Ogden Museum Shows Five New Exhibitions

Friday, 20 October 2006 14:19

New Orleans, LA — The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, features five new exhibitions in conjunction with the annual October Art for Arts Sake in the Warehouse Arts District.  William Dunlap: Panorama of American Landscape; It’s a Circus: Arnold Mesches; Minnie Evans from the Jo Kallenborn Collection; Unfinished Works by George Dureau; and George Ohr Pottery from the Robert Tannen Collection on exhibition until December 30, 2006.

It’s a Circus: Arnold Mesches
In this series, Mesches uses imagery from carnivals and circuses as metaphors for current social and political issues.  It’s a Circus is a poignant and powerful critique of current society and features figures creatures that defy gravity as they float, flip and fly through dream-like environments.

Minnie Evans from the Jo Kallenborn Collection
Born in Long Creek, North Carolina, Evans images were inspired by dreams.  Her initial drawing efforts began after a compelling spiritual experience on Good Friday, 1935, when she heard God telling her to draw, inspiring her to paint for the next 50 years.  The collection was assembled in North Carolina by Jo Kallenborn and was recently donated to the Ogden Museum.

Finished and Unfinished Works by George Dureau
This exhibition offers a rare glimpse into the artists’ creative process.  The exhibition explores the relationship between drawing and painting and explores the boundary of what constitutes a finished work of art.

George Ohr Pottery from the Robert Tannen & Jeanne Nathan Collection Self-proclaimed as “The Mad Potter of Biloxi,” George Ohr is nationally recognized as one of America’s greatest art potters.  This exhibition features a range of early red clay vessels, to his later works, such as his signature pinched vessels.  The Tannen and Nathan Collection is paired with several vessels from the Roger H. Ogden Collection forming a small survey of Ohr’s work from 1886 to 1915.