Current Exhibits

Rodchenko 120

April 25 - June 10, 2013

Peeler Art Center, University Gallery (upper level)

On the occasion of the 120th birthday of Aleksandr Rodchenko, twenty of the best Russian poster artists of today formed a collaborative called Rodchenko 120 to design a poster in memory of the late Constructivist artist. The posters, first exhibited as part of Moscow Design Week, are currently on display in Europe and the United States through 2013.  Sergey Serov, the committee organizer for Moscow Design Week, writes: "the posters are not only a tribute to the great artist, but a reflection on the historical destiny of graphic design."  DePauw’s installation features the Rodchenko-inspired posters, as well as film and a number of books surveying the life of Aleksandr Rodchenko.

This exhibition is made possible by a generous donation from the Russian Academy of Graphic Design and the Moscow Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee.

The film, Rodchenko and the Russian Avant-garde, is shown with permission from Copernicus Films.  It is part of a series of six films about the Russian Avant-garde produced and directed by Michael Craig.

Senior Art Exhibition

April 19 - May 18, 2013

Peeler Art Center, Visual Arts Gallery

An annual exhibition featuring the work of graduating senior studio art majors.

Visualizing the Supernatural:  Yūgao in The Tale of Genji

April 2 – June 10, 2013

Peeler Art Center, second floor exhibition case

Curated by the students of the Kyoto! A Cultural Metropolis course, this exhibition features objects from DePauw University’s permanent collection and two prints on loan from Scripps College located in Claremont, California.  The works of art reflect Heian-era (794-1185) Japan’s belief in the supernatural, centering on the tragic figure of Yūgao, the Twilight Beauty, who was loved by the eponymous “hero” of The Tale of Genji and paid the ultimate price—Yūgao was murdered by the angry spirit of one of Genji’s jealous lovers.  Written at the beginning of the eleventh century by a woman, Murasaki Shikibu, and considered the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji inspired and continues to inspire creative minds in the arts, spawning not only paintings and prints, but also noh and kabuki plays, literary parody, as well as homage, film, manga, and anime.  Yūgao in particular seems to have captured the imagination of readers, despite appearing in only  one of the novel’s fifty-four chapters.

LOOKING BACK / LOOKING FORWARD: RICHARD Peeler And HIS Students

February 12 - June 10, 2013

Peeler Art Center, University Gallery (lower level)

In honor of DePauw's 175th anniversary, LOOKING BACK / LOOKING FORWARD: RICHARD PEELER AND HIS STUDENTS examines the artistic legacy of Professor Richard Peeler and Marj Peeler, along with work by nine of his former students: Sara Behling, Richard Burkett, Bing Davis, Susan Galloway-Blue, Nancy Lovett, Ginny Marsh, Christine Rales, Charles Todd Wagoner, and Georgette Zirbes.  The exhibition features a range of functional ceramics as well as sculptural work from the past 50 years.