Exhibitions : Current Exhibitions
Messaging: Text and Visual Art
Date(s): May 7, 2010 thru June 15, 2011
2010-2011 Sheldon Statewide ScheduleMessaging: Text and Visual Art Traveling Schedule
August 25-September 26, 2010
Chadron State College, Chadron, NE
Sponsor: Chadron State College
September 29-October 31, 2010
McKinley Education Center, North Platte, NE
Sponsor: Nebraskaland, National Bank
Mike Jacobson, President & CEO
November 2-December 2, 2010
Museums of the High Plains, McCook, NE
Sponsor: McCook Arts Council
January 5-February 4, 2011
Gallery 92 West/Fremont Area Art Association, Fremont, NE
February 5-March 7, 2011
Columbus Art Gallery, Columbus, NE
Sponsors: Robert and Linda Labenz
Columbus Bank & Trust
March 9-April 11, 2011
Cornerstone Bank, York, NE
Sponsor: Cornerstone Bank
May 15- June 15
Library & Arts Center; Stalder Gallery, Falls City, NE
Sponsors: Richardson County Arts & Humanities Council
Billboards, neon signs, magazines, television, websites, and cell phones are all ways we experience the interplay of text and images. The detritus of visual culture, a constant mixing of text and image, reflects how we communicate with one another. Our daily experiences are interwoven with the words and visual materials that stimulate us.
Messaging: Text and Visual Art explores the function of "messaging" in art, specifically how artists working in various medias, styles, and movements have employed text in their work.
Approximately twenty-five works of art from the permanent collection of the Sheldon Museum of Art make up the exhibition. Composed of prints, photographs, and multi-media, the exhibition includes works by artists Marcel Duchamp, Barbara Kruger, Walter Robinson, and Carrie Mae Weems.
To view a selection of artworks in the exhibition, please click: Messaging Slideshow
Sheldon Statewide is an outreach education and exhibitions program of the Sheldon Museum of Art. Since its inception in 1987 the program has reached over 275,000 people in 24 Nebraska communities. It is made possible by the generous support of Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Nebraska, Lonnie Pierson Dunbier, Rhonda and James Seacrest, the Sheldon Art Association, and the Nebraska Arts Council.
Location: Sheldon
