Past Forward
Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum
Through August 25, 2024
Docent Gallery
This exhibition illuminates the extensive collection built by Thomas Gilcrease (Muscogee Nation), surveying more than 3,000 years of Native American art. It is structured around transhistorical themes, encompassing works from portraiture to sculpture, and offers an overview of Indigenous visual culture.
Sondra Perry
Double Quadruple Etcetera Etcetera I & II
Through November 3, 2024
Media Arts Watch Gallery
In her two-channel video, Double Quadruple Etcetera Etcetera I & II, Sondra Perry explores what she calls the “slippages of identity” through the vivid and hypnotic digital manipulation of two performers projected onto two of the gallery walls.
Wendy Red Star
Bi’ nneete (No Water)
Through December 1, 2024
Forman Gallery
Wendy Red Star’s Bi’ nneete (No Water) is an installation of thirty original drawings forming a “corral” of horses, which hold significance in the Northern Plains Native history and cultures. Each horse is sketched from historical ledger drawings from museums and archives across the United States.
“Faithfully Thought Out”
The Artistic Collaborations of M. Louise Stowell and Harvey Ellis
Through January 5, 2025
Lockhart Gallery
Inspired by a cache of paintings and drawings acquired by the Memorial Art Gallery in 2016, this exhibition illuminates Rochester artists M. Louise Stowell and Harvey Ellis and their friendship and collaboration during their years in Rochester. It recovers Stowell’s contributions to their playful artistic partnership and demonstrates their patient forethought and characteristic shared techniques.
Avinash Kumar’s Illusionary Odyssey
Ongoing
Hurlbut Gallery
Illusionary Odyssey traverses both walls of the corridor and creates a sense of environment by using the architectural pillars in the space. The elements in the artwork show the process of life from creation to destination as manifested by a bird of paradise searching for its ultimate home. Geometric forms within a three-dimensional space show the ups and downs of the journey create the landscape for the entire composition.