Green Curve - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Native American Artifacts,
Bandolier Bag and Drum Strap, Winnebago, and
Legging Straps and Pipe Bag, Rosebud Sioux
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Turn right towards the Patients Library and Medical Museum.
Note the distinct differences in the beadwork on these artifacts.
Bandolier Bag and Drum Strap, from the Winnebago tribe of
Minnesota, feature organic, floral forms, whereas the pieces of
the Rosebud Sioux, of South Dakota, display a more geometric
style characterized by triangle and cross motifs. These pieces
date from the 1890s. Prior to the introduction of glass beads by
European traders, Native Americans used dyed porcupine quills
or shells as beads. Continue down the hallway.
About Project Art
Project Art is a unique arts program that was established
by University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 1978. The
mission of Project Art is to create an environment that
promotes healing, and comforts and delights patients,
visitors and staff through the visual and performing arts.
For more information on any of the art or artists featured
on this tour, contact Project Art at 319-353-6417 or stop
by the Project Art office in 8023 JCP. If you would like
to receive Project Art announcements of upcoming
performances, exhibits, or other Project Art programs,
please e-mail
[email protected] with
“subscribe” in the subject area.
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This painting by Joseph Patrick
is part of an ongoing series that
document the artist’s travels in
Oaxaca, Mexico. He describes
his work as “stages for human
action...past, present, and
future.” He retired as professor
emeritus in 2003 after 38
years of teaching drawing and
painting in the The University
of Iowa School of Art and Art
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Choo is a native of Korea, and
received her Master of Fine Arts
degree from Cranbrook Academy
of Art in Michigan. Her work is
included in permanent collections
of the Louvre in Paris and The
Museum of Modern Art in New
York. In 1981, Choo was awarded
a National Endowment for the
Arts grant for metalwork. She
is currently a professor at The
University of Iowa School of Art and
Art History, teaching metalsmithing
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Joseph Patrick,
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Project
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Welcome to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
(UIHC), home of Iowa’s most extensive public collection
of fine art outside museum walls. The permanent
collection of UIHC has more than 4,200 original works
and 2,200 reproductions and is managed by a program
within the hospital called Project Art. This self-guided
tour is meant to introduce you to work by some of the
outstanding artists represented in the collection as well
as to orient you to the hospital.
Many of the original works of art you will see were
purchased in accordance with the Art in State Buildings
program. Through Iowa legislation, this program
mandates that one-half of one percent of the cost of
major state construction and renovation projects be set
aside for the acquisition and presentation of fine art. All
artwork has been purchased using hospital funds or
donated by individuals.
The Tour
This tour covers one mile and takes approximately one
hour to complete. Its focus is on works of art significant
to the permanent collection. Begin the tour by taking
Elevator F to the eighth floor. The tour begins in the
Elevator F lobby and ends on the first floor by the
Elevator I. There is a map located on the back of this
brochure.
Julius Schmidt, Untitled
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Andy Warhol, Flower #68
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Eighth Floor
The large bronze column in the Elevator
F lobby was created by Julius Schmidt.
Since 1978, Schmidt has worked
predominantly with the column form,
embellishing and compartmentalizing
according to organic and industrial
motifs. His cast metal sculptures have
earned him an international reputation
and a place in such prestigious
collections
as
the
Smithsonian
American Art Museum. Schmidt served
as head of the Department of Sculpture
in the School of Art and Art History at
The University of Iowa from 1970 until
his retirement in 1993.
Walking out of the elevator lobby,
turn right toward the Joyce P.
Summerwill Patient and Visitor
Activities Center. On your right is
a silkscreen by the pop artist Andy
Warhol, who coined the phrase,
“Everyone will be famous for fifteen
minutes.” Throughout his career,
Warhol explored the way in which life
is experienced through consumer culture. His work was produced
at a studio called “The Factory,” an appropriate name for the high
volume of art turned out each year by Warhol and his assistants.
This print was a gift from Mary Keough Lyman, in honor of the
founder of Project Art, Joyce P. Summerwill.
