The Lens

1,000 miles per hour; the approximate speed of the Earth’s rotation at the equator. Two milestone projects of design from the 1970s, Voyager Golden Record and Powers of Ten, act as pivot points for a collection of works by contemporary artists that take on the challenge of recording our world.

Throughout this exhibition, featuring artworks from the collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, the vantage points and relative scale shift. Several artworks relate more clearly through a shared relationship to space, beyond... Continue reading 1,000 miles per hour

The Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries is pleased to present a selection of documentary photographs recently donated to the permanent collection. Works by notable contemporary photographers such as Donna Ferrato, Walter Iooss, Peter Turnley, and Alen MacWeeney are included in the exhibition Eyewitness. These photographers, and others, provide a glimpse into important social, political, and cultural subjects and events, allowing viewers to examine and learn from the perspective of distinguished image-makers. Artists: Donna Ferrato, Larry Fink, Ziyah Gafic, Ralph Gibson, Kris Graves, Ron Haviv, Walter Iooss, Alen MacWeeney, and Peter Turnley Curator: Tracy Longley-Cook Continue reading Eyewitness: Selections from the Permanent Collection

In the exhibition, Collecting and Receiving, the works of Mohammed Kazem and Cristiana de Marchi reflect on the memory of collecting and receiving light in architectural and urban settings across the globe. Internationally recognized in the field, both artists created new works for this exhibition, reflecting on a globally-connected cultural economy drastically altered through the global pandemic. The exhibition also features response artworks by FLAG studio artists Joe Girandola, Jeremy Schulz, Dan Reidy, and Larry Collins. Mohammed Kazem (b. 1969, Dubai) studied painting as a teenager at the Emirates Fine Art Society, Sharjah, and music in the... Continue reading Collecting and Receiving

Flourishing is a collection of work depicting a more complete image of the Black experience outside of the tragedies romanticized across the media. Through a range of documentary photographs, abstract video and utopic imagery, this group exhibition celebrates the freedom Black people have experienced everyday despite the social hurdles they are faced with. Spanning a two-floor gallery space, the exhibition presents new and existing works featuring documentary portraiture that captures Black people relaxed in various settings, a series of videos with Black people dancing out of pure bliss, colorful displays of original fashion, and archived... Continue reading Flourishing

In Circum-Verdant, PhotograpHERS, a women’s photographic collective, imagines a world with a dramatically-different relationship between “man”-kind and the environment, one where nature is nurtured and nurtures in return. The artists redesign the globe in its own image: ornamenting the sphere with images taken over the last two years, articulated in individual forms, creating patterns in its own reliable geometries.  The installation accumulates over time, beginning with a nexus-like collage made up of natural and botanical images captured by the women’s art collective, before being opened for contributions from students and community members. Collaboratively, they build a new... Continue reading Circum-Verdant