Bill Viola: The Raft
Sep 29–Dec 30, 2020
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. […]
Speaking of Book Arts: Oral Histories from UW–Madison
Feb 1–Sep 10, 2020
Exhibition Overview Speaking of Book Arts: Oral Histories from UW-Madison is a first-time collaboration between the Chazen, Kohler Art Library, and UW Archives presenting fifty years […]
Faculty Exhibition 2020
Feb 1–Jul 31, 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.
Fabrice Monteiro: The Prophecy
Oct 5, 2019–Jan 5, 2020
Fabrice Monteiro is a photographer and visual artist who lives and works in Dakar Senegal. In 2013, he began a project in Senegal called The Prophecy to raise awareness in the local population of the serious environmental scourges that the country suffers as well as the consequences of excessive consumption.
Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials
Sep 13, 2019–Jan 5, 2020
Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials features contemporary artwork investigating the complex cultural and material nexus that is “Plastic.”
Sanford Biggers
Jun 28–Sep 22, 2019
Exhibition Overview Sanford Biggers uses a wide range of media—including painting, sculpture, video, film, multicomponent installations, and performance—to encourage meaningful dialogue around narratives in American […]
Secrete, Augment, Testify: Works by Chloe Darke
Apr 26–Jun 16, 2019
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 […]
Un/Seen: The Alchemy of Fixing Shadows
Feb 15–Apr 14, 2019
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, […]
Southern Rites by Gillian Laub
Jan 25–May 12, 2019
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 […]
Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home
Nov 24, 2018–Jan 6, 2019
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 […]