Conserving Beauty

October 28, 2011-Spring 2012 Museums are the guardians of significant collections of objects that comprise the cultural history of mankind. Among the museum’s primary responsibilities is the preservation of these objects for future generations. To succeed in this portion of their mission, museum professionals have established standards for the care, handling, installation and shipping of…

The Triumph of Philippine Art and Richard Parker: Poetic Illusions

The Triumph of Philippine Art The Triumph of Philippine Art uniquely exhibits the nation’s political story and turmoil. Featured in the show are contemporary Filipino-American artists from various backgrounds and styles. The different art movements are categorized into two main sections: starting from the oppression of the Martial Law period (1972-1986) and transitioning into the…

Contemporary Soliloquies on the Natural World

From November 18, 2005 to January 21, 2006 Contemporary Soliloquies on the Natural World presents the work of five established Los Angeles artists. Although exhibited as a group, Karen Carson, Merion Estes, Constance Mallinson, Margaret Nielsen, and Takako Yamaguchi expose their highly personal views of the natural world; each gallery space allows one artist to…

USC Roski School of Art and Design Annual Student Exhibition

May 6-16, 2014 Opening Tuesday, May 6, 12:00pmStudent Award Ceremony 5:30-7:30pmUSC Fisher Museum of Art, Harris Hall Regular hours: Monday-Friday 12-5pmCommencement Day hours: 10am-2pm Images from 2013 Exhibition The Annual Undergraduate Exhibition showcases outstanding artwork made by USC undergraduate students over the course of the 2013-2014 academic year. The faculty committee welcomes all USC students,…

Changing Values, Changing Times

January 14-March 7, 2015 The gift of six screen prints to the USC Fisher Museum of Art by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. inspired reflection on how artists represent, mirror, and shape values. These values are then refracted back in the artworks, comprising a record of human society in motion. The…

Dan McCleary: Every Day Sacred. Paintings, 1993-2013

January 14-March 7, 2015 Every Day Sacred highlights the richness of ordinary moments in carefully constructed minimalistic compositions. Dan McCleary specializes in interior scenes featuring one or very few subjects seemingly engaged in a state of contemplative introspection. In a style based on Renaissance and other renowned paintings by artists such as Piero della Francesca,…

Miri Chais: Re:Mind

September 17-November 15, 2014 “If we are programmed like computers, then what differentiates a man from a machine? We will create artificial memories, and master complex skills instantaneously. And what becomes of the human soul, sum of a person’s knowledge and experience?” -Miri Chais In a metaphorical trip down the Rabbit Hole, Los Angeles artist…

The California Art Club: 104th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition

March 29-April 19, 2015 The California Art Club presents its hallmark exhibition at the USC Fisher Museum of Art for the second time in three years. The only exhibition of its kind in the country, this much-anticipated display of contemporary-traditional fine art spotlights more than 200 never-before-seen works of art of genres ranging from quintessential…

Roski School of Art and Design Annual Student Exhibition

Opening reception in the Fisher CourtyardMonday, May 4, 4-6pmRegular museum hours, Monday-Friday, 12-5pmCommencement Day hours, Friday, May 15, 10am-2pm The Annual Undergraduate Exhibition showcases outstanding artwork made by USC undergraduate students over the course of the 2014-2015 academic year. The faculty committee welcomes all USC students, regardless of their major, to submit work for the…