Message #262

Name:	Kaitlin Pike
Date:	Wednesday January 5, 2005 7:19:25 pm MST
URL:	http://www.ucsbdailynexus.com/news/2005/8544.html
Subject:	Collector Loans Priceless Work to UCSB Exhibit
Message:	Collector Loans Priceless Work to UCSB Exhibit Security Tightens as Glazer Collection Becomes Available for First Public Viewing A rarely seen multimillion dollar private art collection with 24 pieces by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, David Hockney, Jackson Pollock and Wayne Thiebaud opens today for public viewing at the University Art Museum. “Out of Site: Selections from the Marsha S. Glazer Collection” will be on display Jan. 5 through Feb. 27. The showing is the first and only time the collection - which is usually kept in the Glazers’ home on Mercer Island in Washington - is scheduled to appear in a museum. The collection is ranked among the top 25 in the nation by magazines such as Art Scene and Art Antiques. “It would be a coup for any museum in the country to host an exhibition of this collection,” University Art Museum Director Bonnie Kelm said in a press release. “Collections as rich in significant works of art as the Glazer collection can generally only be viewed in the nation’s largest and most prestigious art museums.” Sharon Major, University Art Museum public relations coordinator, said the museum is gearing up for the showing by implementing special security measures, including armed guards, motion detection sensors and video cameras. Major said the featured artists created styles that still amaze people today. Many American artists featured in the show facilitated the art world’s shift from the Parisian art scene to the New York School of Art, she said.

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