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Seen on Campus: Hudson River Waterfront at Midtown, 1945

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January 6th, 2026
Andreas Feininger (American/French, 1906-1999), Hudson River Waterfront at Midtown, 1945. Gelatin silver print. 30 x 40 in (76.2 x 101.6 cm), framed 32 x 42 in. (81.28 x 106.68 cm), Gift of Chester J. Straub. Located at E. Craig Wall Jr. Academic Center - 2nd Floor. Born in 1906 in Paris, Andreas Feininger became one of the world’s most celebrated photographers. Trained as an architect in Germany, he developed a fascination with structure and form that shaped his photographic style, especially in architectural and industrial subjects. After emigrating to New York at the onset of WWII, he established his own firm and...
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Seen on Campus: Tent–Camera Image on Ground: Rooftop View of the Brooklyn Bridge–Brooklyn Side

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December 12th, 2025

Horizontal image of the Brooklyn Bridge in dark gray against a blue and gray background. There are dark, geometric shapes on the lower half of the piece.
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...
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Mary Claire Hendrick ’26 | The Space Between Remembering

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December 4th, 2025
On View: April 22-28, 2026 Reception: Friday, April 24, 2026, 5-6 P.M. I am a Studio Art major with an Applied Physics minor and a member of the Women’s Lacrosse Team at Davidson College. Originally from Glenview, Illinois, I plan to pursue a master’s in architecture after graduation. My work explores how architectural space transforms through light and marks. Beginning with sketches on black paper that evolve into three-dimensional models, I use projected light to reveal hidden spatial qualities and traces of process. Illumination becomes both a material and a way to unveil memory embedded within the space. Artist Statement:...
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Seen in My Room: Sculptures I

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November 16th, 2025

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...
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Seen on Campus: The Warhols

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November 16th, 2025
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Fran Lebowitz, Unidentified Man, and Unidentified Woman, no date 8 x 10 in. Gelatin silver print Ladies and Gentlemen (Broadway), 1974 4.25 x 3.375 in. Polaroid Jon Gould and Victor Hugo on a Surfboard, no date 8 x 10 in. Gelatin silver print Gift of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Project(c) The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. With striking Soup Cans and daring diptychs to his name, Andy Warhol is most commonly remembered in popular culture for his biggest, boldest works. Some of my personal favorites, however, are Warhol’s more seemingly simple endeavors:...
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