GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA.- The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida Cultural Plaza presents the exhibit American Matrix: Contemporary Directions for the Harn Museum Collection Part II until October 29, 2006. The exhibit continues the trajectory of Part I to look at certain tendencies in contemporary American art, such as subjective expression, an engagement with social and political issues, and a concentration on conceptual modes of practice.

American Matrix: Contemporary Directions for the Harn Museum Collection Part II combines new selections with works on view in Part I. Artists in the exhibition include: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Stephen Antonakos, Elmer Bischof, Ross Bleckner, Alexander Calder, John Chamberlain, Gene Davis, Eric Fischl, Robert Frank, Yvonne Jacquette, Jun Kaneko, Louise Lawler, Brian McKee, Richard Misrach, Barnett Newman, Catherine Opie, Andrea Robbins and Max Becher, Allan Sekula, Joel Shapiro, David Smith, Frank Stella and Hiroshi Sugimoto, among others.