Sunday, October 11, 2026

Visual Preferences (20th Century: 1989)

James V. Lamb
After Hours
1989
acrylic on canvas
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, Wisconsin

Rostislav Lebedev
Barge-Haulers on the Volga
1989
oil paint on vinyl
Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina

Marilyn Minter
Hands Dumping
1989
screenprint on aluminum
Art Institute of Chicago

Keith Haring
Exhibition Poster - Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
1989
lithograph
NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Harold Garde
Blue Shadow
1989
acrylic on canvas
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine

Tina Barney
Jill and the T.V.
1989
C-print
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Daan van Golden
Mitsukoshi
1989
oil on canvas
Kunstmuseum, The Hague

Barbara Kruger
Untitled
1989
gelatin silver print
Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California

Dennis Leon
Moss Rocks
1989
pastel and collage on paper
San Jose Museum of Art, California

Magdalena Abakanowicz
Sagacious Head 6 and Sagacious Head 7
1989
bronze
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Michael Kenna
Golden Gate Bridge
1989
gelatin silver print
San Jose Museum of Art, California

Scott Heiser
Synchronized Swimmers
1989
gelatin silver print
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington

William Clift
1763 Farmhouse, Milton, New York
1989
gelatin silver print
Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

Jeroen Eisinga
Jump
1989
gelatin silver print
Kunstmuseum, The Hague

Burhan Cahit Dogançay
Versace Man
1989
collage and acrylic paint on canvas
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Joe Andoe
Untitled (Strawberry)
1989
oil on canvas
Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, California

from Ischia 

There is a time to admit how much the sword decides, 
with flourishing horns to salute the conqueror,
          impassive, cloaked and great on
     horseback under his faffling flag.

Changes of heart should also occasion song, like his
who, turning back from the crusaders' harbor, broke
          with our aggressive habit
     once and for all and was the first

to see all penniless creatures as our siblings. Then
at all times it is good to praise the shining earth,
          dear to us whether we choose our
     duty or do something horrible.

Dearest to each his birthplace; but to recall a green
valley where mushrooms fatten in the summer nights
          and silvered willows copy
     the circumflexions of the stream

is not my gladness today: I am presently moved
by sun-drenched Parthenopea, my thanks are for you,
          Ischia, to whom a fair wind has
     brought me rejoicing with dear friends

from soiled productive cities. How well you correct
our injured eyes, how gently you train us to see
          things and men in perspective
     underneath your uniform light.

– W.H. Auden (1948)