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Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923–1997)Perforated Seascape #2 (Red) Landscape, 1965Porcelain enamel on perforated steel Located at Belk Visual Arts Center, 1st Floor Hallway Roy Lichtenstein is best known for his bold Pop Art creations from the 1960s, which often feature comic book heroines encapsulated in speech bubbles above fields of Benday dots. However, his work goes beyond pop imagery, often including sculptural forms and reimagined landscapes. In Perforated Seascape #2 (Red) Landscape, Lichtenstein applies his Pop Art perspective to one of art history's oldest subjects: the landscape. Instead of using ink on paper or oil on canvas, he employs porcelain enamel...

Alice Neel (American, 1900-1984)The Family, 1982 31.5 x 27 inLithograph in colors on Arches paper Every fall at Davidson is marked with a dull ache of homesickness. Each year, I forget about this feeling, perhaps burying the emotion, trying to prevent it from resurfacing. Yet, each fall, the absence of my family hangs over my head, following me to class, hovering while I chat with friends, wrapped around me as I fall asleep.  I think this is part of the reason I always remember Alice Neel’s The Family. It hung on the first floor of Chambers for a while, and...

Amy Namowitz Worthen (American, b. 1946)Court Avenue Underpass, 1982Engraving on Paper14.5 x 12.625 in.Gift of Christopher A. Graf Peering into the organized abyss of Court Avenue Underpass, the sweeping arches draw me into the cross-hatched expanse and a half-oval of light under one of the arches suggests the brightness outside the tunnel which contrasts the dark, enclosed interior of the space depicted below the underpass. On the right-hand side of the print, a column rises suddenly out of the flat expanse and the bottom half of the column ripples into the flat-edged base.  Amy Namowitz Worthen’s other engravings on paper...

Antonius-Tín Bui (American, b. 1992)years staining from the inside out / all losses have lifetimes/ we who are made mostly of distance / But, who can prepare you for the past?/ we deal with a permanent voyage, the becoming of that which itself had become / you needed me first, and now I'm shaped like your thirst/ Water, too, held me hostage. Your wounds, plural in my throat, 2023Hand cut paper30 x 40 in.Gallery Purchase with funds from the Dr. Joan Huntley Art Acquisition Endowment I’ve always liked a long, thought-provoking title, be it for art, music, or books. So...

I spent my Fall 2024 semester studying abroad in Madrid, Spain. I enrolled in courses held directly in Madrid’s world-renowned museums: the Prado and the Reina Sofía. While the Prado’s Renaissance and Baroque artworks left me speechless, the Reina Sofia holds a special place in my heart because it features works I had yet to study. My mother studied Spanish Modern Art in Barcelona during her junior year of college, so I grew up hearing her discussions of Dalí, Picasso, and Miró. The Reina Sofía allowed me to put faces and artworks to these unforgettable names.  Upon returning to campus,...