Renouf uses graphite or pastels rubbed over the paper, thereby highlighting the incisions and the details of the paper itself.
Happy Birthday for Herb
This work was made for Herbert Vogel’s birthday. The Vogels have enjoyed a long relationship with Renouf. The work is typical of Renouf’s style, which utilizes incision and color to explore the complexity of systems and the power of simple forms.
Drawing for 4' Piece
This small sketch is a drawing for the Untitled 1969 work by Stephan in this collection.
The Bed
Lori Taschler’s thinly painted, quiet interiors hover on the line between representational realism and minimalist abstraction.