Collection Focus – Michael Lucero at RAM

September 20, 2009 – January 17, 2010

The Racine Art Museum presents a career survey of the works of internationally recognized ceramic sculptor Michael Lucero. This exhibition is the third in an ongoing series of exhibitions that feature promised gifts and works already in RAM’s permanent collection. This exhibition contains a total of 15 works by Lucero, of which eight are recognized as examples of his major sculptures.

Michael Lucero at RAM debuts 12 newly acquired Lucero pieces that have been donated within the past 18 months by six different collecting families from across the US. These new acquisitions would usually be presented in one of RAM’s annual exhibitions of recent gifts. In this case, the arrival of so many works by one artist at the same time allowed the museum to curate a focused exhibition featuring his work. By combining these new gifts with works already in RAM’s collection, the exhibition highlights Lucero’s career development and aesthetic explorations in ceramics between 1983 and 2007. 

MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION 

Exhibition Notes with additional notes regarding the photography in the same gallery(pdf) 

A collection study is available to RAM members at no cost. Copies may be purchased in the RAM Museum Store for $5.

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The presentation of this exhibition at the Racine Art Museum is made possible by:  Presenting Sponsors – Karen Johnson Boyd and William B. Boyd, RAM Society Members, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., The Hearst Foundation, Inc. and Windgate Charitable Foundation; Gold Sponsors – Racine United Arts Fund and Wisconsin Arts Board; Silver Sponsors – Racine County Convention and Visitors Bureau