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With a sharp eye for the ludicrous in American society and an abiding sense of humor, Wisconsin artist Ray Gloeckler creates images that lampoon the inflated and celebrate the everyday. This publication goes beyond the Elvehjem's (now Chazen's) 2004 exhibition to publish over 200 prints Gloeckler made from 1955 through 2004. Distributed for the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"In lively memoirs and analyses, the artists tell the story of the evolving print program at Madison."--BOOK JACKET.
Handmade Holiday Cards shows how artists imagined the holidays through original watercolors, etchings, silk-screen prints, and drawings. Rarely seen beyond the eyes of their recipients, these cards confirm the irrepressible artistry of their senders. Handmade Holiday Cards offers personal insight into the style and sentiment of artists, including how they summed up the year's events in their own lives and the world in which they lived. The introduction by archives specialist Mary Savig explores the intersections between commercial holiday cards and the art world--how holiday cards were first marketed as "affordable art" and how selling their art to card companies often provided income for ar...
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Includes annual reports of the Detroit Arts Commission and of the Detroit Museum of Art Founders Society.