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Art Since 1948
Active8/29/2019 - 7/19/2025
Organizing institution: Krannert Art Museum at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Primary Curator: Amy Powell
With strengths in American and European surrealism, abstract painting, mid-century kinetic and light works, and art addressing powerful themes of history, land use, and identity, Art Since 1948 surveys the collection and encourages formal and conceptual connections across six decades. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has long prioritized the art of our time. The College of Fine and Applied Arts, established in 1931, made an uncommon commitment to organizing curated and juried exhibitions, facilitating artist-in-residence programs, and building an outstanding collection of contemporary painting and sculpture. These activities were understood as fundamentally interdisciplinary and undertaken for the benefit of all university students, not only for those studying art and art history. Faculty, students, and visiting artists in ethnic studies, music, dance, and computer science, along with art and design, have all played vital roles in producing and bringing contemporary art to our campus. This new long-term installation begins chronologically with works of art collected in the late 1940s, from the first years of what became the university’s historic Festival of Contemporary Arts, and continues to the present. Comprised primarily of painting and sculpture from KAM’s holdings, the exhibition also features key loans from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation, the American Indian Studies Program, and local collections. Some works—particularly in our deep holdings of works on paper—will rotate each semester, leaving room for small focused exhibitions and ongoing dialogue about the history and future of contemporary art on the University of Illinois campus.
This exhibition has been displayed at the following venues:
- Krannert Art Museum 8/29/2019 - 7/19/2025
Exhibition Objects (201)
![Image of N.Y. 1 [Road #4]](/Media/Thumbnails/2000s/2006/2006-3-1.png)
![Image of Untitled [A Great New West]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2017/2017-13-5_websize.png)
![Image of The Punk Poet [Text]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2019/2019-2-3_12_p1_2019_web.png)
![Image of The Gym Attendant [Text]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2019/2019-2-3_10_p1_2019_web.png)
![Image of A Lost Boy [Text]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2019/2019-2-3_8_p1_2019_web.png)
![Image of A Hippie [Text]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2019/2019-2-3_6_p1_2019_web.png)
![Image of A Traveller from Boston [Text]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2019/2019-2-3_4_p1_2019_web.png)
![Image of The Best Friend [Text]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2019/2019-2-3_2_p1_2019_web.png)
![Image of A Neighborhood Friend [Text]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2019/2019-2-3_14_p1_2019_web.png)
![Image of The Waiter [Text]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2019/2019-2-3_16_p1_2019_web.png)
![Image of The Merchant down the Street [Text]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2019/2019-2-3_18_p1_2019_web.png)
![Image of The European Visitor [Text]](/Media/Thumbnails/2010s/2019/2019-2-3_20_p1_2019_web.png)
Exhibition Images (1)
Artists (126)
- Al-An deSouza (Nairobi, Kenya, 1958 - )
- Alejandro Lugo (Mexico, active United States, 1962 - )
- Alvin C. Hollingsworth (New York, NY, USA, 1928 – 2000)
- Aminah Robinson (Columbus, OH, USA, 1940 - 2015, Columbus, OH, USA)
- Andy Tsinnajinnie (Chinle, AZ, USA, 1916 - 2000)
