The 2021 MSU Department of Art, Art History, and Design Faculty Triennial will showcase the recent work of art and design faculty members. Within the climate of a top research university, Michigan State University faculty members are continually engaged in a pursuit of excellence utilizing cutting-edge techniques as contemporary artists and designers.
American Portfolio, 1980. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Pappas.
Michael Kenna,
Francisco Mora,
Mexican People, ca. 1946. MSU purchase, funded by Vence Bonham.
The Hidden World Collection,
(Picture of women working at a telephone switchboard). MSU purchase, Eli and Edythe Broad Fund for the Acquisition of Modern and Contemporary Art.
In our increasingly globalized and digitized economy, labor has seeped into every part of our daily lives a phenomenon that impacts our health, wellness, and social power. Through artworks assembled from the MSU Broad collection,
24/7: Art + Labor Around the Clock unpacks how art and visual culture have influenced and are influenced by the non-stop nature of our modern work culture, and reveals its human consequences.