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Organized by the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the exhibition 

Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art 

will open at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Summer 2021 before touring the United States through 2022.

Drawn from the permanent collection of the National Museum of Wildlife Art

, Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art

 centers on wildlife images from the last two decades that dynamically confront categorizations and speak to the significance of wildlife in art – in unconventional ways. The exhibition checklist, diverse in media and styles, explores the relationship between humanity and the natural world with the artists’ personal narratives woven throughout. Thematic sections such as Identity, Science, Politics, and Tradition provide an interpretive framework that connects past to present. Examining worldwide cultural, social, and political issues, the exhibition connects to current concerns regarding the environment and climate change.

Wild animals have been present in art since the first artists painted images on cave walls or carved figures in stone. In contemporary American art, depictions of wildlife have seen a recent resurgence. This continuum of artistic production reflects our ever-changing relationship with the natural world. Ultimately, 

 prompts visitors to consider their own relationship with the natural world as they enjoy a surprising range of aesthetic experiences.

Wildlife images from the last two decades dynamically confront categorizations and speak to the significance of wildlife in art – in unconventional ways.

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Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, this exhibition features a selection of photographic works from the 1970s to the mid-2000s. The works highlight how photography has been used to represent individuals, places, and narratives. Drawn exclusively from the Whitney’s permanent collection, this presentation includes approximately twenty artists, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Gregory Crewdson, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar, Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, and Andy Warhol.

These artists began working at a time when photography was becoming increasingly integrated into the art world. Technological developments permitted them to use many different photographic processes and to print their works in various sizes, including ones that would create an immersive impact. The photographs included in this exhibition range from seemingly straightforward representations to those with an imaginative or conceptual perspective that challenge traditional notions of photography. In surprising and inventive ways, the artists included in this presentation have pushed the boundaries of the medium and expanded the role of photography within the history of art.

Drawn exclusively from the Whitney’s permanent collection, this exhibition highlights how photography has been used to represent individuals, places, and narratives.

Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens

Installation 

Engaging College Audiences and Increasing Awareness of Abstract Indigenous Artists at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

Action / Abstraction Redefined

Partner Story - Currier Museum of Art

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Measuring Impact through Pre and Post Tests at the Currier Museum of Art

State of the Art 2020: Locate

Richard Estes: Urban Landscapes

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture  -  Spokane, WA

Installation

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture  -  Spokane, WA

Frank S. Matsura

Frank S. Matsura: Portraits from the Borderland

William Eggleston Untitled (Young Boy in Red Sweater) Vantage Points

Peoria Riverfront Museum  -  Peoria, IL

Vantage Points: Contemporary Photography from the Whitney Museum of American Art

In Conversation presents the works of Diné (Navajo) photographer Will Wilson (b. 1969) and Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952). Wilson explores the relationship of science, identity, agency, and representation in photography while also considering the lasting legacy of historical photographs on the representation of Native peoples in North America. 

Wilson responds directly to the work of Curtis, who is best known for his 20-volume The North American Indian (1907-1930), which was created as a way to capture the supposed vanishing race of Native Americans while also helping to shape public perception of Native peoples. Wilson’s ongoing Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX) addresses these misconceptions through his use of historical photographic techniques and emphasis on a reciprocal relationship with the sitters, which allows for agency over all aspects of their presentation. 

Wilson pushes the CIPX project even further into the contemporary with the inclusion of “Talking Tintypes,” which uses AR technology in a convenient app to bring photographs to life. In Conversation is a contemporary exploration of the science of photography but also a response to the historical impact and importance of (self-) representation.

Will Wilson’s contemporary exploration of self-representation through the science of photography and digital media in response to the continuing impact of Edward Curtis’s The North American Indian (1907-1930).

Border Cantos | Sonic Border

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Toledo Museum of Art

Hudson River Museum  -  Yonkers, NY

Westmoreland Museum of American Art  -  Greensburg, PA

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA

Samek Art Museum  -  Lewisburg, PA

Figge Art Museum  -  Davenport, IA

Richard Misrach and Guillermo Galindo

Partner Story - Westmoreland Museum of American Art

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Using evaluation to inform exhibition marketing and programming, and measure impact

Aminah Robinson: Journeys Home, a Visual Memoir

Blanche Lazzell

Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist

Will Wilson  Selection of 17 works from the Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange (CIPX) project

Delaware Art Museum -  Wilmington, DE

Denison Museum  -  Granville, OH

Will Wilson

In Conversation: Will Wilson

, 2018. Oil on canvas 29 1/4 × 82 in. Gift of the 2019 Blacktail Gala. National Museum of Wildlife Art.

, 2013, Steel, wood, soot, found aluminum cans. 116 x 43 x 80”. National Museum of Wildlife Art Collection.

Penelope Gottlieb, American, (b.1952), Hemerocallis fulva, 2016, Acrylic and ink over archival Audubon print, 44 1/4 × 31 1/4 × 1 5/8 in., Gift of the 2019 Blacktail Gala, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Lauren Strohacker, American, born 1983 and Kendra Sollars, (b. 1987), Animal Land, 2019, Digital media-projection, Digital Media, Gift of the 2019 Blacktail Gala, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art

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