Dale Chihuly, Untitled, from the Seaform Series
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The glass sculpture displayed here has attributes of the Venetian
style – thinness, symmetry, and spontaneity. Chihuly is considered
to be one of the pioneers of the studio glass art movement. Widely
recognized as a virtuoso, he is one of only three Americans to have
had a solo show at the Louvre
in Paris. His Seaform Series
represents his memories
of the Pacific Ocean
while living in the state of
Washington. The shapes,
color and rhythm evoke
the ocean’s movement, its
reflection, and the forms of
life it sustains.
Tom Wegman, Babe Rainbow
Kathy Wegman, Untitled
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Continue down the hallway toward
the glass-fronted offices, one of
which houses
Project Art.
In front of the
offices
are
two
beaded
sculptures
by Tom and
Kathy Wegman. Inspired by traditional
American Indian bead work, the
Wegmans transform the ordinary into
the extraordinary using beads in over
450 different colors.
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Ulfert Wilke
Fourth Floor
Karen Kunc, Tumbleweed
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As you exit the elevator, notice the
woodblock print by Karen Kunc. Kunc
is a Professor of Art at the University of
Nebraska. Woodblock prints are made by
carving marks into flat surfaces of wood
and then printing them on paper, like a
stamp. Kunc’s images often involve as
many as 15 different impressions. You
can read more about Karen Kunc in the
Art Speak text accompanying this work.
In the corridor to your left are numerous works by Ulfert Wilke.
Inspired by all forms of beautiful writing including petroglyphs,
Eskimo engraving, numbering systems of primitive people,
Japanese calligraphy, and even cattle brands, he created work
that suggests the presence of ritual and mythology. His expressive
style of painting blends ideas of the unknown with the structure of
formal calligraphy and has been described as “evoking the baffling
beauties of distant languages one cannot decipher.”
Continue down the corridor to Elevator H. Take Elevator H to
the fifth floor.
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Continue to walk toward Elevator I. In the corridor opposite
the windows you will come to a silkscreen by Ellsworth Kelly.
Kelly is classified primarily as a minimalist and was in part reacting
to the style of the paintings that typified Abstract Expressionism of
the 1950’s. This print exemplifies one of his main concerns, which
was to approach his art as a means of creating an abstract symbol
rather than a mere imitation of nature. Many of the solid shapes
Kelly uses in his work are simplifications of his observations of the
real world.
Grant Wood,
In the Spring and
Approaching the Storm, 1940
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Turn left down the corridor from Elevator
F. Jim Dine is closely associated with the
development of Pop art in the early 1960s.
His work is often characterized by the use of
everyday objects, such as hearts, tools, and
the bathrobes depicted here, as metaphors
for self-portraits. Dine, an internationally
recognized artist, is also known for his refusal
to limit himself to creating art in only one
medium, as he is also an accomplished painter,
sculptor, performance artist and author.
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Exit the elevator and turn left toward Elevator I. A large
landscape painting by Genie Hudson Patrick is on the right side of
the corridor. This painting, entitled Fields and Swale, captures her
response to the landscape. Subtle, rhythmic movement is provided
by the undulating topography. Her intention is not to “copy” nature,
but rather to “simplify and transform its qualities into the language
of art.”
Ellsworth Kelly,
Green Curve
Jim Dine, Dexter’s Four Robes
Robert Rauschenberg,
Line Swinger
Fifth Floor
Genie Hudson Patrick,
Fields and Swale
First Floor
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Continue walking toward Elevator I.
Before the entrance to the Surgicaland
Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
(SNICU) waiting room, a corridor to the
right displays two lithographs by Iowa
artist Grant Wood. He is best known for
his famous painting American Gothic,
but he is also one of the founders of the
Regionalist movement. Members of this
movement were dissatisfied with the
popularity of abstract art at that time and
worked to secure a style that focused on
depicting ordinary life in a more structured,
realistic way. Take Elevator I to the
fourth floor.
James Lechay, Sea & Sky
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Alexander Calder, Red and Blue Land
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Just to the left of the elevators, across from the atrium, is a
painting by James Lechay, who was a professor of painting and
drawing at The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History. His
paintings are often characterized by their sketchy quality and his
silvery and luminous, yet muted, colors.
Walk back past Elevator I so that you are heading north. You
will see a print by internationally recognized artist Alexander Calder.
His innovative and lyrical style is evident in the many different facets
of his art, from painting and sculpture to theater arts and jewelry.
This work was made toward the end of his life and is reminiscent of
the basic shapes used in
his monumental outdoor
sculptures and famous
brightly-colored mobiles.
