Luke Swank (1890-1944) took up photography as a hobby, but was soon recognized for his selective eye and precise technique. This exhibition will focus on Swank's still life and abstract photographs, in which he transformed deceptively simple subjects into careful studies of light, shape and texture.

Support for the museum's exhibition program is provided by The Heinz Endowments and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Additional support for this exhibition has been provided by The Fellows Fund.

Brice Marden, recognized as one of today's most important artists, has in the 1990s created a body of paintings, drawings, and prints that are definitive statements about abstract art at the end of the twentieth century. This retrospective, includes twenty-four paintings, seven drawings, and a suite of six prints, tracing the artist's complex evolution from his calligraphy-based paintings of the early 1990s to the animated, color-intense, linear abstractions of today.

This exhibition was organized by the Dallas Museum of Art. Its local presentation is made possible by the generosity of Sheila and Milton Fine and Stanley and Marcia Gumberg. The exhibition program at Carnegie Museum of Art is supported by grants from The Heinz Endowments and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

The museum's recent purchases of Autumn (1999) and Walk (1969-70) will be augmented by other works by Alex Katz already in the collection. Portraits of Katz by himself and other artists including Theo Wujcik and Chuck Close will also be included in the exhibition.

Each year the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh invites artists living within 150 miles of the city to submit work for this survey exhibition. This juried exhibition presents a fascinating look at the work of contemporary artists in the region.