1969: Reflection & Reimagination - Wake Forest Historical Museum
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We are thrilled to announce that the Wake Forest Historical Museum will host a selection of works from Wake Forest University’s Mark H. Reece Collection of Student-Acquired Contemporary Art. The exhibition will open to the public on January 31st and will run through June 2023.
About the Collection
Established in 1962, the Mark H. Reece Collection of Student-Acquired Contemporary Art is unusual in that it was conceived by students, selected by student committees, and purchased entirely with Wake Forest University funds. Every four years since the first New York buying trip in 1963, a small group of students, under the direction of an Art Department faculty member, have researched contemporary artists and the contemporary art market and purchased new artworks for the Wake Forest Art Collection. Included are paintings, prints, drawings, photography, and sculpture by such notable artists as Jasper Johns, Louise Nevelson, Alex Katz, Robert Colescott, Glenn Ligon, Kiki Smith, and Shirin Neshat. The Mark H. Reece Collection of Student-Acquired Contemporary Art is now the University’s premier collection, numbering nearly 200 artworks by over one hundred different artists. This program is the first of its kind at a university.
We are grateful to Wake Forest University Art Collection for making this exhibition possible.
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