Category: Artists

  • #DocentDive: The “Simple” Furniture Suite
    October 4, 2019 by

    By: Micaela Knox, Public Relations & Marketing Intern How many pieces of furniture do you own that was bought from a big-box retailer? That furniture might be pleasing to the eye, but how many other people own the same exact pieces? How much thought really went into designing them anyway? “The machine has largely replaced […]

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  • Thinking Outside the Box with Frames
    August 29, 2018 by

    By Emily Horn, DOMA Intern Walk into an art museum, any art museum, and what do you see? “Frames” probably isn’t what comes to mind. How many people focus on the frames around artwork for even a second before moving on to the next artwork in a gallery? We put so much emphasis on the […]

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  • Robert Indiana: In Memoriam (1928–2018)
    July 12, 2018 by

    By Caitlyn Walter, Interpretive Planning Assistant If you stop in to the Brown Study Room at DOMA this summer, you’ll notice an image that is likely to be familiar: “LOVE,” in large red letters against a green and blue background, the “O” slightly tilted. In the decades since its conception, this composition has become one of […]

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  • Celebrating Pride Month with Artist Roger Brown
    June 27, 2018 by

    By Emily Horn, DOMA Intern Roger Brown was a leading member of the Chicago Imagist group, who created bold canvases and sculptural objects that explore America in the postwar era. His work is personal, provocative, and political with subjects that frequently touched upon urban isolation, alienation, sexual interest, natural disasters, and human tragedy. Throughout his prolific career […]

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