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James B. Colgate Hall Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology Picker Art Gallery, Dana Arts Center
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Ongoing
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In honor of President Rebecca Chopp's first five
years at Colgate, alumnus and Hamilton resident Paul J. Schupf has
generously agreed to make his collection of Modern and
Contemporary art available to the
University as part of a special on-campus exhibition. His distinguished
collection is known around the world for its paintings, prints, and drawings by
Alex Katz, and its prints by Richard Serra and Chuck Close. This rotating exhibition features a compelling selection of just a few important objects at a time, installed in prominent locations on campus. An e-catalogue provides a cumulative, regularly updated record of the entire exhibition. The exhibition is titled Moving Pictures in recognition both of its changing format and of its compelling subject matter. In May 2007, it began in James B. Colgate Hall with the loan of three masterpieces of American art: Alex Katz's The Cocktail Party (1965, oil on linen), Alex Katz's Ada with a Bathing Cap (1965, oil on linen), Chuck Close's Self-Portrait (2005, photogravure). Visitors will recognize the two Katz paintings from their recent inclusion in the major exhibition, Alex Katz Paints Ada, held at the Jewish Museum in New York. The exhibition now extends to Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology and the Picker Art Gallery. At Case-Geyer, it encompasses Richard Serra’s steel sculptures Madrid (1981) and Study for Carnegie (1984-85), Alex Katz’s painting Daisies I (1992, oil on linen), his Cartoon for Anne (1988, charcoal on paper), as well as important prints by Andy Warhol and Chuck Close and a collage by British artist Martin Maloney. The Picker Art Gallery, the third venue of Moving Pictures, features the monumental Richard Serra print Double Black (1990, paintstick on screenprint on paper). Schupf is a longtime patron of the arts and a generous donor to Colgate University. He has presented the college with the Paul J. Schupf Studio Arts Center, the W.S. Schupf Chair in Far Eastern Studies, the Schupf Senior Art Prize, and the Schupf Fellowship, the only annual fellowship for study at Oxford offered at an undergraduate liberal arts college in the United States. Schupf recently served as the lender for Close Katz Serra (December 7, 2005 to May 8, 2006), and Chuck Close: Self-Portrait/Scribble/Etching Portfolio 2000 (August 24 to November 4, 2007). For additional information, please contact the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University, tel. 315-228-7634. |
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