"Painted Pot," Neolithic Period, ca. 3300-2000 BCE, Yangshao cultural phase, ceramic with pigment, collection of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, gift of Sandra Eskin, 2018.020.003.
Point of View
October 28, 2019 – September 30, 2020
2nd Floor Landing, Hallie Ford Museum of Art
In this year's Point of View exhibition series, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Willamette University Xijuan Zhou explores a Neolithic Period painted pot from China that is part of the museum’s permanent collection.
The ten-headed demon king Ravana from an ivory 20th century Indian set, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Washington, 1970.04.01.
Checkmate! Chess Sets from the Maryhill Museum of Art
January 7 – April 26, 2020
Study Gallery
Over the past 1000 years, the game of chess has spread across the world, crossing cultural and political boundaries. This exhibition looks at the wide range of chess sets made during the past 250 years by diverse cultures from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. While operating within a predetermined structure of the 32 game pieces, artists bring their own creativity and interpretation to each set, resulting in a wide variety themes and materials. Created with wood, glass, bone, and ivory, the sets include traditional designs, as well as abstract, non-figurative sets and narrative sets depicting mythological characters or historical figures.
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Jim Riswold, "Mussolini's Portrait," 2006, digital print, gift of the artist, collection of Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 2006.015.003. Photo: Dale Peterson.
Capturing Power: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection
January 7 – April 26, 2020
Print Study Center
Curated from the museum’s extensive collection of regional Northwest art, this exhibition presents prints and photographs that portray representations of power and power relationships. This exhibition asks visitors to consider who is empowered and why, as well as how the artworks in the exhibition convey a sense of power – be it political, physical, or psychological.
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