The museum will be closed from December 22 through January 1. We will reopen on January 2 at 10 a.m.
Winter Shutdown
The museum will be closed from December 22 through January 1. We will reopen on January 2 at 10 a.m.
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Learn More1980-81
Young Americans: Janet Cooling, Hudson, David Salle, Cindy Sherman, David Saunders, and David Wells
Exhibition dates: April 1-May 3, 1981
Janet Cooling: Born to Be Alive by Joanna Frueh
David Salle: A Matter of Interrogation by Carter Ratcliff
Cindy Sherman: Making Pictures for the Camera by Douglas Crimp
David Saunders: Nature Redefined by William Olander
David Wells: Gleaning by William Olander
Hudson: An Interview by William Olander
Supplement:
New Voices I: Cynthia Carlson
Exhibition dates: September 16-October 19,1980
Cynthia Carlson’s Insideout Oberlin
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