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NOW ON VIEW


Annie Leibovitz, Karen Brown, and Minda Gralnek, Willard Scott as Santa, Dayton Hudson Bag, 1985
Collection of J. Scott Patnode

October 30 - December 22, 2007

Sacks Appeal: Designs on the Shopping Bag

This dazzling exhibition showcases some of the finest shopping bag art of the 20th century, featuring designs by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Joseph Beuys, Barbara Kruger, and Annie Leibovitz.
Meloy Gallery


A portion of this exhibition is on view in downtown Missoula in the Macy's department store display window, 110 N. Higgins.

 

 


November 28, 2008 lecture by Scott Patnode,
Collector, Shopping Bag Collection

 


Cathryn Mallory,
Elongate, woven, coiled wire, 2005
Donated by Miriam Sample

Everyday Objects in Art:
Works from the Permanent Collection

Highlighting selections from MMAC's Permanent Collection, this exhibition features works that utilize found objects as material and subject. These works reflect developments in modern art originating with Marcel Duchamp's 'readymades' to assemblage to contemporary trends that blur the boundaries between art and life. Included are works by Kendra Bayer, Stephen Glueckert, Dyna Kuehnle, Cathryn Mallory and more.
Paxson Gallery


MAJOR ART LOAN ON VIEW

Willem de Kooning, Untitled I, oil on canvas
Willem de Kooning, Untitled I, oil on canvas, 1979

Willem de Kooning, Untitled I

November 2, 2007 - February 8, 2008

President's Office Lobby, Main Hall

MMAC is pleased to announce a 6th major art loan from an anonymous collector. Untitled I, by Abstract Expressionist master Willem de Kooning is now available for public viewing in the UM President's Office Lobby.

Willem de Kooning (1904 -1997) had a long and productive life. Untitled I, produced when he was 75 years old, uses fragmented forms of a landscape reassembled by his creative use of color and composition offset by lush, active brushstrokes.

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COMING SOON
 


Jean Arp, Colonne de rêve, limestone and bronze, 1958

MMAC is excited to announce that we will receive two more major art loans from a private collection, to be placed on view in the Mansfield Library Lobby and the UM President's Office Lobby.

Colonne de reêve by Jean Arp (1886 - 1966), and White Relief by Ben Nicholson, O.M.(1894 - 1982) will arrive in the coming weeks and will be available for public viewing through March, 2008. Watch the MMAC website for more information.

 


CITY CLUB MISSOULA
DECEMBER 21, 2007 FORUM
Art in Missoula: Left Brain - Right Brain

Mark your calendar for a special arts focused City Club Forum. MMAC director Barbara Koostra will explore the intrinsic value of art through a look at MMAC's permanent collection and will share fascinating stories from the collection's more than 10,000 treasures. Tom Benson, director of the Missoula Cultural Council, will report the findings of a national study, Arts and Economic Prosperity III on the financial impact of art and culture in Missoula.

December 21, 2007, 11:30am - 1pm
Doubletree Hotel, 100 Madison St., Missoula

You do not need to be a City Club member to attend, but reservations are required. You can make a reservation by email to: ccm@cityclubmissoula.org or by calling: 406.546.6643 before Wednesday, December 19. Please indicate if you want lunch: $11 for members and students, $16 for nonmembers or the no-lunch option of form only for $5. For more information about City Club Missoula, visit www.cityclubmissoula.org.


GOETHE SAYS:

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


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