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by Rowan Johnson
SOU Class of 2025, Creative Writing
Hello!

We at the museum thank you for the support you’ve shown our fall exhibition Intuitive Nature: Geometric Roots & Organic Foundations and Inside the Museum. We will be closed December 10th to January 10th of next year. During this time, we will be changing out the show and installing our winter exhibition. We look forward to seeing you in the new year, and hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

-Rowan 

Anna Fidler, Seven Spirit Houses, 2022, Gouache on handmade grid paper, courtesy of the artist.

Rorschach Test

The Rorschach test was made in the early 1900s by psychoanalyst Hermann Rorschach. The test consisted of ten mirrored inkblots. He believed that people with different personality types and mental disorders would see different things in the same image. While the test is controversial in today’s realm of psychology, its appearance symbolizes the complexities of human minds. The concept of creating shapes out of abstract, mirrored images intrigued artists like Anna Fidler, who is most recognizable for her energy portraits. Their bold colors and loose forms leave countless interpretations. Learn more about the history behind the Rorschach Test, and see Anna Fidler’s work in the Main and Heiter Gallery of the Schneider Museum of Art.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/rorschach-test

Ellsworth Kelly, Red Panel, 1985, oil on canvas, courtesy of a private collection.

Ellsworth Kelly

Born in 1923, Ellsworth Kelly was prominent during the post World War era of art. He was one of the first mainstream artists to create irregularly shaped canvases. These canvases were often monochromatic, and played with ideas of space, color, and shape. They were free from recognizable images, forcing viewers to really see the work as it exists with no associations tied to it. His work strongly influenced the minimalist, pop art, and hard-edge painting movements. His painting Red Panel can be found in the Entry Gallery of the Schneider Museum of Art. Learn more about Ellsworth Kelly and his genre pushing work with the link below, and visit the Schneider to experience the Red Panel for yourself.


https://www.theartstory.org/artist/kelly-ellsworth/

Artist Al Farrow, photo courtesy of Southern Utah University

Al Farrow

San Francisco based artist Al Farrow uses controversial mediums to create works that are historically rich. His most recent work includes tools of destruction and death: guns, ammunition, and hand grenades, to make architectural structures. Seeing weapons outside of their usual context and integrated in the art of creation is unsettling, but ultimately eye opening and reflective. Al Farrow is one of three artists featured in The Schneider Museum of Art’s winter exhibition, What's at Stake. Learn more about Al Farrow and his work with the video below, and mark your calendars for January 11th, 2024 for the opening of our winter exhibition.

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