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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,...

Liên Trương (Vietnamese, b. 1973)From the Earth Rise Radiant Beings, 2021Oil, silk, acrylic, copper pigment, enamel on canvas72 x 96 in.Gallery Purchase with funds from the Dr. Joan Huntley Art Acquisition Endowment and Lisa Robinson Chidsey ’83 & John Chidsey ’83 Liên Trương’s exhibition, From the Earth Rise Radiant Beings, was on display in the Van Every Gallery from August 23, 2021— October 03, 2021. As a Vietnamese refugee, Trương explores what makes up our systems of belief and ideas of heritage. During the time of the exhibition, Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders faced several instances of attacks and...