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Past Exhibitions

Gladys Nilsson, Beautify, 1994. Watercolor, gouache, and collage on two sheets of paper, 8 x 5 1/2 inches (each). Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.0

Exhibition 

On View Now 

 // Aug 11 – Jun 09

Eye Deal:
 Abstract Bodies of the Chicago Imagists
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Fred Stonehouse, Untitled, 1987. Mixed media on paper, 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, through Arts Midwest with matching funds from the Rudolph and Louise Langer Fund.0

Exhibition 

 // Feb 23 – May 19

Mirror Image
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Tova K., Sea Creature, watercolor. Grade 11, James Madison Memorial High School, 2018. Art teacher Josh Newland.0

Exhibition 

 // Mar 16 – Apr 21

Young at Art:
 2019
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Exhibition 

 // Dec 01 – Mar 03

Nathaniel Mary Quinn:
 This is Life
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Frida Kahlo, Pitahayas, 1938. Oil on aluminum, 10 x 14 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Bequest of Rudolph and Louise Langer. © 2013 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.0

Exhibition 

 // Oct 13 – Feb 03

Friday Kahlo:
 Pitahayas
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Joel Shapiro, Untitled, 1990-91. Bronze, 35 x 71 x 37 inches. ©2018 Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the artist.0

Exhibition 

 // Sep 23 – Jan 13

JOEL SHAPIRO:
 The Bronzes
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William J. O'Brien, Reliquary, 2017. Installation view, Shane Campbell Gallery (Dec. 17, 2017 - Feb. 4, 2018). Courtesy of the Artist, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York. Photo: Evan Jenkins.0

Exhibition 

 // Aug 18 – Nov 11

WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN:
 Reliquary
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Exhibition 

 // Jun 02 – Sep 30

THE HOUSE OF SPARKLING GLASSES:
 A Celluloid Experience by M.J. Paggie
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Marko Spalatin, Marko to Kim, 1968. Color screenprint, 23 x 28 inches. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Birkhauser.0

Exhibition 

 // Jul 14 – Sep 02

Far Out:
 Art from the 1960s
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Irene Grau: construction season, 2018. Image courtesy of the artist.0

Exhibition 

 // May 05 – Aug 05

Irene Grau::
 construction season
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Jane Hammond, Irregular Plural II, 1995. Oil and paper collage on shaped canvas, 73 x 87 1/2 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Lillian Heidenberg. © Jane Hammond, New York.0

Exhibition 

 // Dec 02 – Jul 29

Art/Word/Image
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José Carlos Teixeira. ON EXILE, elsewhere within here (video still), 2017. Single-channel video with sound, 70 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.0

Exhibition 

 // Jan 13 – May 20

José Carlos Teixeira: ON EXILE
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Ed Paschke, Suture, 1985. Oil on linen, 42 x 80 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.0

Exhibition 

 // Nov 04 – May 06

BIG
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Jaume Plensa, Talking Continents, 2013. Stainless steel, 19 components, dimensions variable. © Jaume Plensa. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.0

Exhibition 

 // Dec 02 – Apr 15

Talking Continents
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Sonja Thomsen, in the space of elsewhere (installation detail), 2017. Mixed-media, site-specific installation. Courtesy the artist.0

Installation 

 // Jun 17 – Dec 17

SONJA THOMSEN:
 in the space of elsewhere
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Rashaad Newsome, Stop Playing in My Face! (video still), 2016. Single-channel video with sound, 04:02 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and De Buck Gallery, NY.0

Exhibition 

 // Aug 11 – Dec 03

Rashaad Newsome:
 ICON
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Chele Isaac, the understory (video still), 2017. Seven-channel video with sound. Courtesy the artist.0

Exhibition 

 // Sep 02 – Nov 12

Chele Isaac:
 the understory
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Kenneth Josephson, New York State, 1970, 1970. Gelatin silver print, 10 7/8” x 13 7/8” inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, through National Endowment for the Arts grant with matching funds from Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Renfert. © Kenneth Josephson, Courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago.0

Exhibition 

 // Dec 02 – Nov 12

Reconfigured Reality:
 Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection
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Ed Paschke, Kontato, 1984. Color lithograph on paper, 34 1/4 x 24 1/8 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Anonymous gift.0

Exhibition 

 // Jun 10 – Oct 15

Taking Sides
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Courtesy the artist.0

Exhibition 

 // May 06 – Aug 13

KAMBUI OLUJIMI:
 Zulu Time
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Cassils: Inextinguishable Fire (video still), 2007–2015. Single-channel video, 28:00 minutes. Courtesy of Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York.0

Exhibition 

 // May 20 – Aug 06

Digital Aura
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Installation view, Do Ho Suh, MOCA Cleveland, 2015. ©Do Ho Suh, Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong. Photo: Jerry Birchfield. © MOCA Cleveland.0

Exhibition 

 // Feb 11 – May 14

Do Ho Suh
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Pamodou Juldeh Barry, Ancha Gaye Barry, and Ramatoulie Kujabi Barry, grade 5, Shorewood Hills Elementary0

Exhibition 

 // Feb 11 – Apr 23

Young at Art 2017
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Lois Bielefeld, Wednesday: Willie Mae. 2013, from the series Weeknight Dinners, 2013–present. Color photograph, 25 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist.0

