Ulrich Museum

The Ulrich Museum is an art museum located on the campus of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.[1] It is known for the large Venetian glass and marble mosaic by Joan Miró, titled Personnages Oiseaux, a 28-by-52-foot (8.5 by 15.8 m) mural on 80 panels.[2] It is also well known for the large outdoor sculpture collection of 76 works across 330 acres, which was named Top Ten among campus sculptures in 2006 by Public Art Review.[3] The sculpture collection includes works by Joan Miró, Auguste Rodin and Fernando Botero.[4] While the Ulrich features rotating exhibitions, its permanent collection includes works by Andy Goldsworthy, Zhang Huan, Sol LeWitt, Gordon Parks, Douglas Abdell,[5] Kara Walker, Andy Warhol and Frank Lloyd Wright.[6]

Personnages Oiseaux

Personnages Oiseaux is a mural by Joan Miró, made up of thousands of glass and marble tesserae, which was first painted by Miró, and converted into a mosaic mural by Ateliers Loire in Chartes, France.[7] This mural was Miró's only mural made of glass and marble, and one of the eleven he made during his lifetime.[2] It was featured on the southern-facing wall from 1978 to 2011, when it was removed for repairs.[8] The mural was losing between 300 and 400 tiles yearly,[8] and the full cost of the repairs came out at $2.2 million;[9] the mural returned in 2016.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ulrich Museum". Ulrich Museum. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Welcoming Miro home | The Wichita Eagle". www.kansas.com. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. ↑ Art, Ulrich Museum of. "Ulrich Museum of Art - Wichita State University". webs.wichita.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  4. ↑ "WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY SCULPTURE TOUR - Wichita State University". webs.wichita.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  5. ↑ Art, Ulrich Museum of. "The Real McCoys. By Brendan Kachel, 2008". wsu.wichita.edu. The Shocker - Wichita State University Alumni Magazine.
  6. ↑ Art, Ulrich Museum of. "Ulrich Museum of Art - Wichita State University". webs.wichita.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  7. ↑ Villarreal, Ignacio. "Joan Miro's masterpiece Personnages Oiseaux mural reinstalled at Wichita State University". artdaily.com. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  8. 1 2 "Miró's Only Marble and Glass Mural Is Restored". Hyperallergic. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  9. ↑ "How Miró's Only Mosaic Mural Was Restored". ArtsJournal. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2017-04-11.

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