modern & contemporary art

Hamilton Building, Levels 3 & 4

The modern and contemporary art collection contains more than 4,500 works in a wide variety of media, with an emphasis on both internationally known and emerging artists. The collection includes photography, from 19th-century landscapes to the work of contemporary photographers.
 
The Herbert Bayer Collection and Archive, containing about 8,000 works of art and extensive documentary materials, is an internationally significant repository highlighting this Bauhaus master, who spent 28 years in Colorado. Selections from this important resource will be displayed on the lower level of the Hamilton Building.

 

Blue Water, Philip Guston

Guston shocked the art world in 1968 by changing...

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Easy to Remember, Lorna Simpson

This DVD features 15 people humming the same song.

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Elegy to the Spanish Republic #172 (with Blood), Robert Motherwell

Motherwell was a leading abstract expressionist.

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far back in time, Herbert Bayer

Bayer came to artistic maturity at the Bauhaus.

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Lao Tzu, Mark di Suvero

Lao Tzu weighs 16 tons.

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Linda, John DeAndrea

Linda is only on view through March 4.

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Party Time, Damien Hirst

Hirst’s installations are calculated to shock.

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The American Indian (Russell Means), Andy Warhol

Warhol revolutionized the idea of art.

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Untitled (for A.C.), Dan Flavin

Flavin pioneered use of light as a medium.

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Untitled, Man Ray

Man Ray experimented with lensless photography.

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