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Tracy Miller
Tracy Miller (born 1966) is an American painter. Her large-scale still life paintings of food have been included in more than ten solo shows and more than seventy group shows throughout the United States since 1992. In 2013 her work was the subject of a solo exhibition at the American University Museum and was accompanied by a catalog published by Feature Inc. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Early life and education Miller was born in Storm Lake, IA She studied at the University of Iowa (BFA 1989), the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (ME 1992), and the University of California at Berkeley (MFA 1993). Work Miller is best known for her exuberant still life paintings of food that utilize a “vast array of techniques, including a sign painter’s folk realism, a loose, sketchy cartoonist’s stroke, and a Pollock drip” that come together in “chaotic buffets in oil." Miller paints what she calls, “piles of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American University Museum
The American University Museum is located within the Katzen Arts Center at the American University in Washington, DC. History and description The American University Museum consists of a three-story, museum and sculpture garden. The region’s largest university facility for exhibiting art, the museum’s permanent collection highlights the holdings of the Katzen and Watkins collections. Rotating exhibitions emphasize regional, national, and international contemporary art. Permanent collections The Katzen Collection is a private collection donated to the university by Dr. Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen in 2005. The collection includes more than 300 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures, focusing on Pop Art, Washington art, and glass sculpture. It also contains three large bronze sculptures by Nancy Graves. The Watkins Collection included more than 4500 works of art, with an emphasis on art produced in the Washington area since the 1940s. The collection was created in 1945 as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
