REVEAL · Works from the Collection

In the first floor galleries, REVEAL is an exhibition of artworks from the museum’s permanent collection featuring 12 acquisitions which have not previously been on view. Additionally, a range of mediums and diverse expressions are highlighted.

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Now numbering over 1,300 contemporary works of art, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art permanent collection continues to grow annually – both in size and importance. REVEAL features numerous acquisitions which have not previously been in an exhibition. Additionally, a range of mediums and diverse expressions are highlighted.

It should be noted that much of the collection has been acquired through private funding – most especially, through the generous support of The Tony and Marti Oppenheimer Foundation, Los Angeles and the Barton P. and Mary D. Cohen Charitable Trust, Overland Park. The museum’s biennial, Beyond Bounds fundraiser also serves as a critical funding source for extending the collection, along with other private gifts. REVEAL offers a glimpse of “new-to-view” works, and allows for new juxtapositions of long-held pieces.

One measure of the growing importance of the Nerman MoCA collection is the number of annual loan requests the museum receives from the major museums throughout the country and internationally. Currently the Nerman has confirmed (or pending) loans of art to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; the Phoenix Art Museum, AZ; the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA; the Portland Art Museum, OR; the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Such loans heighten the national profile of Johnson County Community College and considerably enhance the museum’s educational value.

In 2006, Johnson County Community College was named one of the “Big 10” universities or colleges in America for art on campus. The works exhibited within the museum, as well as those installed in Collection Focus Areas across the campus, further extend that remarkable legacy.

Artists Included in REVEAL
Norman Akers	Bart Exposito	Robert Lostutter	Dustin Pevey
Chris Ballantyne	Jeffrey Gibson	Chris Martin	Tim Rollins & K.O.S.
Mike Bayne	Joanne Greenbaum	Martin & Muñoz	Allison Schulnik
Frank Big Bear,Jr.	Rashawn Griffin	Fannie Mann	Dana Schutz
Karin Davie	Lois Gutierrez	Andrew Masullo	Paul Anthony Smith
Lynn Davis	Marc Handelman	Jackie Nickerson	Brian Tolle
Scott B. Davis	Kirk Hayes	Angel Otero	Michael Vahrenwald
Tomory Dodge	Carla Hemlock	Bill Owens	Ken Williamsh
Nicole Eisenman	Jeremy Kost	Ebony G. Patterson	Andrzej Zielinski