Suppression, Subversion and the Surreal – The Art of Czechoslovakian Resistance

Selections from the Dr. Eugene Rogolsky Collection March 9-April 13, 2019 (T-F, 12-5pm, Sat, 12-4pm)ANDApril 30-May 10, 2019 (M-F, 12-5pm) USC Fisher Museum of Art is pleased to present Suppression, Subversion and the Surreal: The Art of Czechoslovakian Resistance. This student-curated exhibition features a selection of prints and photographs from the Dr. Eugene Rogolsky Collection, which was…

Curator’s Walkthrough

Join us for a walkthrough of “Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged” led by Assistant Curator Madelyne Gordon….

Artist Talk with Karla Klarin

Thursday, February 21, 1 pm Meet Los Angeles artist Karla Klarin, who depicts expressionist cityscape paintings….

Yoga @ Fisher

Thursday mornings at 10am Enjoy free yoga in galleries surrounded by landscapes from Fisher’s permanent collection. Yoga mats and blocks will be provided. Space is limited….

Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged – Landscapes from Fisher’s Permanent Collection

Opening January 22, 2019 “Staged Meaning/Meaning Staged” is an exhibition that honors our donors over the last 80 years – since Fisher’s founding at USC in 1939. Beginning with selections from our first major gift from Elizabeth Holmes Fisher, this show displays works from our growing collections. Through the prism of landscapes, from the seventeenth-century…

Ofri Cnaani at Tate Modern

The Fisher Museum would like to honor artist Ofri Cnaani, who exhibited The Sota Project at Fisher in the Fall of 2012. The Sota Project was a multi-layered and interactive video exhibition depicting the tale of two sisters, Sota and Bekhorah from the Bible. The story was told through a series of room-sized panoramas. The…

Albert Contreras

Series of fifteen untitled works, 2002-2005, acrylic on canvas, collection of the USC Fisher Museum of Art, gift of the artist. Photo by Magnus Stark. As if he never stopped, Albert Contreras took up painting once again in 1997, twenty five years following his departure from the artworld. In 1960, Contreras moved to Stockholm, Sweden…

Women’s History Month

As women’s history month comes to a close, the Fisher Museum would like to honor our only female artist-in-residence, Jessica Cuautle. Cuautle has been training with Art Division for three years, and currently has two pastel portraits, Fluid and Breathe The Fire that debuted in Fisher/Art Division: Artists in Residence show. We sat down with…

Art Division’s Newest

Roberto Ortiz sat in a small library in MacArthur Park among a cluster of his peers, recounting the first time he ever sat down in front of a canvas. The entrance blends in with laundromats and markets but if one looks closely, a small banner says “Art Division” above the door. Art Division is the…