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200 at 200

The Miami University Art Museum honors Miami University’s 200th year by showcasing over 200 objects from our permanent collection, organized into five thematic topics. Each exhibition offers a different conceptual framework and a mixture of time periods, places of origin, materials and techniques.

  • Ring of Truth
    Aug 20, 2009 - Dec 12, 2009

    In an era of digital manipulation, reality can be altered quickly and seamlessly.

    Margaret Bourke White, Maiden Flight of the U.S.S. Akron, Silver gelatin photo
  • Compositions in Black and White
    Aug 27, 2009 - Dec 12, 2009

    Compositions in Black and White juxtaposes a multitude of objects—from Pueblo pottery and contemporary prints to sculptural reliefs and a 19th century dress—that share a similar color palette of black and white.  Not just a formal comparison of objects and ideas, this...

    Kara Walker, African/American, Linoleum cut
  • Figure and Form
    Sep 3, 2009 - Dec 12, 2009

    As a constant and significant subject, the human figure has been variously represented across time and space.

    Jesse Mathes, Personal Space: eighteen inches, Copper and Prismacolor
  • Darwin's Firsts
    Oct 1, 2009 - Dec 12, 2009

    The museum installation includes first editions of many of Darwin’s works from the Lloyd Library in Cincinnati, including a rare presentation copy of On the Origin of Species. Visitors will be able to leaf through facsimile copies of the first edition, a special illustrated...

    Darwin's Firsts

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