BENTONOROZCO

EGASFONSECAPURYEAR

VAN VALKENBURGH

MULLERLEWITT

WALKERTOLLE

MCBRIDEJAAR

LIGONTHE NEW SCHOOL

The New School Art Collection comprises approximately 2,000 postwar and contemporary works of art ranging from drawings and photographs to sculpture and site-specific installations. Established in 1960 with a grant from the Albert A. List Foundation, the collection embodies the university’s commitment to art, both as a means of aesthetic experimentation, as well as an agent in confronting the salient social and political issues of our time. As an invaluable resource for students and faculty, the works in the collection are installed throughout the university campus, transforming public spaces into lively forums for experiencing and examining contemporary art.

The university has a longstanding tradition of supporting the creation of new art in public spaces, beginning in 1931 with the commissioning of works in the landmarked Joseph Urban building by Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco, American artist Thomas Hart Benton, and Ecuadorian artist Camilo Egas. Extending this tradition of incorporating site-specific works of art throughout the university’s campus, The New School Art Collection has since commissioned site-specific works by artists including Gonzalo Fonseca, Sol LeWitt, Dave Muller, Martin Puryear and Michael Van Valkenburgh, Brian Tolle, and Kara Walker. Recent commissions for The New School’s University Center, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), include site-specific installations by Alfredo Jaar, Glenn Ligon, and Rita McBride.

From the historic José Clemente Orozco fresco cycle to Glenn Ligon’s neon frieze for the new University Center, the site-specific commissions are focal points of the collection and reflect of our institutional identity and aspirations. Examined holistically, the commissions serve as markers of our histories, philosophical ideals, and the shifting physical and psychological identity of the university’s ever-evolving conception of newness. Considered individually, each work offers an entry point into the landscape of its time. These commissions, which span over 80 years, reveal the remarkable story of a rich, lively, inspired, contentious, and mutable happening called The New School.

THE NEW SCHOOL ART COLLECTION

MARTIN PURYEAR American, b. 1941MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH American, b. 1951

SOL LEWITT American, 1928 – 2007

KARA WALKERAmerican, b. 1969

RITA MCBRIDEAmerican, b. 1960

ALFREDO JAARSantiago, Chile b. 1956

GLENN LIGONAmerican, b. 1960

GONZALO FONSECAUruguayan, 1922–1997

THOMAS HART BENTON

American, 1889–1975JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO Mexican, 1883–1949

DAVE MULLER American, b. 1964

CAMILO EGASEcuadorian, 1889–1962

BRIAN TOLLEAmerican, b. 1964

America Today (Mural Cycle)1930 – 31

Egg tempera on linen

Commissioned by The New School for Social Research, 1931 Acquired by AXA Equitable, New York, in 1984 Gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from AXA, New York, 2012

Call to Revolution and Table of Universal Brotherhood(The New School Mural Cycle)1931

Fresco

66 West 12th Street, Jacob Kaplan Building, 7th Floor

Ecuadorian Festival1932

Oil on canvas 66 West 12th Street, Jacob Kaplan Building, Lobby

Untitled 1961

Ceramic mosaic

66 West 12th Street, Jacob Kaplan Building, Vera List Atrium, Ground floor

Untitled1989 – 1997

Maple, granite, stainless steel courtyard design

66 West 12th Street, Jacob Kaplan Building, Vera List Atrium and Courtyard, Ground floor

Interpolations and Extrapolations2002 – 2003 Extensions2008

Acrylic on paper Signed

66 West 12th Street, Jacob Kaplan Building, Vera List Atrium, Ground floor

Wall Drawing #1073 A and B, Bars of Color 2003

Acrylic paint 55 West 13th Street, Arnold Hall, Lobby (Part A); Second Floor (Part B)

Event Horizon2005

Acrylic paint 55 West 13th Street, Arnold Hall, Lobby, Central Staircase

Threshold2006

Fiberglass and acrylic paint 55 West 13th Street, Arnold Hall, Dorothy Hirshon Suite, 2nd Floor

Bells and Whistles2014

Brass

63 5th Avenue, University Center, Ductwork, 530 feet long, spanning six floors

Searching for Africa in LIFE1996/2014

Color transparency, LED lightboxes 63 5th Avenue, University Center, Arnold Forum, 7th Floor Reading Room

For Comrades and Lovers2015

Neon 63 5th Avenue, University Center, Event Café

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THOMAS HART BENTON

JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO

CAMILO EGAS

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GONZALO FONSECA

MARTIN PURYEAR

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VAN VALKENBURGH

DAVE MULLER

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SOL LEWITT

KARA WALKER

BRIAN TOLLE

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RITA MCBRIDE

ALFREDO JAAR

GLENN LIGON

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Jacob Kaplan Building66 West 12th Street

Arnhold Hall55 West 13th Street

University Center63 5th Avenue

Vera List Courtyard + Atrium66 West 12th Street

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