Exhibitions, Spring 2009

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		Patrick “Pat” Oliphant, Australian, b. 1935 Alan Greenspan, 1991 Wax (Unique) (to be cast in bronze) 10 x 7 x 7 inches (25.40 x 17.78 x 17.78 cm) ©Pat Oliphant, courtesy of the Susan Conway Gallery, Santa Fe NM
		Patrick “Pat” Oliphant, Australian, b. 1935 A Secretary of State (Condi), 2007 Monotype on archival paper 29 1/2 x 37 1/4 inches (plus frame) ©Pat Oliphant, courtesy of the Susan Conway Gallery, Santa Fe NM
		Patrick “Pat” Oliphant, Australian, b. 1935 Hillary's Nightmare, 2007 (Hillary and Obama) Charcoal on canvas 72 x 18 inches (unframed) ©Pat Oliphant, courtesy of the Susan Conway Gallery, Santa Fe NM
		Honoré Daumier, French, 1808-1879 On a Bridge at Night, 1845-1848 Oil on wood panel, 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches, 27.31 x 21.91 cm Acquired 1922 The Phillips Collection, Washington DC

Leadership
Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture from the Bush Years

Organized by the Susan Conway Gallery, Santa Fe NM

With the Line of Daumier

Organized by the U.Va. Art Museum

January 16 - March 13

Cartoon drawings, pencil sketches, oversized charcoal caricatures, and sculpture in bronze and wax, all featured in the exhibition, articulate the breadth of Oliphant's artistic production. These objects, some 100 in all, not only exemplify his plastic acumen, but their titles and captions point to his biting satiric wit. Certainly, Oliphant's efforts place him within a branch of modernism that is rooted in the realist tradition. To follow up on this idea, the Museum will accompany Leadership with an exhibition focusing on the work of Honoré Daumier (1808-1879), who was a major influence on the work of Oliphant. With the Line of Daumier will present paintings, drawings, and lithographs by the great French painter and draftsman (including key works on loan from The Phillips Collection and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts), as well as a selection of images by great British, French, and American caricaturists of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Together the two exhibitions will clarify the continuing importance of Daumier, the tradition of caricature, and social satire for the art and culture of the present.

Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture from the Bush Years is curated by guest curator Susan Conway. With the Line of Daumier is curated by Matthew Affron, associate professor, McIntire Department of Art, curator of modern art, U.Va. Art Museum.

Both exhibitions are sponsored by the U.Va. Art Museum Volunteer Board, the Office of the Provost, University of Virginia, the Arts Council, Arts Enhancement Fund, Gladys S. Blizzard Lecture Fund, Alderman Library, and Arts$.

Miller Center Forum
A Conversation with Pat Oliphant

Thursday, January 22, 5:30 pm
Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia Forum Room
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A Conversation
with Pat Oliphant, P.J. O'Rourke, and Bill Dunlap

Friday, January 23, 5:30 pm
Harrison Small Special Collections Library

Final Friday Reception
January 30, 5:30-7:30 pm
In the Museum

Lunchtime Talk
February 10, noon
by K. Katelyn Hobbs

More events
Details on additional events associated with this exhibition will be posted as they become available.

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Student response

Third-graders from Charlottesville's Venable Elementary impressions of the special exhibition following their docent led tour.