New Acquisitions - San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
The first public exhibition of nearly 40 new additions to the museum’s collection, including an important gift of works on paper by Otis Dozier and Velma Davis Dozier from Denni Davis Washburn. Ranging from early Texas prints and drawings to contemporary painting and sculpture, the gifts featured in this exhibition have enriched and broadened the museum’s collections of Texas art and Ceramic art, two of SAMFA’s focus areas of collecting.
The exhibition also includes works by Xavier Gonzalez (museum purchase with funds from Anne Shahan), Roger Allen and Akio Takamori (gifts of Pam Bladine in memory of Roger Allen), Jack Earl (a gift of John Williams), and Lee Albert Hill, Jesús Toro Martinez, Connie Connally, Tom Coleman and Frank Boyden (gifts of the artists).
Group Show
SELECTED WORK
Crimson Blues, 16 x 32 in, Flashe and oil on linen
Scarlet Headdress, 30 x 30 in, oil on linen
Wilderness Playground
Prairies and Pathways, 30 x 70 in, oil on linen
SELECTED WORK
Pandemonium, 10 x 36 in, Flashe and oil on canvas
Prairies and Pathways, 30 x 70 in, oil on linen
Upright on the Prairie, 16 x 32 in, Flashe and oil on canvas
Mid - Summer Bay, 30 x 60 in, oil on canvas
Upstream, 30 x 30 in, Flashe and oil on linen
Spider Lily and Blue Heron, 16 x 48 in, oil on linen
Towards a 21st Century Abstraction
Eventide, 35” x 35”, oil on canvas
Curated by Peter Frank, LA Art Critic
Organized by Connie Connally
I am very proud to be a leader for our group, 21st Century Abstraction and in the creation of our traveling exhibition, Towards a 21st Century Abstraction.
21C is made up of seven masterful painters working in studios across the country. Their works have been exhibited and collected extensively across the United States and internationally. They include Connie Connally, Wosene Kosrof, Brad Ellis, David Bailin, Jeri Ledbetter, Katherine Chang Liu, and Sammy Peters. These seven artists come from seven diverse backgrounds, have seven differing techniques, but all have an abiding sense of trust that their work contributes to the continued value of abstraction in this century.
EXHIBITING
Longview Museum of Fine Arts
Longview, Texas
October 15 - February 11, 2023
San Angelo Museum of Fine Art
San Angelo, Texas
July 14 - September 11, 2022
Arts Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Texas
April 1 - May 28, 2022
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art
Santa Barbara, California
July 8 - August 14, 2021
Coos Art Museum
Coos Bay, Oregon
October 8 - December 4, 2021
SELECTED WORKS
Selections From The Permanent Collection: Contemporary Art
Ocean Tumble, 30 x 30 in, oil on canvas
