Main Gallery

Yan Pei-Ming
September 19, 2008 – January 4, 2009

The Art Center will present the first one–person museum exhibition in the United States for the Chinese artist Yan Pei–Ming, who divides his time among studios in Shanghai as well as Paris and Dijon, France. Yan is considered one of the foremost Chinese artists working today, creating large, vibrant, expressionistic paintings and watercolors. His subject matter often includes self–portraits and portraits of family members or political figures, such as Mao and American presidents. Yan’s work merges traditional Chinese visual traditions with contemporary Western formal approaches, such as Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. This exhibition is accompanied by an exhibition catalogue and organized by Jeff Fleming, director.

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Des Moines Art Center Downtown

Private Universe
August 29 – January 25, 2009

Private Universe explores the work of artists who use a variety of media and construction methods to create new and often highly personal worlds. Combining works from the Art Center’s permanent collections and loans from private collections, the show will range from early 20th–century collage to mid–century box constructions to 21st–century photography. Exhibition artists include Joseph Cornell, Anna Gaskell, Charles LeDray, Patrick Nagatani, Charles Simonds, and others. This exhibition is organized by Laura Burkhalter, assistant curator.

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