Tulane Admission Counselor Lindsey Hoyt highlights recent art exhibitions at Tulane's Newcomb Art Gallery.
The Newcomb Gallery, in the heart of Tulane's campus, is a place for wandering. A few months ago, you wandered through the Gallery's Prospect 3 exhibition, past the overwhelmingly vibrant mixed-media work of Ebony G. Patterson...
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Detail of Brella Krew (from the Fambily series), photo from ARC Magazine, courtesy of Ebony G. Patterson |
And then through a room covered in 1500 feet of black rope, which to anyone from New Orleans, looked a lot like black Mardi Gras beads... |
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Today, you wander through an exhibition of drawings, photographs, and sculptures by one of modern history's most famous artists, Edgar Degas... |
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Degas had close family ties to New Orleans, and spent 1872-1873 in a beautiful house on Esplanade Avenue, painting portraits of his family members and New Orleans life, including the famous A Cotton Office in New Orleans. |
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And in a few more months, just in time to welcome the Tulane Class of 2019 to campus, the Newcomb Gallery will host an exhibition of works by New York-based artist KAWS, who started as a graffiti artist, reworking and subverting advertisements on the street. Now, KAWS creates brilliant works on paper and enormous, commanding sculptures referencing some of our most beloved cartoon characters from the last hundred years. |
KAWS, photo courtesy of livincool.com |
Follow KAWS' Instagram for a hint at what the Newcomb Gallery will be bringing our way next.
Whether you love the delicate, weightless beauty of Degas' little dancers, or the monumental modern art of a former graffiti artist, the Newcomb Gallery is a place to wander, to ponder, to discover.
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