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Upcoming Exhibitions

Joslyn Art Museum hosts a selection of temporary special exhibitions annually. These feature works from other museums, institutions, and private collections worldwide, or represent an aspect of Joslyn's own permanent collection. Special exhibitions are limited-time engagements and are most often free with regular Museum admission (exhibitions with an additional entrance fee are noted).

What's Pictured: Chuck Forsman (American, born 1944), Sacred Cows, 2011, oil on panel, Courtesy of Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, on view in the special exhibition Contested Terrain: Painting the Modern Landscape, June 30 through September 16, 2012.

Below are upcoming exhibitions:

The Great West Illustrated: Celebrating 150 Years of the Union Pacific Railroad 6/30/2012 - 9/17/2012 Left: Andrew J. Russell (American, 1829–1902), Promontory Trestle Work and Engine No. 2 (detail), 1869, albumen print, Union Pacific Railroad Museum This exhibition marks the Union Pacific Railroad's milestone anniversary year. In 1868, Union Pacific Railroad hired photographer Andrew J. Russell to document construction of the transcontinental railroad from Omaha to Promontory Summit, Utah. The results of this partnership were published the following year in an album, The Great West Illustrated, which is recognized as one of the most important photographic commissions of the nineteenth century. MORE DETAILS
Contested Terrain: Painting the Modern Landscape 6/30/2012 - 9/16/2012 Left: Karen Kitchel (American, born 1957), Promontory 2, 2003, oil on panel, Courtesy of Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO Contested Terrain: Painting the Modern Landscape addresses the complexities of depicting a landscape that is rarely sublime or romantic. Rather than seeking scenic vistas or idyllic fragments of wilderness, the artists in this exhibition uncover a diversity of narratives — personal, environmental, industrial, and cultural histories — that can be read in the landscape. Their work describes places that have been transformed by development and industry, while still locating moments that speak forcefully of the natural world. The exhibition includes work by Chuck Forsman, Karen Kitchel, James Lavadour, Jean Lowe, Alexis Rockman, Michael Scott, and Don Stinson. Join artists Chuck Forsman, Karen Kitchel, and Don Stinson for a conversation about their work on exhibition opening day, Saturday, June 30, 10:30–noon. Admission to the panel discussion is free.
Dancing by the Light of the Moon: The Art of Fred Marcellino 7/14/2012 - 9/30/2012 Left: "While he was swimming, the King passed by and Puss shouted with . . .," from Puss in Boots, 1990, colored pencil and graphite, © Fred Marcellino A celebrated artist and designer, Fred Marcellino changed the look and feel of book covers for contemporary fiction before becoming an author and illustrator of award-winning children’s books. His subtly painted images created an alluring graphic identity for works by many prominent authors, including Tom Wolfe, Margaret Atwood, and Anne Tyler (the exhibition will include the original book cover art for Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities, Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, and others). In the mid-1980s at the height of his success, Marcellino turned his attentions to children’s book illustration, a dramatic but enjoyable departure for the artist. His first full-color picture book, Puss in Boots, was awarded a prestigious Caldecott Honor in 1990, and many award-winning classics followed.

6/30/2012 - 9/17/2012

Left: Andrew J. Russell (American, 1829–1902), Promontory Trestle Work and Engine No. 2 (detail), 1869, albumen print, Union Pacific Railroad Museum

This exhibition marks the Union Pacific Railroad's milestone anniversary year. In 1868, Union Pacific Railroad hired photographer Andrew J. Russell to document construction of the transcontinental railroad from Omaha to Promontory Summit, Utah. The results of this partnership were published the following year in an album, The Great West Illustrated, which is recognized as one of the most important photographic commissions of the nineteenth century.

MORE DETAILS

6/30/2012 - 9/16/2012

Left: Karen Kitchel (American, born 1957), Promontory 2, 2003, oil on panel, Courtesy of Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

Contested Terrain: Painting the Modern Landscape addresses the complexities of depicting a landscape that is rarely sublime or romantic. Rather than seeking scenic vistas or idyllic fragments of wilderness, the artists in this exhibition uncover a diversity of narratives — personal, environmental, industrial, and cultural histories — that can be read in the landscape. Their work describes places that have been transformed by development and industry, while still locating moments that speak forcefully of the natural world. The exhibition includes work by Chuck Forsman, Karen Kitchel, James Lavadour, Jean Lowe, Alexis Rockman, Michael Scott, and Don Stinson.

Join artists Chuck Forsman, Karen Kitchel, and Don Stinson for a conversation about their work on exhibition opening day, Saturday, June 30, 10:30–noon. Admission to the panel discussion is free.

7/14/2012 - 9/30/2012

Left: "While he was swimming, the King passed by and Puss shouted with . . .," from Puss in Boots, 1990, colored pencil and graphite, © Fred Marcellino

A celebrated artist and designer, Fred Marcellino changed the look and feel of book covers for contemporary fiction before becoming an author and illustrator of award-winning children’s books. His subtly painted images created an alluring graphic identity for works by many prominent authors, including Tom Wolfe, Margaret Atwood, and Anne Tyler (the exhibition will include the original book cover art for Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities, Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, and others).

In the mid-1980s at the height of his success, Marcellino turned his attentions to children’s book illustration, a dramatic but enjoyable departure for the artist. His first full-color picture book, Puss in Boots, was awarded a prestigious Caldecott Honor in 1990, and many award-winning classics followed.