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BENTON
OROZCO
EGAS
FONSECA
PURYEAR
VAN
VALKENBURGH
MULLER
LEWITT
WALKER
TOLLE
MCBRIDE
JAAR
LIGON
THE NEW SCHOOL
THE NEW SCHOOL ART COLLECTION
The New School Art Collection comprises approximately 2,000 postwar
and contemporary works of art ranging from drawings and photographs to
sculpture and site-specific installations. Established in 1960 with a grant
from the Albert A. List Foundation, the collection embodies the university’s
commitment to art, both as a means of aesthetic experimentation, as well as
an agent in confronting the salient social and political issues of our time. As
an invaluable resource for students and faculty, the works in the collection
are installed throughout the university campus, transforming public spaces
into lively forums for experiencing and examining contemporary art.
The university has a longstanding tradition of supporting the creation of
new art in public spaces, beginning in 1931 with the commissioning of
works in the landmarked Joseph Urban building by Mexican artist José
Clemente Orozco, American artist Thomas Hart Benton, and Ecuadorian
artist Camilo Egas. Extending this tradition of incorporating site-specific
works of art throughout the university’s campus, The New School Art
Collection has since commissioned site-specific works by artists including
Gonzalo Fonseca, Sol LeWitt, Dave Muller, Martin Puryear and Michael
Van Valkenburgh, Brian Tolle, and Kara Walker. Recent commissions for
The New School’s University Center, designed by Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill (SOM), include site-specific installations by Alfredo Jaar, Glenn
Ligon, and Rita McBride.
From the historic José Clemente Orozco fresco cycle to Glenn Ligon’s
neon frieze for the new University Center, the site-specific commissions
are focal points of the collection and reflect of our institutional identity
and aspirations. Examined holistically, the commissions serve as markers
of our histories, philosophical ideals, and the shifting physical and
psychological identity of the university’s ever-evolving conception of
newness. Considered individually, each work offers an entry point into
the landscape of its time. These commissions, which span over 80 years,
reveal the remarkable story of a rich, lively, inspired, contentious, and
mutable happening called The New School.
THOMAS HART BENTON
American, 1889–1975
JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO
Mexican, 1883–1949
CAMILO EGAS
Ecuadorian, 1889–1962
GONZALO FONSECA
Uruguayan, 1922–1997
MARTIN PURYEAR
American, b. 1941
DAVE MULLER
American, b. 1964
SOL LEWITT
American, 1928 – 2007
KARA WALKER
American, b. 1969
BRIAN TOLLE
American, b. 1964
RITA MCBRIDE
American, b. 1960
ALFREDO JAAR
Santiago, Chile b. 1956
GLENN LIGON
American, b. 1960
Interpolations and Extrapolations
2002 – 2003
Wall Drawing #1073 A and
B, Bars of Color
2003
Event Horizon
2005
Threshold
2006
Bells and Whistles
2014
Searching for Africa in LIFE
1996/2014
For Comrades and Lovers
2015
Acrylic paint
Fiberglass and acrylic paint
Brass
Color transparency, LED lightboxes
Neon
55 West 13th Street,
Arnold Hall, Lobby,
Central Staircase
55 West 13th Street,
Arnold Hall, Dorothy Hirshon Suite,
2nd Floor
63 5th Avenue,
University Center, Ductwork,
530 feet long, spanning six floors
63 5th Avenue,
University Center, Arnold Forum,
7th Floor Reading Room
63 5th Avenue,
University Center,
Event Café
MICHAEL
VAN VALKENBURGH
American, b. 1951
America Today (Mural Cycle)
1930 – 31
Egg tempera on linen
Commissioned by
The New School for Social Research, 1931
Acquired by AXA Equitable,
New York, in 1984
Gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
from AXA, New York, 2012
Call to Revolution and Table of
Universal Brotherhood
(The New School Mural Cycle)
1931
Ecuadorian Festival
1932
Untitled
1961
Untitled
1989 – 1997
Oil on canvas
Ceramic mosaic
Fresco
66 West 12th Street,
Jacob Kaplan Building,
Lobby
66 West 12th Street,
Jacob Kaplan Building,
Vera List Atrium,
Ground floor
Maple, granite, stainless steel
courtyard design
66 West 12th Street,
Jacob Kaplan Building,
7th Floor
66 West 12th Street,
Jacob Kaplan Building,
Vera List Atrium and Courtyard,
Ground floor
Extensions
2008
Acrylic on paper
Signed
66 West 12th Street,
Jacob Kaplan Building,
Vera List Atrium,
Ground floor
Acrylic paint
55 West 13th Street,
Arnold Hall, Lobby (Part A);
Second Floor (Part B)
Arnhold Hall
17th St Street
55 West 13th
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THOMAS HART BENTON
GONZALO FONSECA
SOL LEWITT
RITA MCBRIDE
JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO MARTIN PURYEAR
KARA WALKER
ALFREDO JAAR
CAMILO EGAS
BRIAN TOLLE
GLENN LIGON
+ MICHAEL
VAN VALKENBURGH
DAVE MULLER