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James Watrous Gallery

Join artist/curator Stephen Perkins and Wisconsin Academy staff to celebrate the opening of Mining the Archive: Subspace Works & Artists' Accordion Books at

Richard Moninski’s recent work explores several themes: the systemization of nature, the decorative impulse, the choices between representation and abstraction, and the history and culture of specific places.

Joseph Mougel’s Herbarium project is a series of photographs inspired by plant archives and the desire to capture and preserve things that comprise a place.

A two-part exhibition featuring artists' prints, ephemera, and accordion books from the extensive collections of artist and curator Stephen Perkins.

Join the Academy on a guided behind the scenes tour of the collection with hands-on activities from the expert botanists at UW-Madison. 

[1:25 PM] Ursa Anderson Joseph Mougel, Ideal Cedar, 2020. Archival pigment print, 28 x 20.

Join Joseph Mougel, Richard Moninski, and Wisconsin Academy staff to celebrate the opening of the exhibitions Herbarium and

Richard Moninski, Whisper (detail)

Richard Moninski's recent work explores several themes: the systemization of nature, the decorative impulse, the choices between representation and abstraction, and the history and culture of specific places.

Joseph Mougel, Ideal Cedar (detail), 2020. Archival pigment print, 28 x 20 in.

Joseph Mougel's Herbarium project is a series of photographs inspired by plant archives and the desire to capture and preserve things that comprise a place.

“Forward” by Marjorie Kreilick. Located in the Milwaukee State Office Building. Photo: Eric Vogel

I’ve accepted the idea that art and architecture are one and the same… anything you call separately as art, whether it be sculpture, or painting, or mosaic, or any other form of expression, it must be an integrated part of the whole.

Kyoung Ae Cho, Last Place He Stopped By, 2020. Temporary wooden crematory box, fabric from Father’s suit pants, thread, 8 x 8 x 8 in.

One of the great privileges of working at the Watrous Gallery is getting to know the artists and gaining a fuller understanding of their creative process.

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Madison, Wisconsin 53726
Phone: 608.733.6633

 

James Watrous Gallery 
3rd Floor, Overture Center for the Arts
201 State Street
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608.733.6633 x25