Artist: Harold Baumbach (American, 1904-2002) Title: Aspen Audio: Date: 1983 Dimensions: 50″ x 28″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Harold Baumbach. © Artist’s Estate Description: This work, which references no specific subject matter, reflects Baumbach’s experimentation with abstraction. His use of bold, dissonant colors evokes a dynamic yet mysterious and ambiguous feeling. Related Websites– Harold Baumbach at PicassoMio– Harold Baumbach at Julie Heller Gallery
1983
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Artist: Ferdie Pacheco (American, b. 1927) Title: Marciano Victorious Audio: Date: 1983 Dimensions: 48″ x 30″ Location in Library: Lower level Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Noreen Andreoli. © Ferdie Pacheco Description: As the only Heavyweight Champion to retire undefeated (with 43 knockouts), perhaps it is not a single bout but his entire career that is the subject of this piece. The fact that the fighter appears unblemished at the fight’s conclusion is a beautiful and apt translation of the dominance Rocky Marciano exhibited in the ring throughout his 49 career fights.
Artist: Xu, Bing Title: Vegetable Fields Audio: Date: 1983 Dimensions: 28″ x 36″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Woodcut works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Xu Bing Description: The Chinese Communist Movement promoted the traditional art of printmaking, especially the woodcut, as a valuable form of communication that could be cheaply produced, easily distributed, and broadly appealing. In 1974, as part of Mao Zedong’s “rustification” program, Bing was sent to work in a small farming community. His experience there is reflected in this woodcut, one of his earliest pieces as a printmaker. The work was considered radical at the time because it depicts a personal view of the countryside without any overt political content. Related Websites– Xu Bing’s Website – CNN Article about Chinese Art – “Artist Xu Bing: Creating English Words from Chinese Pictograms” from The Times – Xu Bing at MoMA – Xu Bing at Metropolitan Museum of Art Suggested Readings– Ching, Dora C.Y. and Jerome Silbergeld. Persistence-Transformation: Text as Image in the Art of Xu Bing, 2005. Call Number: N7349 .X8 P47 2005– Erickson, Britta. The Art of Xu Bing: Words without Meaning, […]
