/// February 8 - July 5, 2020
Peer into Melvin Edwards’ world of twisting, sinuous metal and you will find a place of possibility, an environment where found objects expand—both formally and conceptually—beyond the boundaries of their given form.
Read More/// February 1 - July 5, 2020
Presenting works that use abstraction as a powerful modality of expression. Each of the artists in the exhibition project their own voice to convey their individual visions.
Read More/// March 14 - September 27, 2020
Revelations features photographs acquired for the Ogden Museum’s permanent collection since 2011.
Read More/// March 28 - August 30, 2020
The contemporary Southern artists in Entwined engage wrapping and binding as a symbolic aesthetic device, and often as a ritual practice within their work.
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![Portraitist John Genin moved to New Orleans from Paris in 1865 and became a recognized painter in the Crescent City by the 1870s. After seeing this work, a writer for L’Abeille, the French-language newspaper in New Orleans at the time noted, “his canvas reflects faces with an accuracy of a mirror.”
This Southern portrait, “Portrait of Susan Reihter Fatjo,” is one of many included in the Ogden Museum's permanent collection.
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