Iconoclasts: Selections from Glenstone’s Collection
The GalleryA selection of works drawn from the museum’s collection is on long-term view in the Gallery. The exhibition features more than 50 artists who have made some of the most radical contributions to art in the 20th century. Foundational collection artists—such as Willem de Kooning, Alexander Calder, Ruth Asawa, and Martin Puryear, among many others—are on view alongside new acquisitions.
Artists
- Diane Arbus
- Ruth Asawa
- John Baldessari
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Lee Bontecou
- Louise Bourgeois
- Alberto Burri
- Alexander Calder
- James Castle
- Vija Celmins
- John Chamberlain
- Lygia Clark
- Willem de Kooning
- Marcel Duchamp
- Katharina Fritsch
- Alberto Giacometti
- Robert Gober
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres
- Philip Guston
- David Hammons
- Eva Hesse
- Miyoko Ito
- Jasper Johns
- Donald Judd
- On Kawara
- Yves Klein
- Franz Kline
- Lee Krasner
- Yayoi Kusama
- Brice Marden
- Henri Matisse
- Marisa Merz
- Bruce Nauman
- Hélio Oiticica
- Claes Oldenburg
- Nam June Paik
- Jackson Pollock
- Martin Puryear
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Man Ray
- Mira Schendel
- Richard Serra
- Kazuo Shiraga
- Lorna Simpson
- Ming Smith
- Atsuko Tanaka
- Mildred Thompson
- Anne Truitt
- Cy Twombly
- Jack Whitten
Exhibition Preview
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Katharina Fritsch https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/FRITk_GF_Monch-e1531924630689-390x800.jpg A monochrome black sculpture of a man stands in a room, he is wearing a long robe with a rope tied around the waist.
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Dirk Gysel Felix Gonzalez-Torres https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/GONZf_GF_UntitledLoverBoys.jpg
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Robert Gober https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/GOBEr_GF_UntitledCloset-1-478x800.jpg
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Genevieve Hanson
Courtesy: Hauser & Wirth Jack Whitten https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/WHITj_GF_BlackMonolith-631x800.jpg -
Martin Puryear https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PURYm_Empires-Lurch-1200x800.jpg A deep green, almost black wooden rounded sculpture with a finger-like protrusion sits on a wooden floor.
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Ron Amstutz Felix Gonzalez-Torres https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/GONZf_GF_PerfectLovers-1065x800.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Jean-Michel Basquiat https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BASQj_GF_Frogmen.jpg A six-paneled canvas in various colors shows drawings including an octopus, various words crossed out, a cartoon cat, and xereoxed pages.
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Miyoko Ito https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ITOm_GF_Untitled_1975-1.jpg An orange-gradient painting hangs on a white wall.
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Christopher Burke Philip Guston https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/GUSTp_GF_SanClemente.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Mira Schendel https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SCHEm_GF_ObjetoGrafico1972-600x800.jpg
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Alex Jamison David Hammons https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HAMMd_GF_ThreeSpades-615x800.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Brice Marden https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MARDb_GF_ForPearl-1064x800.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Mira Schendel https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SCHEm_GF_ObjetoGrafico1960-600x800.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Mira Schendel https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SCHEm_GF_ObjetoGrafico-600x800.jpg
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com John Baldessari https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BALDj_257_001_crop-799x800.jpg A square canvas is painted carefully with the words "PURE BEAUTY" in black.
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Eva Hesse https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/HESSe_245_001_crop-441x800.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Marcel Duchamp https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DUCHm_GF_RoueDeBicyclette-600x800.jpg One dark bicycle wheel with gray spokes attached at the bicycle fork crown to an upright, tan, wooden stool.
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Ron Amstutz Marcel Duchamp https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DUCHm_GF_Fountain-600x800.jpg Supine white urinal signed "R Mutt 1917."
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Alberto Burri https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BURRa_GF_GrandeBianco-1217x800.jpg Clear plastic is stretched over a black frame with a white background and has about 12 scorched circular holes of various sizes.
