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  • Comment: Far too much of this draft is on the say-so of B&EGAG or of the university. If The Galleries have featured exhibitions of art by Banksy, Sam Bartlett, Susanna Coffey, Solomon Enos, Tannaz Farsi, Katie Hudnall, Mr. Imagination, A.B. Jackson, Anne Neely, Lori Nix, Jules Olitski, Greta Pratt, The Quay Brothers, and Stefan Sagmeister, among many others (within which I suppose "featured" means "hosted"), then I'd expect that reliable sources independent of the galleries and ODU would have reviewed these, or otherwise commented on them. So where are the reviews or other comments? Hoary (talk) 09:23, 8 March 2025 (UTC)


Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries
LocationNorfolk, Virginia
Websitewww.odu.edu/life/culture/arts/galleries

The Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries is an academic art museum located on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Since 2007, the Galleries have exhibited works by nationally and internationally recognized self-taught artists, contemporary artists working in all media, and local and regional artists connected with Old Dominion University.[1] The gallery is named for art collectors Baron and Ellin Gordon of Williamsburg, Virginia whose gift of 350 pieces of 20th and 21st century self-taught art was foundational to the Galleries’ permanent collection.[2][3]

Exhibitions

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The Gordon Art Galleries exhibition program rotates throughout the academic year with exhibitions dedicated to contemporary art, graphic design, and self-taught art traditions. The Galleries have hosted exhibitions of art by Banksy[4], Sam Bartlett, Susanna Coffey[5], Solomon Enos[6], Tannaz Farsi, Katie Hudnall, Mr. Imagination[7][8], A.B. Jackson, Anne Neely, Lori Nix, Jules Olitski, Greta Pratt, The Quay Brothers[9][10], and Stefan Sagmeister, among many others.[11][12]

Collection

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The permanent collection of the Galleries consists of approximately 1,500 works by university faculty and alumni and the Gordon Self-Taught Art Collection. The Self-Taught Art Collection is a wide-ranging survey of 20th and 21st notable self-taught, outsider, and folk artists including Minnie Adkins, Gayleen Aiken, Leroy Almon, Georgia Blizzard, James Castle, John William “Uncle Jack” Dey, Howard Finster, Bessie Harvey, Charlie Lucas, Elijah Pierce, Vollis Simpson, Mose Tolliver, Purvis Young, and Malcah Zeldis.[13][14][15]

The Gordon Art Galleries collection also includes an original Vollis Simpson whirligig commissioned for the opening of the museum and permanently affixed to its exterior as well as the restored original neon pediment of the NORVA Theatre salvaged in the 1970s.

References

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  1. ^ Annas, Theresa (September 11, 2007). "Newly Opened Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries at ODU Features Folk Arts". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  2. ^ Gordon, Ellin; Luck, Barbara R.; Patterson, Tom; Pass, Laura E.; Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center (1997). Flying free : twentieth-century self-taught art from the collection of Ellin and Baron Gordon. Williamsburg, Va., Jackson, Miss.: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ; in association with the University of Mississippi. ISBN 9780879351748.
  3. ^ "Williamsburg Couple Donate Unparalleled Folk Art Collection To Old Dominion". Antiques and The Arts Online. Antiques and The Arts Weekly. 28 March 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  4. ^ Watson, Denise (March 14, 2019). "Famous Banksy mural now can be seen at Old Dominion University". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  5. ^ Maisey, Jeff (September 2019). "Grade Old Dominion University an A in Arts". Veer Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  6. ^ Dijulio, Betsy (October 2023). "Climate and Culture Dominate Enos Exhibition". Veer Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  7. ^ Annas, Teresa (June 3, 2014). "Visionary artist works come, literally, out of the ashes". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  8. ^ St. John Erickson, Mark (September 13, 2014). "Fired up for art: Mr. Imagination". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  9. ^ Annas, Teresa (October 29, 2009). "Step into the dark minds that inspired Tim Burton". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  10. ^ St. John Erickson, Mark (November 15, 2009). "ODU GALLERY EXPLORES ORIGINAL MINIATURE SETS". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Gordon Galleries Past Seasons". Arts@ODU. Old Dominion University. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  12. ^ McGuire, Kathryn Waggener (2015). Passerby : an A.B. Jackson retrospective. Norfolk, Va.: Old Dominion University. ISBN 9781495159237.
  13. ^ Austin, Ramona (14 April 2014). Fire!: the resurrection of Mr. Imagination. Norfolk, Va.: Old Dominion University. ISBN 9780692941768.
  14. ^ Austin, Ramona (2011). The Book of Daniel: revelation, apocalypse and redemption. Baron and Ellin Gordon. ISBN 9781450779050.
  15. ^ Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries (2007). Collective wisdom : selections from the Baron and Ellin Gordon self-taught art collection. Norfolk, Va.: Old Dominion University.
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