modern & contemporary art

Hamilton Building, Levels 3 & 4

The modern and contemporary art collection contains more than 4,500 works in a wide variety of media, with an emphasis on both internationally known and emerging artists. The collection includes photography, from 19th-century landscapes to the work of contemporary photographers.
 
The Herbert Bayer Collection and Archive, containing about 8,000 works of art and extensive documentary materials, is an internationally significant repository highlighting this Bauhaus master, who spent 28 years in Colorado. Selections from this important resource will be displayed on the lower level of the Hamilton Building.

 

Follow the links below to view selections from the modern and contemporary art collection. Please note that not all works shown below are currently on view.

 

 

Better Homes, Better Gardens, Kerry James Marshall

Racial themes abound in this work.

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Gilbert and George, Gilbert Prousch and George Passmore

Art and life blur in the self-titled creation...

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Quantum Cloud XXXIII, Antony Gormley

Is the energy entering or emerging from the...

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Linda, John DeAndrea

Linda, a hyper-realistic sculpture made of...

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School Days, Robert Colescott

Stereotypes are dissected and observed in Robert...

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Fox Games, Sandy Skoglund

The eerie and humorous Fox Games returns...

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