CSU Long Beach, University Art Museum
1250 Bellflower BoulevardLong Beach CA, USA
(562) 985-5761
www.csulb.edu/org/uam
About CSU Long Beach, University Art Museum
Founded in 1973, the University Art Museum (UAM) at California State University, Long Beach, is a unique cultural institution that champions new and often challenging ideas through wide-ranging exhibitions and provocative programs. The UAM curatorial vision focuses on tension and interplay at the nexus of contemporary art, technology, and society.
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Exhibition Dates: Thursday, September 4, 2008 - Sunday, October 19, 2008
Reception: September 13, 2008, 6-8pmPioneering works in video by leading international artists including Vito Acconci, Eleanor Antin, and John Baldessari....more info
Old Media/New Media
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, October 18, 2008 - Saturday, October 18, 2008
Reception: October 18, 2008, 9:30amThe Art Historians of Southern California in conjunction with the University Art Museum at Cal State University, Long Beach, invite you to join us and an exciting group of speakers at our annual meeting entitled Old Media/New Media....more info
Warhol: 15 min/24 fps
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, November 13, 2008 - Sunday, December 14, 2008
A collection of 152 original photos taken by Andy Warhol....more info
Un-Figuring the Body
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, November 13, 2008 - Sunday, December 14, 2008
Reception: November 13, 2008, 6-8pmAn exhibition of work of three Los Angeles-based performance artists, Skip Arnold, Dawn Kasper, and Johanna Went, whose practices challenge not only cultural boundaries but also the limits of the body itself....more info
Maya Schindler
Present Progressive
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, November 13, 2008 - Sunday, December 14, 2008
Reception: November 13, 2008, 6-8pmNew site-specific installations and wall paintings coinciding with the US elections in November....more info
Paul Shambroom
Picturing Power
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, January 22, 2009 - Sunday, April 5, 2009
Series-based color photographs reveal both local and global manifestations of power, depicting scenes in industrial, business, community, and military environments....more info
WIDE ANGLE Art Auction Preview
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, March 12, 2009 - Thursday, March 12, 2009
Reception: March 12, 2009, 6-9pmAs part of a kick off to their third annual WIDE ANGLE (WAł) fundraising event, the University Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach (UCSLB) will hold an art auction preview at Culver City’s Smog Shoppe....more info
Karole Armitage and David Salle
Armitage Gone! Dance
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - Saturday, March 21, 2009
Reception: March 21, 2009, 3-10:30pmA benefit for the University Art Museum. Dinner, Auction, Performance. ...more info
Insights 2009: The Annual Student Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, May 14, 2009 - Sunday, May 31, 2009
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Cory Arcangel
Colors
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, September 10, 2009 - Sunday, December 13, 2009
The presentation of the video installation Colors by celebrated New York-based media and performance artist, Cory Arcangel, marks a rare showing of his work on the West Coast. ...more info
Brian Eno
77 Million Paintings
Exhibition Dates: Thursday, September 10, 2009 - Sunday, December 13, 2009
Reception: September 12, 2009, 6pmUsing sophisticated computer software and audio boom boxes, 77 Million Paintings features constantly changing images and musical compositions, which challenge the notion that the artist must be in control....more info
Reviews June 2009
Review of Picturing Power
The photograph, Nine ICBM silos, stands out in an ambitious traveling exhibition that "pictures power." This catchy phrase especially spotlights the Nuclear Weapons series: glossy, editorial shock-and-awe glimpses into the ...more info
Preview of Warhol: 15 min/24 fps
In an unprecedented gesture, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. celebrated its 20th anniversary by making substantial gifts of Warhol's photographic works to university and college museums, galleries, and art ...more info