Sheldon Museum of Art: Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

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	*The Unknown Blakelock* January 25, 2008 thru April 05, 2008 A retrospective of Ralph Albert Blakelock's (1847-1919) paintings reveals a proto-modern vision and many works beyond the themes he has been historically associated with. On view for the first time these works explore Blakelock's surprising breadth of themes.
	*Art Farm @ Sheldon* January 04, 2008 thru April 27, 2008 This exhibition focuses on design proposals for Art Farm, a non-profit art residency site in Marquette, Nebraska. Work on display includes architectural models, renderings, diagrams, drawings and rotating installations.
	*Winter Wonderland: Prints from the Collection of Norman and Judith Zlotsky* December 17, 2007 thru March 23, 2008 More than 30 prints, dating from 1860 to 1960, from the Norman and Judy Zlotsky collection, offer insights into how artists have responded to the subject of winter and how the craft of printmaking developed in the United States after the Civil War.
	*Sheldon Survey: An Invitational* November 09, 2007 thru January 06, 2008 Sheldon Survey: An Invitational will present artworks from more than 20 contemporary artists now working throughout the United States.
	*Sheldon Connections* September 14, 2007 thru October 14, 2007 Sheldon Connections 3, exhibitions and performances by regional artists, continues through October 14.
	*Seasonal Celebrations, Daily Life* September 07, 2007 thru December 09, 2007 A 30-year retroperspective on the photographs of Graciela Iturbide.
	*Bougie* August 28, 2007 thru December 02, 2007 Artist Wanda Ewing, an assistant professor of art and art history at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, explores the concept of beauty inspired by popular fashion magazines by creating satirical covers for her own fictional magazine, Bougie.
	*Sheldon Connections* August 10, 2007 thru September 09, 2007 Sheldon Connections is a new program this summer transforming the museum's exhibition galleries on the north side of the second floor into dynamic public sites for events and exhibitions by regional artists. Sheldon Connections 2 is the second of three sessions in the program. To view a short videocast about the exhibition, please click Connections 2 Videocast Sheldon Connections Calendar
	*Sheldon Connections 1* July 13, 2007 thru August 05, 2007 Sheldon Connections is a new program this summer transforming the museum's exhibition galleries on the north side of the second floor into dynamic public sites for events and exhibitions by regional artists.
	*The Anatomy of Charley Friedman* May 11, 2007 thru August 11, 2007 This exhibition is a 10-year survey of the work of Lincoln native and New York-based artist Charley Friedman.
	*Sculptors on Paper* April 13, 2007 thru July 01, 2007 This exhibition explores the important role that works on paper have played in the work of sculptors. Drawn from the Sheldon’s permanent collection, drawings and prints will be presented that suggest important clues to the working process of sculptors and the relationship between two- and three-dimensional aesthetic vocabularies.
	*Chris Ware* February 16, 2007 thru April 29, 2007 This installation features drawings, sketches, models, and selected ephemera related to Chris Ware’s new graphic novel that takes place in Omaha, Nebraska, his birthplace.
	*Comic Art* February 06, 2007 thru April 29, 2007 This exhibition plots the relationship between comic and high art.
	*The Architect's Brother* January 16, 2007 thru April 01, 2007 The George Eastman House exhibition surveys the unique photographic vision of Robert ParkeHarrison.
	*Expressing Identity: American Prints Since 1980* November 07, 2006 thru January 28, 2007 As part of the Sheldon’s programming initiative, “Forming American Identities,” this permanent collection exhibition explores the expressive capacity of printmaking.
	*James VanDerZee Photography* October 03, 2006 thru December 17, 2006 A cross-section of James VanDerZee's photography from the 1920s and 1930s during the Harlem Renaissance are on display.
	*Collage Aesthetic* September 29, 2006 thru February 04, 2007 A selection of work from Sheldon's collections focuses on collage, an important aesthetic innovation during the 20th century. The exhibition surveys the many ways that artists have used this seminal medium.
	Anxious Objects, Willie Cole's Favorite Brands, 1988-2006 September 16, 2006 thru December 17, 2006 Artist Willie Cole of Newark, New Jersey, transforms the mundane and everyday into objects to reinterpret African cultural traditions.
	Enrique Martinez Celaya: Coming Home August 22, 2006 thru October 29, 2006 This exhibition celebrates the gift of Martinez Celaya’s Coming Home, one of his most significant sculptural installations.
	American Art, 19th Century to Present August 01, 2006 thru March 28, 2007 A chronological installation of Sheldon's outstanding permanent collection opens with examples from the early-19th century and examines American modernism, realism and surrealism, then proceeds to the development of Abstract Expressionism, and finally explores late-20th- and 21st-century art.