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Francois-Xavier Lalanne

Born on August 27, 1907 in Agen, France, Francois-Xavier Lalanne was best known for his surrealist sculptures and installations. He focused a lot of his work on animals and the mythological. Lalanne’s work often stems from a childlike sense of playfulness. “I thought that it would be funny to invade that big living room with a flock of sheep,” he once explained. “It is, after all, easier to have a sculpture in an apartment than to have a real sheep. And, it’s even better if you can sit on it.” While he is a well known artist in his own right, he later in life joined artist Claude Dupeux on many joint projects. The two would later get married and continue creating together and separately. Learn more about Lalanne’s life and work with the link below, and stop by the Schneider Museum of Art to see Lalanne’s piece Les Trois Oies de Sarlat on display now in the Entry Gallery.

https://www.artnet.com/artists/fran%C3%A7ois-xavier-lalanne/

Concert Poster History

Art and music have always gone hand in hand. With the invention of the letter press, advertisements of all kinds were able to be mass produced at a cheap price. This meant that musicians were able to advertise their next show easier than ever before. With every music genre bringing its own flair, no two concert posters looked or felt the same. Carlos Hernandez, a Houston-based artist, has made gig posters for well known artists like The Kills, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, and more. See more of Hernandez’s work in the Schneider Museum of Art’s exhibition Pushing the Press, and see how the evolution of technology has changed the way we advertise concerts with the link below.

https://blog.gocollect.com/concert-poster-collecting-guide/the-history-of-concert-posters/

Color and Mood

We’re told warm tones are active colors and cool tones are relaxing ones, but why is that? Years of research shows that the colors we surround ourselves with can influence our moods, attitudes, and even appetites. Corporate America uses certain colors intentionally to invoke subconscious feelings about their products. Color and the art of suggestion and persuasion work together to create the bright and bold advertisements we see today. Artist Ericka Walker uses this psychology in her lithography work to make commentary about the ways color is used in propaganda, and how the effects are similar to what we see in present advertising. Learn more about color psychology with the link below, and explore Walker’s provocative work in the Schneider Museum of Art’s Pushing the Press today.

https://londonimageinstitute.com/how-to-empower-yourself-with-color-psychology/

The Schneider Museum of Art is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawa peoples who lived here since time immemorial. These Tribes were displaced during rapid Euro-American colonization, the Gold Rush, and armed conflict between 1851 and 1856. In the 1850s, discovery of gold and settlement brought thousands of Euro-Americans to their lands, leading to warfare, epidemics, starvation, and villages being burned. In 1853 the first of several treaties were signed, confederating these Tribes and others together – who would then be referred to as the Rogue River Tribe. These treaties ceded most of their homelands to the United States, and in return they were guaranteed a permanent homeland reserved for them. At the end of the Rogue River Wars in 1856, these Tribes and many other Tribes from western Oregon were removed to the Siletz Reservation and the Grand Ronde Reservation. Today, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org) and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (http://www.ctsi.nsn.us/) are living descendants of the Takelma, Shasta, and Latgawa peoples of this area. We encourage you to learn about the land you reside on, and to join us in advocating for the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous people.

Francois-Xavier Lalanne

Concert Poster History

Color and Mood

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