Timothy Van Laar (born 1951 [1] in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American artist, writer and full-time professor [ ambiguous ].
Timothy Van Laar (born 1951 [1] in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American artist, writer and full-time professor [ ambiguous ].
Van Laar produces art works in multiple formats including, paintings, drawings and installation pieces many of which have been exhibited throughout North America and Europe. [2] He has received fellowships and grants and other support from multiple organizations including Fulbright, Yaddo, the Howard Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Some of the most well known works are the postcard paintings [3] Van Laar has been featured in exhibits at major art museums, including The Detroit Institute of Arts.
Van Laar's most recent artworks deal with the nature of representation in painting. A single painting merges multiple historical approaches to how paint is applied, how paintings create meaning, and how paintings define their subject matter.
He is the co-author of three books with Leonard Diepeveen: Active Sights: Art as Social Interaction, [4] Art with a Difference: Looking at Difficult and Unfamiliar Art [5] and Artworld Prestige: Arguing Cultural Value. [6] Other works include reviews and numerous essays.[ citation needed ]
Currently,[ when? ] Van Laar resides in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Calvin College for his undergraduate degree and obtained his MFA degree at Wayne State University. For 32 years, he was a professor of art in the School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [7] Currently,[ when? ] he is Professor and Chair of Fine Arts at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m2) with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 that added 58,000 square feet (5,400 m2). The DIA collection is regarded as among the top six museums in the United States with an encyclopedic collection which spans the globe from ancient Egyptian and European works to contemporary art. Its art collection is valued in billions of dollars, up to $8.1 billion according to a 2014 appraisal. The DIA campus is located in Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District, about two miles (3 km) north of the downtown area, across from the Detroit Public Library near Wayne State University.
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