Continue north down
the corridor and take
Elevator F to the
second floor.
Second Floor
William Lasansky,
Diana and Muffin
Next, on your right, a triptych of prints by Robert Rauschenberg
is on display. He was associated with several art movements
throughout the Twentieth Century and was a contemporary of such
artists as John Cage, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein
and Claes Oldenburg. Like many of his contemporaries, he
was frustrated with traditional forms of fine art and especially
disenchanted with European art. Consequently, he began
experimenting with many different ways of making art, always
searching for a new way to change and revisit the context of the
everyday experience.
Ida Shoichi, Well from Karma –
Echo – Blue
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On the left, just before the Executive Offices is a print by Ida
Shoichi. A contemporary Japanese artist, Shoichi introduced new
techniques to Japanese post-war printmaking. His work combines
Eastern traditions with Western Minimalism and Abstraction
movements.
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As you exit Elevator F you’ll see a bronze
sculpture by William Lasansky. His father,
Mauricio Lasansky, founded the printmaking
program at The University of Iowa. Lasansky is
a professor at Bucknell University. Diana and
Muffin captures a tender scene between the
subject and her pet.
Sol LeWitt, Forms Derived from
a Cube #19, 21, and 24
Cheryl Jacobsen,
Illuminated Voices
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Continue to the right, down the corridor toward
Elevator D. On the left you will see three prints
by Sol LeWitt, an American artist who combined
ideas of Conceptual art and Minimalism in the
late 1960s. He is famous for his wall drawings, in
which he would write a series of instructions for a
team of assistants to execute. Please walk back
to Elevator F. Take Elevator F to the first floor.
Dick Huss, Untitled
(commonly referred to as “the blue bowl”)
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Just down the corridor on the left is what is commonly referred
to as “the blue bowl,” one of the most popular works in the UI
Hospital and Clinics’ art collection. Dick Huss has taught at
Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and at the University of
Minnesota. Huss states that “[glass-blowing] is not a hobby. The
equipment and expenses are too high to invest for leisurely fun.”
Huss spends close to $3,000 per month on gas, electricity, glass,
and supplies to create his glass artwork. In order to mold the
glass, his furnace must heat to at
least 2100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Because it takes one week to
reach that temperature, he leaves
it on non-stop for ten months out
of the year. Huss has been a
glass-blower since 1968.
Margaret Tafoya,
Wedding Vessel
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Next you will see a black ceramic sculpture by Margaret
Tafoya. Tafoya was named Folk Artist of the Year by the National
Endowment of the Humanities in 1984. At the height of her career,
Tafoya helped bring international acclaim to the potters of Santa
Clara Pueblo, New Mexico by hand-crafting fine works like this
double-spouted blackware vase. As the title of the piece implies,
the arch connecting the individual spouts signifies the union that
is created on a couple’s wedding day. Few pieces of this size exist
due to the difficulties in shaping, stone polishing, and traditional
firing of such vessels.
David Shapiro,
Twice Told Tale
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Take a right at the Information Desk just before Elevator I. On
your right you will see two mixed media pieces by David Shapiro.
Shapiro’s paintings and prints use a personal language of signs
and symbols, including spirals, circles, dots, and waves. He often
uses Nepalese and Japanese papers, burlap, nylon screening,
and canvas to evoke a mood of contemplation. Continue to the
left down the hallway.
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On your right, just past
Elevator H, are four works by
Cheryl Jacobsen. An Adjunct
Assistant Professor for The
University of Iowa Center
for the Book, Jacobsen employs calligraphy, which is the
art of expressive, beautiful handwriting. These works were
commissioned by Project Art and funded by an Iowa Arts Council
Grant, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the hospital Art
in State Buildings program. Staff, patient, and visitor participants
were asked to write words, phrases, and poems that described
their experiences of healing which Jacobsen then used to create
these compositions.
Bunny McBride,
Untitled
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On the left slab and forms, hand-built by former University of Iowa
Professor and Chair of the Ceramics Department, Bunny McBride.
One of his main artistic goals is to infuse his personality into his
work. He accomplishes this by participating in every level of the
ceramic process, from building the object to formulating the glaze
to firing the kiln.
Thank you for taking the Self-Guided Art
Tour: Collection Highlights!