Past

This Focus gallery exhibition explores the dynamics of African ceramics, with attention to different approaches to making ceramics and the roles of gender and women ceramicists in Africa. The exhibition includes a selection of ceramics from across sub-Saharan Africa donated or on loan from the collection of William M. Itter, Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts at Indiana University.

Leonardo Drew’s prints, at once powerfully large yet fragile, test the versatility of the medium, transforming cotton paper pulp and pigment into what suggests densely populated cities, a forest, or an urban wasteland. They sometimes look like maps of geographical landscapes viewed from above, while others are reminiscent of the night sky and distant galaxies. Evocative of fire, soil, sky, and water, there are strong perceptions in both microcosmic and macrocosmic scale.

Jawshing Arthur Liou's ambitious new artwork House of the Singing Winds, a multichannel video inspired by the historical Indiana home and studio of painter Theodore Clement (T.C.) Steele, will open in August. Liou, an internationally exhibited video artist who teaches at the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, captures the historic Steele home in stunning, high-definition video throughout the seasons.

Facing the Revolution: Portraits of Women in France and the United States focuses on the transformative period of political revolution that shaped the modern era on both sides of the Atlantic.

Renowned Australian goldsmith Robert Baines creates beautiful brooches and bracelets that can be appreciated for their sculptural qualities and finely crafted details. He is also an expert in ancient jewelry-making techniques, and in this intriguing exhibition, he explores the many ways in which jewelry is connected to culture and history.

In an age saturated with screens, Casilda Sánchez’s As Inside As The Eye Can See challenges us to fundamentally reconsider what it means to look.

Celebrating the Eskenazi Museum of Art’s commitment to studying, exhibiting, and collecting contemporary art, this exhibition features 51 works by 45 artists—all of which were acquired in the past five years. 

The inaugural exhibition in the new Center for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs will focus on work by noted American painter, sculptor, and printmaker Jim Dine.

Conteporary Chinese Artist Chee Wang Ng Makes His Solo Museum Debut at the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University