Painting intricate scenes of live broadcasts, James Pederson turns to sport as his muse by Ayla Angelos
In world of catch-up television and information at your every beck and call, it’s hard to imagine a future without the digital. For artist James Pederson, [MFA ’19] he directs his brush towards this notion of ‘screen time’ and, in particular, the position that...
Artists explore personal myths in the 2019 Wisconsin Triennial by Katelyn Ferral and Lindsay Christians
Ed Erdmann’s art tells stories of Wisconsin’s northwestern landscape and shifting seasons, recreated in sand and dirt. “He is actually putting dirt from the land from Wisconsin on the canvas and making these dirt paintings,” said Mel Becker Solomon, Madison Museum of...
State of the (campus) art by Käri Knutson
The Campus Art Exchange collection has been decades in the making. Many of the nearly 200 pieces had been out of sight, kept in closets and corridors after remodeling jobs or the passage of time and tastes that left the artwork out of the picture. But art is made to...