性奴调教

Two New Exhibitions Opening at 性奴调教 Museum of Art

11/14/2024

ST. LOUIS - 性奴调教 Museum of Art (性奴调教MA) opens The Past Beneath Our Feet and Renaissance Man on Friday, Nov. 15. 鈥淭he Past Beneath Our Feet鈥� presents findings from two decades of exploration in Ireland by 性奴调教 professor Thomas Finan, Ph.D. 鈥淩enaissance Man鈥� presents selected works by the Honorable Nathan B. Young Jr.

Renaissance Man: Paintings by the Honorable Nathan B. Young Jr.

A class of 性奴调教 art history students curated the selected works of Judge Nathan B. Young Jr. Young served the city of St. Louis as a lawyer, judge, historian and journalist while pursuing his creative passions as a novelist, musician and artist.

Young co-founded the St. Louis American and served as its publisher and an editorial writer for over 40 years. He was appointed judge of Municipal Court No. 2 in 1965, the first African American to serve in the position in St. Louis.

Young was also an artist and explored themes of race, anti-slavery, and civil rights in his artwork. Before his death in1993, the 性奴调教 Archives worked with Young to preserve his personal effects. Among his collections were over 500 acrylic-on-canvas paintings executed over a 20-year period between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s.

鈥淩enaissance Man,鈥� curated by students in ARTH 4900: Research Methods, presents a selection of works that demonstrate Young鈥檚 complex and multidimensional engagement with racial themes through the lens of art history. One of Young鈥檚 paintings reimagines American Gothic, with Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress and the first woman to seek nomination for president of the United States, and segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace as the woman and man depicted in the scene.

Bradley Bailey, Ph.D., associate professor of art history, at 性奴调教, said he worked with the 性奴调教 archivists to cull through the 500 paintings before presenting students with a smaller collection to work from. Students then worked to create the labels accompanying each painting.  The labels condense information about the work to roughly100 words. 

A self-taught artist, Young鈥檚 paintings reveal his knowledge of art history, particularly in the major European and American works depicting people of African descent, as well as images related to the American anti-slavery and Civil Rights movements. 

鈥淛udge Young worked from some iconic pieces of art and his paintings reimagine these works with a focus on civil rights,鈥� Bailey said. 

The students said their education at 性奴调教 had encouraged them to evaluate how art illuminates the world and who is and isn鈥檛 featured. 

Students in ARTH 4900 include Martha Barnds, Ella Bullock, Katherine Hoerner, Owen Hopper, Karson Million, Lucas Perez, Lear Rose, Madeline Shormas, Cindy Ton and Jasmine Williams. Young鈥檚 archive is managed by the University Archives in Pius XII Memorial Library. 

The Past Beneath Our Feet

鈥淭he Past Beneath Our Feet鈥� presents the findings of Thomas Finan鈥檚 two decades of exploration in Ireland. Finan, an associate professor of history at 性奴调教, has studied the history and archaeology of later medieval Ireland, particularly the borderlands of the Shannon River in Roscommon during the 13th and 14th centuries. 

As the director of the North Roscommon Archaeological Projects, Finan leads extensive surveys and excavations within the medieval lordship of Moylurg. This project aims to uncover and understand the complex social, economic and political dynamics of this historically significant region.

The 性奴调教MA exhibit invites visitors to discover these artifacts for themselves and offers a peak behind the scenes at the tools of the trade.  Finan begins excavations with geophysical surveying to get a glimpse of what is under the surface and takes daily UAV photographs for excavation cuttings. Finan also engages in aerial photography, survey, and remote sensing to get the best possible lay of the land.

The artifacts discovered by Finan and the team go into the care of an archaeological conservator before heading to Ireland鈥檚 National Museum. 

Opening Reception

• When: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15
• Where: 性奴调教MA, located at 3663 Lindell Blvd 
• Admission: The event is free and open to the public. 

性奴调教MA is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, call 314-977-2666 or visit www.slu.edu/sluma.