Current Exhibits

Pat Passlof: Selections 1948 – 2011
January 26 - May 25
Reception Thursday, January 26,  6 – 8:00pm

Melon 2, oil on linen, 60 in x 48 in

In partnership with the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, the Fine Art Museum presents Pat Passlof: Selections 1948-2011 honoring the work of painter and accomplished Black Mountain College alumna Pat Passlof. The show will feature a selection of paintings by Passlof, representing over 60 years of her career, from her time at Black Mountain College to her most contemporary work as a central, though under-recognized, figure in the development of Abstract Expressionism. This comprehensive exhibition occupies two NC venues simultaneously and includes a partner exhibit at the Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center's storefront museum in downtown Asheville that opens Friday January 27, 5:30.

In celebration of the upcoming exhibition Pat Passlof Selections 1948 – 2011, the College of Fine & Performing Arts at WCU is sponsoring a round-trip bus from Asheville to the WCU Fine & Performing Arts Center, with an additional pick up location in Waynesville. Riders will enjoy a narrated history of Abstract Expressionism in America and Black Mountain College and receive a complimentary exhibition catalogue as well as admission to the exhibition opening reception, which includes wine & heavy hors d'oeuvres.

Seating is limited therefore this bus package is made available FIRST to current and new Fine Art Museum Friends of the Arts who join at the Supporter Level ($50 or above).

Early Friends reservation deadline is Monday January 16.

To become a Friend of the Fine Art Museum online click here.

To purchase your bus tickets online click here. Bus seating will be made available through January 25. Bus seating will be made available to the public beginning Tuesday January 17 through January 23.

Details:

  • Bus Tickets: $25 per person / $50 per couple ($75 per person includes your Friends membership all donations go to the Fine Art Museum)
  • Asheville Pick Up: 5:00pm @ Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau 36 Montford Avenue Asheville, NC 28801
  • Waynesville Pick Up: 5:30pm @ K Mart Parking lot 1209 Russ Ave Waynesville 28706
  • Drop off : Leave Fine Art Museum at 8:15. Final drop off at Asheville by 9:30

 

Surveying Imaginationland: Ron Laboray January 19 – March 30
Artist’s Reception Thursday, February 16th 5 – 7pm
Artist Talk 4 – 5pm

 

Surveying Imagionationland, Ron Laborary, # 2 Fred in Bedrock Colorado, surfboard resin, 2011, auto urethane on aluminum, 4 x 5 feet

 

Laborary’s studio practice is conceptually driven from experiences as an artist and archaeologist. The artist creates paintings and drawings, which are data based and follow appropriated scientific rules. Within archaeology, much of the important knowledge is gained through the detritus of past culture. Laboray’s subjects stem from similar types of seemingly worthless material; pop culture, junk mail, and spectacle.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deliberate Moment : The Photographs of Herman Goustin
From the Permanent Collection of the Fine Art Museum, Western Carolina University
January 19 – March 30


 

Herman Goustin,"Four Figures with Wrapped Head", black and white photograph, 9.25 x 9.25 inches


 

These photographs of Herman Goustin celebrate the flotsam and jetsam that drifted through New York City streets from the 1920s – mid ‘90s. Goustin had a keen eye for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary through his camera lens. This exhibition is a selection of works from the original exhibit curated by Robert Godfrey, past director of the former WCU Belk Gallery and Department of Art, in the fall of 2002.