Exciting plans are underway at the Rose Art Museum. Christopher Bedford, the director of the museum announced that three new exhibitions will open in the coming semester. 

The design of the exhibitions reflects the new balance that the Rose displays. The museum has commited to an approach that varies, introducing the works of new artists to the museum and using innovative methods to curate the permanent collection.
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One of the exhibits will feature artwork from the Rose's permanent collection, co-curated by Bedford and Walead Beshty, a well-known photographer and sculptor.  Another exhibit with artwork by Ed Ruscha will draw heavily from a collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The third exhibit will display the video work of Sam Jury, a recipient of the Rose's Ruth Ann and Nathan Perlmutter Award, establishing her as an artist-in-residence on campus. 
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Bedford elaborated on the plans for these new exhibitions in an interview with the Justice.  The exhibit co-curated by Beshty and Bedford will focus on post-war abstraction painting and sculpture, making use of both the upper and lower floors of the Feinberg Gallery of the Rose. The upper floor will be dedicated to cleaner and more orderly works in both two and three dimensions, while the lower floor will give the appearance of a cavern, focusing on "messier" forms of abstraction, according to Bedford. A recent acquisition of an abstract work by Mark Bradford entitled "Father, You Have Murdered Me" will also be included in this exhibit.   
As a part of this exhibit, Beshty is preparing to install a multi-layered mirrored glass floor throughout the Feinberg Gallery. As visitors walk through the gallery, the floor will respond to their touch and crack, creating an abstraction from the visitor's presence. These floor tiles can then be hung up on a wall, and from there Bedford mentioned the possibility of using the tiles as a "framing device" for a future exhibition.  
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The exhibition of Ed Ruscha's work comes in large part from an exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art curated by LACMA's head photography curator Britt Salveson. The Rose's exhibit, though, will be supplemented by works both from the Rose's collection and other area collections, according to Bedford. The exhibit will feature works from Ruscha's distinguished career in a variety of mediums.  Bedford explained that Ruscha also works heavily with literary sources, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of a Brandeis education. Given Ruscha's range of artistic inspiration, Bedford hopes that this exhibit will cater to a larger group of students and faculty with varying academic pursuits.  
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The third new exhibit will feature video artwork by Sam Jury, a British artist who has not yet had a major show at an American institution. Bedford praised Jury's artwork, describing her career as being "demonstrably on the upswing." Jury's exhibit will be curated by Dabney Hailey, director of academic programming at the Rose. 
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Bedford also mentioned that the Rose is exploring the possibility of obtaining an outdoor sculpture by Chris Burden, using his refurbished street lamps. Those street lamps would serve as a beacon to welcome visitors to the museum and create a new artistic icon for the museum. Burden is well-known for his "Urban Light" sculpture outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  
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The three upcoming exhibits will be open in February of 2013.