Menagerie: Animals in Art

This exhibition creates an opportunity for visitors to discover and consider the role animals play in our lives through themes such as personal connections with animals, how animals are used to tell stories or represent political ideas, and how artists use animals in imaginative ways.

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Interior view of the J. Wayne Stark Galleries in the main gallery space. In the distance you can see paintings on the walls and sculptures in cases.

 
 
Interior view of the J. Wayne Stark Galleries in the main gallery space. In the distance you can see paintings on the walls.
   
Interior view of the J. Wayne Stark Galleries in the main gallery space. In the distance you can see paintings on the walls.
   
Interior view of the J. Wayne Stark Galleries in the main gallery space. In the distance you can see paintings on the walls and a sculpture in a case.

 
 
 

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Title wall in gallery; it reads "Menagerie: Animals in Art" January 23-April 5, 2020
Painting of boy with goats.
Statue of longhorn.
Painting of red bull.
Finger painting style painting of blue dog.
Three ducks on top of each other.
Print of cowboy on bronc horse. City below. State of Texas in foreground.
Monkey climbing on pear. Other monkey looks on in background.
Two geese resting, one looking in bucket.
Wild horses running free.
Hound dog sleeping on front porch.
Statue of cowoboy on horseback rustling longhorn cattle
Faces of four pigs close together
Woman in overall and red hat on tractor with dog running beside her and chickens eating
Abstract drawing of pink dogs
Colorful painting of wide-eyed roadrunner
Longhorn cattle near cactus
Raccoon on landscape
Camel near large rocks and the ocean; seagulls float overhead
Cowboy shoes a horse while two other cowboys wait near a pickup truck
Drawing of a buffalo bucking a coyote in the air
Majolica pitcher of a green and pink parrot
People and donkey's carry boxes
Bison on the landscape. Male, female, and baby in foreground
Audobon color drawing of a wild hare.
Three goats on a hillside - male, female, and baby.
Two grouse birds - male and female, with babies around them.
Front facing statue of Native American person's face with eagle on his/her head
Back of statue - back of eagle's wings with pueblo dugout shelters below
Tall, thin crane statue
Men on horseback with guns and hunting dogs. Deer nearby.
Statue of crouching puma on a rock.
Blue and red chicken figurine atop an Asian designed drum
Statue of elephant with trunk and tusks up in the air
Statue of elephant with trunk and tusks up in the air
White greyhound dog with tan markings on face and back
Tan greyhound dog
Drawing of two Bulldogs sniffing each other; text reads "Sez you? - Sez Me!"
Warriors on horseback battle amongst herd of longhorn cattle and sheep