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A Commitment to Contemporary Art

Roy Slade also understood the Art Museum’s value as a resource to Academy students, and he organized numerous exhibition programs addressing major figures in the fields of contemporary art and design. One of his most successful efforts was the Viewpoint series, which focused on contemporary American painting and featured artists such as Sam Gilliam, Martin Meyers, Charles Hinman, and Frank Stella. Viewpoint 81, on view from January 20 to March 1, 1981, invited six artists—Gene Davis, Sol LeWitt, Patrick Ireland, Dorothea Rockburne, Rick Paul, and Daniel Buren—to compose site-specific works on the Art Museum’s gallery walls. Most of the monumental, floor-to-ceiling paintings were executed by Academy of Art students, working from the artists’ designs.