Exhibitions | Daum Museum of Contemporary Art

Linda Connor, "Birth of Venus," 1971; gelatin silver print. Collection Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.

Constructions & Interventions: Photographs from the Collection

June 28 - September 15, 2019

The prints in this exhibition are the culmination of the photographer’s inventiveness and synthesis of ideas, departures from traditional notions of photographic documentation and reportage. From John Pfahl’s intervention in the Utah landscape to Linda Connor’s interpretation of the Birth of Venus, this exhibit highlights the many varied approaches with which images may be constructed …

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Sarah Nguyen: Winged Eclipse, Momentary Shadows

June 28 - August 25, 2019

Storytelling is central to Sarah Nguyen’s recent series of cut-fiber panels. Her blade-cut, intricate compositions are mostly landscape based and feature symbolic motifs—flora, fauna, and an ever-changing moon—to elicit childhood memories of myths, fables, and folklore. The large sheets are hung from the ceiling and away from the wall so that directed light casts strong …

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Matthew Kurz, "Slow Air Dreams," 2019; oil on canvas.

Dreams: Sedalia Visual Art Association Members’ Exhibition

May 25 - August 18, 2019

A celebration of diverse artworks by members of Sedalia’s oldest visual arts organization. SVAA’S members are award-winning artists from throughout west-central Missouri. Selections range from paintings and watercolors, collage and photographs, to sculptural objects in metal.