Boise Art Museum

This image is called "50 items for 50 states." The artist Herbert Vogel made an agreement with the National Gallery that he would make art to benefit people from all around the United States. Currently there are over 4,000 different pieces in this collection alone. He had originally promised at least 2,500. There are different artists involved in this project such as; Roy Lichtenstein, Will Barnet, and Pat Steir. All very famous artists. Boise, Idaho was very fortunate to have these pieces given to them. (DOROTHY AND HERBERT VOGEL COLLECTION: FIFTY WORKS FOR FIFTY STATES, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. ) Ronnie Landfield (American, born 1947), Untitled, 1998, acrylic on paper, 29-15/16" x 22-1/16".

Grace Knowlton, Robert Rauschenberg, Sam Francis, Ron Davis and Jeffrey Simmons all colaborated pieces for this collection called Full Circle. It is about the use of circles or spheres in 2-d art. This particular piece was painted using oil paints on canvas, 61" x 60. The collection was given to the museum by Ben and Aileen Krohn.

I have to start off saying that I love this piece here on the left! It reminds me of the Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots that everyone used to

have back in the day! It was very interesting to see the reaction
of all the children in the museum with this line of work. They loved
it! They were very excited to see robots. How cool is that? It
was great to see children and their parents enjoying art together.
This, I found, was great especially because I am pursuing to become
an art teacher myself. The art work is sponsored by OfficeMax Boise
fund. The art work was developed by the San Jose Museum of art.
Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon examines the development of robot iconography in fine art over the past fifty years. In 1920, the term robot was coined from a Czech word robota, which means tedious labor. Since then, the image and the idea of a robot have evolved remarkably from an awkward, mechanical creature to a sophisticated android with artificial intelligence and the potential for human-like consciousness. As robotic technology catches up with the wild imagination of science fiction novels, movies, and animation, dreams and fears anticipated in these stories may also become reality. Artists included in the exhibition have responded to the technological innovation with optimism, pessimism, and humor, presenting work that ultimately explores our ambivalent attitudes towards robots. -BAM Website. This piece of art is from 2006 and it is oil put onto a wood panel. I found this to be very cool because it is not your average canvas painting. I would describe this art as modern that inspires all.

Renowned New York collector Werner Kramarsky has assembled one of the largest and finest collections of contemporary works on paper, totaling more than 2,000 abstract drawings. From his celebrated collection,
Mr. Kramarsky has selected 23 works by such important artists as Sol Lewitt and Mel Bochner to donate to the Boise Art Museum. As a generous supporter of art and artists,
Mr. Kramarsky states, “You have a responsibility to challenge, to move the world along, to add insight to what beauty can be.” Collector, curator and educator, Werner Kramarsky served for eight years as chairman of the board of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, is a life trustee of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and has been a trustee of the Hammer Museum at UCLA. This special exhibition showcases Mr. Kramarsky’s recent gift.-BAM Once again I have to say that I was not the biggest fan of this work just due to the fact that I do not enjoy contemporary art very much. However, the craftmanship was wonderful I did enjoy looking at it. Tara from the Boise Art Museum showed me somethings about it and explained that it is just one of those things that you love or hate but can definitely respect.