Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina
On view through January 11, 2026
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
Little Rock, Arkansas
www.arkmfa.org
“Architects of Being” alludes to the architectural spirits of Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina, brought together in dialogue for the first time, as well as the ways in which they constructed their identities in a midcentury American art world.
Nevelson called herself an “architect of shadow” and built monumental structures from the scraps of razed buildings. Slobodkina was a painter who extended the use of color, form, and texture to transform her surroundings.
Find out more here: https://arkmfa.org/…/architects-of-being-louise…/
[Image: Louise Nevelson (Pereiaslav, Ukraine (formerly Russian Empire), 1899 – 1988, New York, New York), Tide Garden IV, 1964, painted and assembled wood construction, 91 x 140 x 10 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Sidney Singer, Sr., Stephens Inc., Gerald Cramer, Martin Oppenheimer, Edward Rosenthal, and John Rosenthal. 1983.030.]
