Saturday was the start of One Hour Photo but it also kicked off an early summer exhibition in the American University Museum.  This was my first trip to the Katzen Arts Center and it felt like a smaller version of the Whitney Museum.  Visitors work their way floor-by-floor through mixed media, paintings, graffiti, video installations, photography and sculpture by either experienced artists or MFA students (it’s often hard to tell the difference and I mean that in a good way).  Plus the museum is built to accomodate giant-scale work, as you’ll see below.

Make sure to click into the entire post to see more and leave a comment if you can provide more information about the artist(s).  Many thanks to Allison Peck at the American University Museum for helping me identify and detail all the work in these images (I added more images Tuesday night after getting the appropriate captions).

I also met Dan VanHoozer, who for the last 10 months has been behind all the free PBR you drink at art events around the the DC metro area.  I told Dan that PBR is becoming omnipresent across the city.  It’s the art beer.  In that case, he says, “I’m doing my job.”  I have to give a nod to Dan for all the free brew I’ve drank over the past year.  Follow him on twitter or the PBR blog.  

View from the 2nd floor, featuring DC painter Juan Pineda and New York artist Eddie Colon.Jocelyne Saab’s “The Last Supper, 2008,” a photographic C-print, 29 1/2″ X 39 3/8.”

Part of Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi’s “Thrusting Trust, 2010,” Acrylic on Mylar, 42″ X 30″.  The artist has several pieces similar to this.

Relax, says DECOY, part of her “BFFL” (Best Friends For Life) installation.

More from DECOY, “The Good Times Are Killing Me. Spray paint on paper. 2′ x 4′ each.” The title is a reference to the song by Modest Mouse.

Finally, a close up of Lisa Schumaier’s “March to War (detail), 2007. Paper mache, found objects. 35″ x 16″ x 25″.”  Love the Buck Fush.

Photo Credit: Joshua Yospyn/Worn Magazine (please ask permission to use our images)

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