Tooling Around with Jim Dine

Tooling Around with Jim Dine features eleven works with varying mediums and meanings that follow Dine’s life and experiences. Shedding light on the influential artist’s life, this exhibition takes a look at interviews, and quotes that give insight to Dine’s perspective on himself, his works, and life as a whole.

Across the objects, there are connections made of Dine’s family as well as the clear involvement of the Pop Art era’s inclusion of everyday, utilitarian objects and imagery from iconic cultural motifs. The collection of works ranged from lithographs, serigraphs, and photo serigraphs dating from 1966 and 1973, all with their own distinct qualities and intriguing applications of found mediums. The Art Museum’s collection of Dine tool prints would not be possible if not for the generous gifts from James H. and Frances R. Allen, and Jeffrey L. Horrell '75, and Rodney F. Rose, who donated the acquired works between 1999 and 2024.