Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Learning to See
May 18 - Sept. 22
This installation celebrates the legacy of Josef Albers and the 50th anniversary of his seminal publication. In his work, The Interaction of Color, Albers argues that the only way to understand color is in their relationship with one another. His radical book took a different approach to conventional art and is now considered a classic. He reveals our complex relativity of our colored vision, showing how same shades of green looks different placed on a blue background, or on a yellow one.
Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles
May 25 - Sept.
Although it seems odd to exhibit art displaying ordinary things like shopping carts, grocery lists and cereal boxes, contemporary artists have captured our essence of consumption that tells us about the social environments in which we spend many hours doing — shopping. Learn how the late 50’s and 60’s revolutionized the way of production and the huge change from raw foods to packaged processed foods; see how artists have captured the seductive aesthetic appeal of commercial products — all at this exhibit.
David Maisel/Black Maps
American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime
June 1 - Sept. 1
This exhibit is a survey of Maisel's major aerial photography projects. Black Maps takes you on an illusory adventure through the terrains of this world that has been radically changed by environmental degradation by humans. The photography is more than just images; it documents our world and is full of metaphors of despair and beauty.