Events

Every object holds a story. Across time and cultures, makers have embedded the objects they create with diverse histories and understandings. When these objects are traded between cultures and across continents, people have the opportunity to encounter different perceptions of the world, creating bridges towards new understandings. Trade & Transformation examines the intersections of contemporary artwork by global artists and historical objects across the Philbrook collections. Tracing the stories held […]

This exhibition features abstract artworks by two of America’s most renowned Black artists: a colorful interpretation of a palm tree by Charles Gaines (b. 1944) and a pair of ghostly prints made directly from ironing boards by Willie Cole (b. 1955). The images are united by the curiously coded nature of their content. Gaines uses systems—math, a grid—to produce a sculptural work that both obscures and reveals an organic form. […]