Exhibition 

 // Sep 24 – Jan 08

Wisconsin Triennial 2016
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Frances Myers, Borzoi Watching, 1971. Aquatint and stencil, 20 x 11 ¾ inches. Gift of Impressions, Inc.0

Exhibition 

 // May 14 – Nov 06

Compassionate Eye:
 The Art of Frances Myers
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Claire Stigliani, Drawing, 2015. Acrylic, colored pencil, gold leaf, 18 ⅞ x 24 ⅞ inches. Courtesy the artist.0

Exhibition 

 // May 28 – Sep 04

Claire Stigliani: Half-Sick of Shadows
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Allison Schulnik, Eager, 2014. Traditional clay-mation and stop-motion animated film, 8 minutes 30 seconds. Courtesy of the artist and Mark Moore Gallery.0

Exhibition 

 // Apr 29 – Aug 28

All‐Licensed Fool:
 Animations by Allison Schulnik and Wong Ping
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Charles Munch, Fire Signs, 1989. Oil on canvas, 41 x 53 inches. Museum Purchase Fund.0

Exhibition 

 // Jun 04 – Aug 21

Our Good Earth
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Frank Stella, Extracts, from Moby Dick Deckle Edges, 1993. Lithograph, etching, aquatint, relief, and screenprint on white TGL, handmade paper, 34 ½ x 42 ¾ inches. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.0

Exhibition 

 // Feb 06 – May 22

Frank Stella Prints:
 A Retrospective
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William Kentridge, Felix in Exile, 1994. Still from 35mm film transferred to video, 8 min, 43 sec loop. Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Gift of Susan and Lewis Manilow, 2001.23. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery.0

Exhibition 

 // Jan 22 – Apr 24

William Kentridge:
 The Heart has Its Own Memory
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Ellen Lanyon, Arabian Nights, 1998. Acrylic on canvas, 44 x 52 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift from the Estate of Ellen Lanyon.0

Exhibition 

 // Dec 05 – Apr 17

Curious Worlds:
 The Art of Ellen Lanyon
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Warrington Colescott, Death in Venice: Aschenbach Aboard, from the portfolio Death in Venice, 1971. Etching, 15¹¹⁄₁₆ x 11¹⁵⁄₁₆ inches (image size). Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Museum Purchase, in memory of Lois Hartshorne.0

Exhibition 

 // Jun 06 – Apr 17

Death in Venice:
 Warrington Colescott and Thomas Mann
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Kim Schoen, The Second Oldest Amusement, 2011. Still from single-channel video, 2 min, 35 sec loop. Courtesy of the artist.0

Exhibition 

 // Sep 19 – Jan 10

Kim Schoen:
 Have You Never Let Someone Else Be Strong?
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Robert von Sternberg, Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, 2012. Archival inkjet print, 13 x 19 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of the artist.0

Exhibition 

 // Sep 12 – Jan 03

Taking Their Place:
 Recent Acquisitions in Context
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Natasha Nicholson, Strata view. Photography © Eric Ferguson0

Exhibition 

 // Aug 22 – Nov 08

Natasha Nicholson:
 The Artist in Her Museum
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Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Untitled, from the Corner Series, 1974. Watercolor, 15 x 14⅞ inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, through funds from Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Renfert.0

Exhibition 

 // Jun 06 – Aug 23

Coordinates
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Lois Ireland, The Homestead, c. 1944. Oil on canvas, 34¾ x 28½ inches. Collection of the Wisconsin Regional Art Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison.0

Exhibition 

 // May 16 – Jul 19

Wisconsin Pastorale:
 The Early Paintings of Lois Ireland
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Eric and Heather ChanSchatz, PTG.0222 Slavery (Human Trafficking) / Stateless children in Chiang Mai, Thailand (detail), 2012–2015. Screenprint on silk and polished stainless steel, 80½ x 134½ inches. Courtesy of the artists.0

Exhibition 

 // Feb 07 – May 17

Eric and Heather ChanSchatz:
 22nd Century
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Tadaria Ross0

Exhibition 

 // Mar 28 – May 10

Young at Art 2015
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Narayan Mahon, Store, Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh, 2006. Archival pigment print, 24 x 30 inches. © Narayan Mahon Photography.0

Exhibition 

 // Dec 06 – Mar 15

Narayan Mahon:
 Lands in Limbo
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Alec Soth, Charles, Vasa, Minnesota, 2002. Chromogenic print, 50 x 40 inches. Courtesy the artist.0

Exhibition 

 // Sep 14 – Jan 04

From Here to There:
 Alec Soth’s America
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Jason S. Yi, installation detail images from A Fragile Permanence. Photos © Claire Larkins.0

Exhibition 

 // Aug 23 – Nov 09

Jason S. Yi:
 A Fragile Permanence
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Terry Husebye, Stella Jones, Harrisburg Flood Victim, 1973. Gelatin silver print, 11⅜ x 7⅝ inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Museum Purchase Fund. © Terry Husebye, 1973.0

Exhibition 

 // May 24 – Aug 24

Turn Turn Turn
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Fred Stonehouse, Trying To Be A Problem, 2012. Acrylic on canvas banner, 55 x 67 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee.0

Exhibition 

 // Sep 21 – Jan 05

Wisconsin Triennial 2013
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