- Andy Warhol (Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 1928 – 1987, New York, NY, USA)
- Annette Lemieux (Norfolk, VA, USA, 1957 - )
- Antonio Frasconi (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1919 – 2013, Norwalk, CT, USA)
- Arthur Osver (Chicago, IL, USA, 1912 - 2006, Webster Grove, MO, USA)
- Arthur S. Siegel (Detroit, MI, USA, 1913 - 1978, Chicago, IL, USA)
- Barbara Morgan (Buffalo, KS, USA, 1900 - 1992, Sleepy Hollow, NY, USA)
- Barbara Rossi (Chicago, IL, USA, 1940 - )
- Barbara T. Dearstyne (Massachusetts, USA, 1918 – 1973, Alexandria, VA, USA)
- Bea Nettles (Gainesville, FL, USA, 1946 - )
- Ben Mahmoud (Charleston, WV, USA, 1935 - 2009, New Port Richey, FL, USA)
- Ben Shahn (Kaunas, Lithuania, 1898 - 1969, New York, NY, USA)
- Benjamin Wigfall (Richmond, VA, USA, 1930 – 2017)
- Berenice Abbott (Springfield, OH, USA, 1898 - 1991)
- Betty Hahn (Chicago, IL, USA, 1940 - )
- Bradley Walker Tomlin (Syracuse, NY, USA, 1899 - 1953, New York, NY, USA)
- Bruce Davidson (Oak Park, IL, USA, 1933 - )
- Carl Chiarenza (Rochester, NY, USA, 1935 - )
- Carlotta Corpron (Blue Earth, MN, USA, 1901 - 1988, Denton, TX, USA)
- Carolee Schneemann (Fox Chase, PA, USA, 1939 - 2019)
- Charles H. Traub (Louisville, KY, USA, 1945 - )
- Chet La More (Dane County, WI, USA, 1908 - 1980, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)
- Chryssa (Athen, Greece, 1933 - 2013, Athens, Greece)
- Danny Lyon (Brooklyn, NY, USA, 1942 - )
- Darryl Curran (Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 1935 - )
- David Park (Boston, MA, USA, 1911 - 1960, Berkley, CA, USA)
- David Philpot (Chicago, IL, USA, 1940 - 2018, Detroit, MI, USA)
- David Wojnarowicz (Red Bank, NJ, USA, 1954 - 1992)
- De La Torre Brothers (active United States, 1990s – )
- Deborah Remington (Haddonfield, NJ, USA, 1935 – 2010, Moorestown, NJ USA)
- Donna Ferrato (Waltham, MA, USA, 1949 - )
- Doris Derby (Bronx, New York, NY, USA, 1939 – 2022)
- Earl Reiback (United States, 1936 - 2006)
- Edna Reindel (Detroit, MI, USA, 1900 - 1990, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA)
- Einar De La Torre (Guadalajara, Mexico, 1963 – )
- Elijah Burgher (Kingston, NY, USA, 1978 – )
- Elizabeth Catlett (Washington, D.C., USA, 1915 - 2012, Cuernavaca, Mexico)
- Ellen Lanyon (Chicago, IL, USA, 1926 – 2013)
- Ezio Martinelli (West Hoboken, NJ, USA, 1913 - 1980, Saugerties, NY, USA)
- Francois Deschamps (New Paltz, New York, 1946 - )
- Frank Stella (Malden, MA, USA, 1936 – 05/04/2024, Manhattan, NY, USA)
- Frederick Hammersley (Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 1919 - 2009, Albuquerque, NM, USA)
- Fritz Scholder (Breckenridge, MN, USA, 1937 - 2005, Phoenix, AZ, USA)
- Greg Drasler (Waukegan, IL, USA, 1952 - )
- Hal Fischer (Kansas City, MO, USA, 1950 - )
- Harry Callahan (Detroit, MI, USA, 1912 - 1999, Atlanta, GA, USA)
- Hector Duarte (Caurio, Michoacan, Mexico, 1952 - )
- Hedda Sterne (Bucharest, Romania, 1910 - 2011, Manhattan, NY, USA)
- Helen Gerardia (Russia, 1903 – 1988)
- Hollis Sigler (Gary, IN, USA, 1948 - 2001, Lincolnshire, IL, USA)
- Jacob Lawrence (Atlantic City, NJ, USA, 1917 – 2000, Seattle, WA, USA)
- Jamex De La Torre (Guadalajara, Mexico, 1960 – )
- Jerry Uelsmann (Detroit, MI, USA, 1934 - )
- Jess (Long Beach, CA, USA, 1923 - 2004, San Francisco, CA, USA)
- Jess T. Dugan (Biloxi, MS, USA, 1986 – )
- Joán Miró (Barcelona, Spain, 1893 - 1983, Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
- Joel Ross (TX, USA, 1966 - )
- John Divola (Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1949 - )
- John Dowell (Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1941 - )
- John Himmelfarb (Chicago, IL, USA, 1946 - )
- Kay WalkingStick (Syracuse, NY, USA, 1935 - )
- Kenji Nakahashi (Sakauchi (now Ibigawa), Gifu Prefecture, Japan, 1947 – 2017, New York, NY, USA)
