Print in Protest
Exhibition Overview From its beginnings, the printmaking department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison embraced social commitment. Its founder Alfred Sessler said, “I have always been […]
August 18, 2020
Past
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August 18, 2020Iceland’s Vanishing Beauty: Photography by Michael Kienitz
Exhibition Overview Madison photographer Michael Kienitz created these images during five years of work in the region of Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland. A visually […]
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August 18, 2020Warrington Colescott: Wisconsin Master
Exhibition Overview Prints by Warrington Colescott are on view at the Chazen Museum of Art on the second floor of the Chazen building. Colescott, a […]
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August 18, 2020Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home
Exhibition Overview How does lack of safety and security affect our psyche and ability to live and flourish? Fourteen contemporary artists tackle the public issue […]
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August 18, 2020Southern Rites by Gillian Laub
Exhibition Overview In 2002, Gillian Laub was sent on a magazine assignment to Mount Vernon, Georgia, to document the lives of teenagers in the American […]
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August 18, 2020Un/Seen: The Alchemy of Fixing Shadows
The earliest photographic processes were simultaneously science, art, and magic. This new, strange alchemy concealed as much as it revealed, light and silver halide combining, […]
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August 18, 2020Secrete, Augment, Testify: Works by Chloe Darke
The 2019 Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize has been awarded to Chloe Darke. Darke’s work suggests historic or perhaps futuristic medical apparatus: a row […]
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August 17, 2020SUPERNOVA: Charlotte and Gene’s Radical Imagination Station
The Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize is offered by the museum in collaboration with the UW–Madison Art Department; the winner is selected by an […]
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August 13, 2020Bill Viola: The Raft
Please note that dates are subject to change during the pandemic. A defining achievement in video installation, The Raft exemplifies Bill Viola’s powerfully affecting work. […]
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April 23, 2020Faculty Exhibition 2020
Every four years, the Chazen showcases art by university faculty. A tradition since the museum opened, the show has usually included only faculty and emeriti from the art department.