Earth Embodied

New acquisitions by artists including Starr Hardridge, Kay WalkingStick, and Emmi Whitehorse join old favorites such as Alexandre Hogue’s Mother Earth Laid Bare (1936) and Felice Schiavoni’s Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John (1850) to explore the range of ways artists envision the concept of the earth embodied—given physical human form, whether literal or metaphorical.

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Alexandre Hogue, Erosion No. 2 – Mother Earth Laid Bare, 1936. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase, 1946.4. Olivia Marino
Kay WalkingStick, Grand Tetons, 1969. Acrylic on canvas. Museum purchase, Taber Art Fund, 2023.10. Kay WalkingStick
Lonnie Holley, They Never Saw Our Faces, 2021. Museum purchase, Taber Art Fund, 2021.6. Lonnie Holley