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Abelardo Morell (Cuban-American, b. 1948)Tent-Camera Image on Ground: View of the Brooklyn Bridge–Brooklyn Side, 2011Archival pigment print on board44.75 x 60 in.Gift of John Andrew MacMahon, Class of 1995 Hundreds of members of our community walk the halls of Chambers each day, but few stop to observe the artworks that bring the building to life. Among such pieces is Tent–Camera Image on Ground: Rooftop View of the Brooklyn Bridge–Brooklyn Side. Created in 2011 by contemporary artist Abelardo Morell, this piece is an archival pigment print on board. A gift of John Andrew MacMahon, class of 1995, this work is one...

Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)Sculptures I, 1974Color Lithograph on Paper11 x 22 in. Gift of John Andrew MacMahon '95 I picked this piece from ArtMate - the student art lending program - because I really love the colors and clean design. There’s something about the way it’s simple but unique composition caught my attention. Even though I’m not totally sure what it’s supposed to represent, it just looks interesting to me. Every once in a while, when I look at it, I notice something new - a shape, a color, or a detail that I didn’t see before. That’s part of...

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)Pele, 1979Polaroid4.25 x 3.375 in.The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. (c)  My selected piece from ArtMate is an Andy Warhol Polaroid of Pelé. Pelé (1940-2022) was a Brazilian soccer player, considered one of the world's all-time greatest (if not the greatest). Here, he is pictured in a Brazilian jersey, posed in front of a white wall and holding a soccer ball with a 'Pelé' label. Andy Warhol mass-produced accessible art highlighting popular and consumer culture. He has many famous renderings of celebrities (Marilyn Monroe probably is the most widely-recognized). In a similar vein, athletes...