Appearing from left to right:

Nell Campbell (b. United States, 1941) 

Duck Hunters, White Oak Park, Lake Charles, LA, 2011, reprinted 2017 

Archival pigment print, 1/5 

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Joe Melchoine Photography Acquisition Fund, Joan Davidson and John Schnittker

Yoshiro Ikeda (b. Japan, 1947-2014) 

MFA 1976 Art 

Large Teapot, 2005 

Stoneware, glaze, and magnesium carbonate 

UCSB 1976 MFA Graduate Student, Retired as Distinguished Professor from Kansas State University, 2010 

Brenna Youngblood (b. United States, 1979) 

Risen, 2007 

Paint, spray paint and collage on canvas 

Gift of Joan and Stuart Levin 

An ambiguous formal study, Brenna Youngblood’s Risen approaches pure abstraction. The lower half of this composition is grounded by thin sheets of paper that have been molded and layered, providing the canvas with pockets of tension. A common feature of Youngblood’s collage work, this wrinkly texture alludes to her hands-on approach to making art, as well as the tactile quality of her work which borders on sculpture.