Past Exhibitions
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August 19, 2011 - January 15, 2012Kemper Art Museum, Teaching GalleryAgainst the notion of a static world of things, the stress of the performative is on process, participant, event, execution, and expressive action. The concept of performativity first emerged in the United... more -
May 13, 2011 - July 18, 2011Kemper Art Museum, Teaching GalleryThe human body—depicted nude, in allegorical form, in portraiture, or as an object mediated by the effects of modernization—is one of the oldest and most important subjects in Western art. This Teaching... more -
May 6, 2011 - August 1, 2011Kemper Art MuseumThe exhibition will feature thesis projects by the 2011 Master of Fine Arts candidates in Washington University's Graduate School of Art, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. 2011 MFA... more -
May 6, 2011 - August 1, 2011Kemper Art Museum, Garen GalleryConceptual artist Cosima von Bonin’s creative practice is distinguished by an exceptional interweaving of sculpture, installation, video, textiles, music, performance, and her own social network. Extensive... more -
January 28, 2011 - April 18, 2011Kemper Art MuseumAmerican contemporary artist Elizabeth Peyton is celebrated as one of the most important painters of her generation; during the last two decades she has also created numerous monotypes, lithographs, etchings,... more -
January 28, 2011 - April 18, 2011Kemper Art MuseumIsland Press: Three Decades of Printmaking surveys the work of Washington University’s Island Press from its beginnings as a traditional press shop in 1978, producing high quality artist editions in standard... more -
January 28, 2011 - April 18, 2011Kemper Art MuseumLuis Camnitzer: Forewords and Last Words presents a selection of prints, multiples, and artist’s books by renowned conceptual artist Luis Camnitzer, highlighting his longstanding engagement with the print... more -
January 28, 2011 - May 9, 2011Kemper Art Museum, Teaching GalleryThe devastation wrought by World War I led to virulent critiques of reason, progress, and a kind of nationalism that had used technology to mostly destructive ends. International Dada movements during the War... more -
November 3, 2010 - January 3, 2011Kemper Art Museum, Saligman Family AtriumJoe Deal was among the most influential American landscape photographers of the latter 20th century, known for austere, almost abstract images that balanced depictions of the natural and man-made worlds. Joe... more -
October 8, 2010 - January 10, 2011Kemper Art Museum, Ebsworth and College of Art GalleriesBrazilian conceptual artist Rivane Neuenschwander creates playful, ephemeral and often participatory artworks that blur distinctions between author and viewer, object and memory, permanence and temporality.... more