Sheldon Purchases Eight Artworks News Release (February 07, 2006) LINCOLN (Feb. 6) - Seven artworks from Singular Expressions: A Sheldon Invitational will be purchased for the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery’s permanent collections. The works are:
These acquisitions were made with private funds raised by the Nebraska Art Association (NAA), the Sheldon’s dedicated support group, or with endowments that are restricted to the purchase of artwork. Members of the NAA Collections committee and its Sheldon Forum collectors group selected a number of the new works from the 32 pieces in the exhibition. Sheldon Director Jan Driesbach said, “I’m thrilled that we have been able to add a significant number of pieces from the exhibition to our collections. Curator Dan Siedell and I consciously selected artists whose work would complement our outstanding holdings of American art. It is particularly exciting to be able to bring in recent work that will allow our collections to better address issues that engage artists working today.” The invitational exhibition renews a tradition started in 1888 by the Haydon Art Club, the predecessor of today’s NAA. Its purposes were to bring outstanding art to Nebraska and to acquire pieces for the permanent collection. The NAA invitationals, which were held annually until the early 1960s, were the source for many of the signature pieces for the Sheldon collection, including works by Edward Hopper, Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning. Generous support for this exhibition has been provided by Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Cooper Foundation, Abel Foundation, TierOne Bank Foundation, Woods & Aitken LLP, Kubly Family Foundation, Talent Plus, Pegler Family Foundation, Lincoln Arts Council, Nebraska Arts Council, and the Nebraska Art Association. |
