The Phoenix Art Museum Shows Contemporary Artists Rebecca Campbell & Angela Ellsworth

Written by Ingrid Sotomeyer Friday, 10 February 2012 21:11

Phoenix, AZ.- The Phoenix Art Museum is pleased to present "Rebecca Campbell and Angela Ellsworth" on view in the Katz Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art, Marshall Gallery and Hendler Gallery from September 3rd through January 23rd 2012. Rebecca Campbell and Angela Ellsworth both spent their childhoods in Utah and within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Their different experiences and individual reactions to this specific context have inspired much of their mature work as artists. Multilayered and complex, their works touch on memory and nostalgia but are grounded in the present and the reinterpretation of their experiences as well as Mormon traditions and practices. This exhibition will include painting, sculpture and installations.

Rebecca Campbell (b. 1970) is known for her startling figurative paintings of children and individuals but her 2009 solo show Poltergeist included a number of large scale installations that directly drew on her childhood. She received her BFA in 1994 from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, and her MFA in painting from UCLA in 2001. She lives and works in Los Angeles. Angela Ellsworth (b. 1964) is an interdisciplinary artist who created compelling objects and performances. The 2010 Biennale of Sydney included the installation - Seer Bonnets: A Continuing Offense, nine bonnets pierced through with pearl-tipped corsage pins and representing the nine wives of her great-great-grandfather, who was the fifth prophet of the Mormon Church. She lives and works in Phoenix.


Since 1959, the Museum has served as the cornerstone of Phoenix’s art and cultural community, providing the people of Arizona with great art from around the world and amazing cultural experiences. Popular international exhibitions are shown along side the Museum’s outstanding collection of more than 18,000 works of American, Asian, European, Latin American, Western American, modern and contemporary art, and fashion design. A vibrant destination for over fifty years, Phoenix Art Museum presents festivals, live performances, independent art films and educational programs that enlighten, entertain and stimulate. Visitors also enjoy PhxArtKids an interactive space for children, vibrant photography exhibitions through the Museum’s landmark partnership with the Center for Creative Photography, and the lushly landscaped Sculpture Garden. The Museum has nine curatorial departments: American, Western American, Asian, European, Latin American, Fashion, Modern, Contemporary, and Photography. The paintings and sculptures on view in the American collection reflect an interest in naturalism and the traditions of Europe, dating roughly from 1790 to the 1940s. Artists include John Singleton Copley, Fitz Henry Lane, George Inness, Eastman Johnson, William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri. The American West Collection includes over 900 paintings, sculptures and works on paper. The collection features paintings from 19th century local artists whose work was influenced by exploration and adventure. Some of the earliest paintings of the Arizona Territory are in the collection as well. Artists include: Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Remington, Grant Speed, Ernest Blumenschein, Walter Ufer, Martin Ernest Hennings, Maynard Dixon, Georgia O'Keeffe, Bill Owen, and Chuck Forsman. The Latin American Collection includes over 400 works of art from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The collection highlights Spanish Colonial and early 20th century Mexican artworks that include religious paintings, colonial furniture, and decorative arts. Artists include: Frida Kahlo, Rufino Tamayo, Diego Rivera, and many contemporary Latin American artists. The collection represents many of the pioneers of European and American modernism. Artists include: Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Milton Avery, Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, Joseph Stella, Arthur Dove, Oscar Bluemner, Georgia O'Keeffe, Hans Hoffman, Seymour Lipton, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, and Willem De Kooning. The Contemporary Collection - art created since the 1950s - is one of the most active and growing areas in the Museum. Displayed in the newly opened, 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2). Ellen and Howard C. Katz Wing for Modern Art, the collection includes large-scale photography, outdoor sculpture, and art created in a variety of surprising and unexpected materials, plus more "traditional" paintings on canvas. In several instances, works push the technical limitations of several media, including computer-controlled LED lighting and video, ceramics, mirrored glass, and even charred wood struck by lightning. Artists include: Anish Kapoor, Sol LeWitt, Josiah McElheny, Julian Opie, Donald Judd, Michal Rovner, Yayoi Kusama, and Cornelia Parker. In 2006, Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in Tucson inaugurated a collaboration to mount rotating exhibits from the Center's photography archives for Phoenix Art Museum visitors.  Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.phxart.org

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