Environmental Reflections Exhibition at Weisman Museum

The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art presents

Environmental Reflections
Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation

September 1–December 5, 2021

Opening Reception: Sunday, October 3, 2021 • 2–4 p.m.
Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90263

Pepperdine University’s Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art will present Environmental Reflections: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation now through Sunday, December 5, 2021. There is no admission charge but free, advanced reservations are required. Timed entry tickets can be reserved here. Current museum hours are Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; museum hours are subject to change. For more information regarding current museum hours, please call (310) 506-4851 or visit arts.pepperdine.edu/museum.

A special opening reception will be held Sunday, October 3, 2021 from 2–4 p.m. There is no admission charge and the public is invited to attend. Free admission tickets for the opening reception may be reserved here.

Throughout history, artists have attempted to capture the beauty in the forces of nature, each interpretation unique and distinctly different from the other. In Environmental Reflections: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, a diverse range of practices come together to bring fleeting glimpses of nature through the human experience. Nature is constantly shifting and changing, sometimes in miniscule ways that are often overlooked, such as how the sky shifts with sunrise and sunset, or the way flowers and plants sway in the wind and rotate in the direction of the sunlight. Then there are the grand changes due to natural and man-made disasters of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, droughts or the depletion of natural resources. This exhibition brings a broad spectrum of approaches that reflect a reverence for nature and its complexities.

Nature and space are incredibly vast, and our relationship to them is unique and complex. Environmental Reflections: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation exemplifies how we continually explore the natural world, from the depths of the oceans to the farthest reaches of space, calling to mind how early humans would trek through the landscape yearning for knowledge of the unknown. Nature has the ability to reflect our humanity—there is beauty, destruction, depth and vast expanses yet to be discovered.

ABOUT THE FREDERICK R. WEISMAN MUSEUM OF ART

The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University was dedicated in September 1992. It showcases historical and contemporary art by nationally recognized artists, but focuses on the art of California. Past exhibitions have included Claes Oldenburg: Drawings (2004), Chihuly Los Angeles (2005), Jim Dine: Some Drawings (2007), Roy Lichtenstein: In Process (2011), Wayne Thiebaud: Works on Paper (2014), Chuck Close: Face Forward (2015), Andy Warhol: Life and Legends (2016), Larry Bell: Pacific Red (2017), Richard Diebenkorn: Beginnings, 1942–1955 (2019), and Rodin and Women: Muses, Sirens, Lovers (2020).

For more information, call (310) 506-4851 or visit: arts.pepperdine.edu/museum.

Information about Weisman Museum health and safety protocols can be found at arts.pepperdine.edu/visit.


THE DETAILS:

EXHIBITION: Environmental Reflections: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
WHEN: Wednesday, September 1–Sunday, December 5, 2021
Opening Reception: Sunday, October 3, 2021, 2–4 p.m.
WHERE: Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90263
MUSEUM HOURS: Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; museum hours are subject to change
PRICE: Free, advanced reservations can be reserved here; opening reception tickets can be reserved here

Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263


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