The Western Sublime: Majestic Landscapes of the American West

October 19, 2019 – February 9, 2020

Exhibition Dates:
October 19, 2019 – February 9, 2020

On view in the James J. and Louise R. Glasser Galleries.

The Western Sublime: Majestic Landscapes of the American West examines works of art of the American West that interpret, reinvent, and transform the idea of the sublime: an aesthetic ideal with an emotional or spiritual charge that instills awe or inspires fear. In a range of art from the mid-1800s to today, this exhibition includes paintings, drawings, photography, prints, textiles, and basketry that consider ways that the sublime landscape is understood and its effect on the peoples, histories, and cultures of the American West in the past and present. This exhibition seeks to bring the sublime landscape into contemporary contexts and create new conversations from different perspectives and artistic styles.

Museum Hours:
Tuesday – Sunday
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

The Museum is closed on Mondays. Free First Thursday of each month from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Featured Artists:

Ansel Adams
Jack Balas
Shonto Begay (Diné)
Albert Bierstadt
Ralph Albert Blakelock
George Elbert Burr
Howard Russell Butler
Jay Dusard
Chuck Forsman
Jody Forster
Tony Foster
Sanford Robinson Gifford
John Edward Glannon
Hermann Ottomar Herzog
Thomas Hill
Shawn Huckins
Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham)
Marlowe Katoney (Diné)
Karen Kitchel
James Lavadour (Walla Walla)

Ed Mell
Thomas Moran
Eadweard Muybridge
Ethan Murrow
P.A. Nisbet
Gerry Peirce
Henry Cheever Pratt
Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
Ramona Sakiestewa (Hopi)
Lone Wolf / Hart M. Schultz (Blackfoot)
Eric Sloane
Don Stinson
Bobb Vann
Willem Volkersz
Ellen Wagener
Kay Walkingstick (Cherokee)
Carleton Watkins
Bobby “Dues” Wilson (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota)
Steven J. Yazzie (Diné)

This exhibition will be accompanied by a 144 page, full-color catalogue with a foreword by Jeremy Mikolajczak, essays by Christine Brindza and Martina Dawley, and poetry by Ofelia Zepeda, Ph.D.

This exhibition is organized by the Tucson Museum of Art and curated by Christine Brindza, Senior Curator, Glasser Curator of Art of the American West.

IMAGE CREDIT: Shawn Huckins, The Last Exit (Valley of the Yosemite, Erasure No. 27), 2018, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 52 in. Courtesy of the Artist.

Support

The Western Sublime: Majestic Landscapes of the American West is presented by the Western Art Patrons with additional support from Anonymous, Jerry E. Freund, and Jeff and Anne Gartner.

The 2019/2020 Exhibition Season at the Tucson Museum of Art is generously sponsored by Joyce Broan, Connie Hillman Family Foundation, Jon and Linda Ender, James J. and Louise R. Glasser, and AC Hotel Tucson.