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Robert Rauschenberg https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RAUSc_137_005_crop-1276x800.jpg
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Nam June Paik https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/PAIKn_Robot_GF-640x800.jpg A sculpture of a robot, with wired and various technological elements, stands on an elevated white platform.
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Ron Amstutz Yayoi Kusama https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/KUSAy_GF_Accumulation-600x800.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Atsuko Tanaka https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/TANAa_GF_WORK-600x800.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Anne Truitt https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/TRUIa_SouthernElegy_crop-970x800.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Lee Bontecou https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/BONTl_GF_Untitled.jpg An abstracted form made from canvas, welded metal, and wire sits in relief off a white wall - three deeply black voids dominate the composition.
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Lee Krasner https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/KRASl_GF_EyeIsTheFirstCircle.jpg
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com John Chamberlain https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CHAMj_GF_HillbillyGaloot-915x800.jpg Crumbled like a piece of paper, car parts painted red balance on a slate floor.
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Ron Amstutz Hélio Oiticica https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OITIh_GF_RelevoEspacial.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Yves Klein https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/RE_021_Web_2018-676x800.jpg
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Ron Amstutz Kazuo Shiraga https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SHIRk_GF_Untitled.jpg
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Jasper Johns https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JOHNj_199_001_crop-533x800.jpg
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Franz Kline https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/KLINf_GF_Untitled.jpg
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Dan Bradica Ruth Asawa https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ASAWr_GF_003.jpg Rounded organic interlocking forms arranged vertically made from looping gold colored wire hang from the ceiling.
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Willem de Kooning https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DEKOw_24_002_crop-708x800.jpg In this painting, loose and expressive brushwork of various colors overlaps and muddies the tones. Lines of blue, yellow, teal, black, and red mix with fields of beige and pink.
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Ron Amstutz Lygia Clark https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CLARl_GF_GregaNo4-1065x800.jpg An abstract composition of blue, red, green, and beige rectangles and squares form a series of "U" shapes.
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Jackson Pollock https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/POLLj_124_002_crop-1276x285.jpg
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Dan Bradica Ruth Asawa https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ASAWr_GF_002.jpg Organic and curvy interlocking vertical forms made from woven rusty colored wire hang from the ceiling.
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Ron Amstutz Alberto Giacometti https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GIACa_GF_ManPointing-600x800.jpg
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Louise Bourgeois https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BOURl_GF_RedNight-1067x800.jpg An abstracted person lays in a hospital bed amid a field of red brushstrokes.
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Alexander Calder https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CALDa_GF_BabyFlat-1276x735.jpg Hanging from a tripedal floor stand, a large horizontal oval-shape have several delicate wire off-shoots, perfectly balanced.
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Alexander Calder https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CALDa_GF_Untitled_1941-e1532352840347-599x800.jpg Hanging from above, this mobile boasts 10 horizontal wires balancing 23 vertical wires ending in 12 shards of glass (in multiple colors) and a black spoon.
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Alexander Calder https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CALDa_GF_LaDemoiselle-e1532352881222-676x800.jpg Hanging from a tripedal floor stand, a series of graduated abstract forms (painted black, blue, yellow, red, and white) delicately balance on thin wires.
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Henri Matisse https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MATIh_GF_JeannetteV-494x800.jpg
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Henri Matisse https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MATIh_GF_JeannetteIII-e1532362828119-581x800.jpg
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Henri Matisse https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MATIh_GF_JeannetteIV.jpg
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Henri Matisse https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MATIh_GF_JeannetteI.jpg
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Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com Henri Matisse https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MATIh_GF_JeannetteII.jpg
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Vija Celmins https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CELMv_GF_Porsche-1167x800.jpg A desaturated painting showing a view of the highway from the passenger's seat of a car.
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Ron Amstutz Marisa Merz https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/MERZmaris_GF_SenzaTitolo.jpg
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Dan Bradica Ruth Asawa https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ASAWr_GF_001.jpg Fluted wire forms intersect four different times along a hanging vertical sculpture.