A springing, resilient line; bright, flat colors; the use of shorthand communication devices; and a generally upbeat mood are often clues that cartoons, comics, animation, or popular illustration have influenced an artist's work.  This is true of the thirty-two contemporary artists included in the exhibition Art in the 'Toon Age drawn from the collections of the Kresge Art Museum.  The exhibition will feature forty-three works by such artists as Laylah Ali, Ida Appelbroog, Roy De Forest, Carroll Dunham, Red Grooms, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Elizabeth Murray, Yoshitomo Nara, Jim Nutt, and Sue Williams.  The exhibition also includes sixteen historically relevant comics and cartoons from the Michigan State University Library's Nye Collection.  Many of these comics and cartoons provided the sources of inspiration for the artists featured in the exhibition.  Art in the 'Toon Age was organized by the Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.  The national tour was organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions of Los Angeles, CA.

Exhibition made possible by 

The Charles R. Wood Exhibition Fund

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