Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s-1970s
@ Schingoethe Center of Aurora University
1315 Prairie St, Aurora, IL 60506-4892
On view through Friday, December 15th
Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1940s-1970s is the first major traveling exhibition that analyzes modern Native American art from the mid-1940s through the 1970s that was inspired by Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, and Hard-edge painting and created by leading artists, including George Morrison, Fritz Scholder, and T.C. Cannon. Their paintings, sculptures and works on paper were created at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe and in art studios across the nation. Like Abstract Expressionists, who broke with representational conventions and prioritized experimentation, IAIA artists redefined the concept of abstraction by creating deeply personal works informed by their own traditional aesthetics and art influences coming out of New York. Their innovative works pushed the boundaries of Native art and contributed to the development of contemporary Native Art.
The Schingoethe Center will host an opening reception for Action/Abstraction Redefined on October 3 from 5 to 6:30pm, followed by a keynote address by Manuela Well-Off-Man and Tatiana Lomahaftewa-Singer, Chief Curator and Curator of Collections, respectively, of the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. Both worked on the curation team for the exhibition.
The Schingoethe Center is located at 1315 Prairie St., in Aurora, Illinois. The exhibition can be viewed Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10a.m.-5p.m. and Tuesday from 10a.m.-7p.m. The Center will be open on the following Saturdays from 11-3pm for this exhibition: October 7, October 14, October 21, November 4, and November 11. Admission is free and open to the public.
Image: “Untitled” (1968), Lloyd Kiva New
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Tags: Abstract Expressionism, Aurora, Fritz Scholder, George Morrison, IL, Indigenous art, Lloyd Kiva New, modern art, Native American art, Schingoethe Center of Aurora University, T.C. Cannon
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