Angels of History

Opening Reception

Thursday, September 25 | 5–7 PM

Celebrate the opening of our newest exhibition with an evening of art, conversation, and community. Enjoy complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres while mingling with the featured artists, who will be present to discuss their work.

From SMA Executive Director Scott Malbaurn

We are pleased to present “Angel of History”, a group exhibition curated by Jason Stopa that includes the work of Kamrooz Aram, Cheryl Donegan, Lauren Luloff, Henri Matisse, Julia Rommel, Bob Thompson, and John Zurier. Stopa is no stranger to the Schneider Museum of Art. We shared his work in our fall 2023 curated show, “Intuitive Nature, Geometric Roots and Organic Foundations”, an exhibition about a personalized set of tools that artists use to reflect their intuitional play on geometric roots and organic reflections. Here, Stopa carries that forward but roots the work within two historical artists, starting with Henri Matisse (born 1869 – died 1954), an artist known by most households around the world, along with Bob Thompson (born 1937 – died 1966), a lesser-known artist amongst the populous but very well known within the art world. We have shown Bob Thompson’s work in the past recent years, and it was a delight for our audiences to discover his work. Stopa builds off the formal traditions set by Matisse and carried over by Thompson within his own painting practice. Stopa has selected the above artists as additional examples of this thinking within a broad spectrum.