Untitled

The vertically oriented sculpture is in the form of a ladder type shape. Each "rung" has the shape of rolling pins that are decorated with geometric shapes in various colors.
Date: 1980
Creator: Milnes, Robert
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

[yardage, discharged bleach on acetate material and screen printed]

The dark cloth is decorated with a variety of pinwheel shapes in a bleached out manner with over screen printing in a turquoise color.
Date: 1980~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Clouds That Sail Across the Sea

The artwork depicts some cloud like or wave like shapes in the foreground floating into the distance. The ground is depicted in a series of gradated stripes of dark purples and blues, also receding into the distance.
Date: 1981~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elvis / Blue Boy Still Life

This large, mostly black and white painting, depicts a scene of a bar fight from one of Elvis Presley's movies and a reproduction of the famous painting, Blue Boy, by Thomas Gainsborough is superimposed. In front of the painting is a wooden table holding an apple, a pear and a pitcher, not unlike a Paul Cezanne still life.
Date: 1981
Creator: Blackburn, Ed, 1940-2022
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rosebud

The sculptural wall piece consists of two copper pipe shapes in opposite facing open right angles. Bridging the space between the two right angles are four vertical flat shapes decorated with various geometric shapes and colors. Running vertically through each center panel is a black and angular S shape. Filling in the negative space of the right angles are three right angle pieces of clay woven and decorated with various colors, shapes and lines.
Date: 1981
Creator: Milnes, Robert
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Smelter Shelter

The artwork consists of five upright copper color poles around which twist decorated rolling pin shapes affixed to the uprights with pipes the same color as the uprights. The rolling pin shapes are covered with patterns and shapes of bright yellow, orange and black.
Date: 1981
Creator: Milnes, Robert
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Storm, NYC Rooftop

Long multi-colored pieces are arranged on a rooftop in an urban setting. The pieces are arranged both in organic lines as well as straight lines filling the rooftop area. Some pieces partially move above the base and some appear suspended in space.
Date: 1981
Creator: Falsetta, Vincent
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sunset View from My Window

The horizontally oriented work of art consists of three vertical panels. Each panel depicts space through a series of gradated horizontally running lines and stripes. Moving from the foreground to the background are white ribbon shapes.
Date: 1981~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Canyon No. 2

The work depicts space in a canyon like fashion. Irregular shapes run through the work and from the edges are dropped perpendicularly gradated lines that create form and space. The illusion of space is also created by the gradations from white to pink to purple.
Date: 1982~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Geometric Landscape

The work depicts striped rectangles, circles and arched shapes. Adjacent, behind and running through the depicted space are light colored shapes that resemble a spilled liquid.
Date: 1982~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Our House

This flat piece consists of copper shapes that resemble a house outline. Two of these shapes meet and within the outlines are other various colored shapes that resemble an architectural floor plan.
Date: 1982
Creator: Milnes, Robert
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Punk Walker

The bent tubular shape hanging from a copper support is highly textured with several colors and many closely space black hash marks.
Date: 1982
Creator: Milnes, Robert
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Santa Fe

In this black and white painting are depicted three men. The two main figures wear cowboy hats and the figure on the right side of the painting also sports a sheriff's badge in the shape of a star. The brushstrokes are loose and expressive. The men appear to be having a dialogue.
Date: 1982
Creator: Blackburn, Ed, 1940-2022
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Silk Panel I

The vertically running piece consists of a predominately dark ground with some vertical stripes in lighter colors and shades. Moving inward from the lower two corners are some mountainous shapes that overlap on the lower edge and meet again in the upper portion of the piece in front of the vertical striping.
Date: 1982~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[silk yardage, batiked]

The length of the silk yardage contains geometric shapes set at an angle and amongst the geometric shapes are smaller wave type shapes. The colors are dark blue to light blues and some warm yellow-browns.
Date: 1982~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Space Behind the Dark Wall

The dark ground of the piece also contains square shapes that create great depth and floating on the surface appear trapezoidal pink shapes. The blue ground contains square that gradate from very dark to somewhat lighter and pink in tone. The pink shapes on the surface, floating parallel to the ground, gradate from a lighter pink to darker pink.
Date: 1982~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wind

The work depicts a landscape sort of space with a striated mountainous shape on the left side of the work and at the bottom of the mountain are some white ripples of water. On the right side of the work are two white shapes, resembling the sheets of floating paper, may depict snow covered mountains. Floating down through the sky are several white shapes that appear to be sheets of paper. Some very think ribbons float horizontally through the space.
Date: 1982~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bandana

The ceramic sculptural piece consists of several geometric tubular shapes decorated with various colors and textures. The piece is vertical and almost appears to be walking.
Date: 1983
Creator: Milnes, Robert
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Double Red Vase

The vertically oriented sculpture consists of a red-orange textured geometric shape that twists and out of which emerges and wraps a yellow organic shape decorated with orange, blue and dark hash marks.
Date: 1983
Creator: Milnes, Robert
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

[handmade paper art]

The detail view of the handmade paper piece consists of several floating oval shapes and some colored string moving in a loose horizontally direction. The colors are light and muted from pale pinks to grays and purples.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[handmade paper art]

The detail view of the artwork includes some grid shapes floating horizontally on a pale pink background.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[handmade paper art]

The long horizontal background holds several square and rectangular shapes floating from one side to the other. The background is a pale pink or white and the rectangular and square shapes range from a dark green to a gray as well as white and light blue.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pogo

The vertically oriented sculpture consists of several tubular yellow shapes that pierce a dark green plane which itself extends into another leg support.
Date: 1983
Creator: Milnes, Robert
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Silk Panel III

The fabric yardage consists of a dark ground with some horizontal pink stripes and running vertically the length of the yardage are some ribbon shapes in purple, pink, brown and blue.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library