- Kevin Cole (Pine Bluff, AR, USA, 1960 – )
- Laurel Nakadate (Austin, TX, USA, 1975 – )
- Leon Golub (Chicago, IL, USA, 1922 - 2004, New York, NY, USA)
- Lorna Simpson (Brooklyn, NY, USA, 1960 - )
- Louis Bosa (Codroipo, Italy, 1905 - 1981)
- Louise Bourgeois (Paris, France, 1911 - 2010, New York, NY, USA)
- Louise Fishman (Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1939 - )
- Macena Barton (Union City, MI, USA, 1901 – 1986)
- Manuel Carrillo (Mexico City, Mexico, 1906 - 1989, Mexico City, Mexico)
- Margo Humphrey (Oakland, CA, USA, 1942 - )
- Mark Rothko (Daugavpils, Latvia, 1903 - 1970, New York, NY, USA)
- Mavis Pusey (Retreat, Jamaica, 1928 – 2019, Falmouth, VA, USA)
- McArthur Binion (Macon, MI, USA, 1946 - )
- Melanie Yazzie (Ganado, AZ, USA, 1966 - )
- Melissa Pokorny (Detroit, MI, USA, 1962 - )
- Michael Stone (United States, 1945 – )
- Michael West (Chicago, IL, USA, 1908 - 1991, New York, NY, USA)
- Nancy Hild (Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1948 - 2017, Oaxaca City, Mexico)
- Nathan Lerner (Chicago, IL, USA, 1913 - 1997, Chicago, IL, USA)
- Nick Cave (Fulton, MO, USA, 1959 – )
- Peter Saul (San Francisco, CA, USA, 1934 - )
- Philip Guston (Montreal, Canada, 1913 - 1980, Woodstock, NY, USA)
- Purvis Young (Miami, FL, USA, 1943 - 2010, Miami, FL, USA)
- Rafael Ferrer (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1933 - )
- Richard Diebenkorn (Portland, OR, USA, 1922 – 1993, Berkeley, CA, USA)
- Richard Howard Hunt (Chicago, IL, USA, 1935 – 2023, Chicago, IL, USA)
- Richard Meisinger (Mount Clemens, MI, USA, 1945 - )
- Robbert Flick (Amersfoort, Netherlands, 1939 - )
- Robert Davidson (Hydaburg, AK, USA, 1946 – )
- Robert Fichter (Fort Meyers, FL, USA, 1939 - )
- Robert Frank (Zurich, Switzerland, 1924 - 2019, New York, NY, USA)
- Robert Gwathmey (Manchester, VA, USA, 1903 - 1988, Southampton, NY, USA)
- Robert Indiana (New Castle, IN, USA, 1928 - 2018, Vinalhaven, ME, USA)
- Robert Rauschenberg (Port Arthur, TX, USA, 1925 - 2008, Captiva Island, FL, USA)
- Robert von Sternberg (Glendale, CA, USA, 1939 - )
- Roberto Matta (Región Metropolitana, Chile, 1911 - 2002, Civitavecchia, Italy)
- Rochelle Toner (United States, 1940 - )
- Salvatore Scarpitta (Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA, 1919 - 2007, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA)
- Sam Jury (United Kingdom, 1974 - )
- Seong Moy (Canton, China, 1921 – 2013, New York City)
- Sheila Pinkel (Newport News, VA, 1941 - )
- Sonny Assu (Richmond, BC, Canada, 1975 - )
- Stella Waitzkin (New York, NY, USA, 1920 – 2003, New York, NY, USA)
- Stuart Davis (Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1892 - 1964, New York, NY, USA)
- Suda House (California, USA, 1951 - )
- Sue Coe (Tamworth, England, UK, 1951 - )
- Sylvia Sleigh (Llandudno, Wales, UK, 1916 - 2010, New York, NY, USA)
- Sylvia Snowden (Raleigh, NC, USA, 1942 – )
- Theodore Roszak (Poznan, Poland, 1907 - 1981, New York, NY, USA)
- Thomas Albert Sills (Castalia, NC, USA, 1914 - 2000, New York, NY, USA)
- Vera Klement (Gdansk, Poland, 1929 – 2023)
- W. Eugene Smith (Wichita, KS, USA, 1918 - 1978, Tucson, AZ, USA)
- Walker Evans (St. Louis, MO, USA, 1903 - 1975, New Haven, CT, USA)
- Wifredo Lam (Sagua la Grande, Cuba, 1902 - 1982, Paris, France)
- William Baziotes (Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 1912 - 1963, New York, NY, USA)
- William Kentridge (Johannesburg, South Africa, 1955 - )
- William T. Wiley (Bedford, IN, USA, 1937 – 2021, Greenbrae, CA, USA)
- Willie Cole (Newark, NJ, USA, 1955 - )
- Worden Day (Columbus, OH, USA, 1912 - 1986, Montclair, NJ, USA)
- Yves Tanguy (Paris, France, 1900 - 1955, Woodbury, CT, USA)
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