Double Vision: Art from Jesuit University Collections
On view through December 19, 2021
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
https://marquette.edu/haggerty
“Double Vision: Art from Jesuit University Collections” speaks to the unique role of art in Jesuit teaching as an instrument for finding meaning in life through imagination, feelings, and reflection. The exhibition is inspired by the Stations of the Cross, a fourteen-step devotion that commemorates the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. In place of the traditional Passion narrative, fourteen themes expressive of the human condition are each paired with two works of art as a means for providing multiple points of entry for exploring the themes. The act of moving through the exhibition, the narrative arc suggested by the themes, and the sometimes-surprising juxtapositions of art are intended (like the traditional stations) to encourage an imaginative, contemplative space for personal reflection.
“Double Vision” features work from the Loyola University Museum of Art (Loyola University Chicago), the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (Saint Louis University), and the Haggerty Museum of Art (Marquette University). A catalog will be produced in conjunction with the exhibition that includes an introductory essay by Fr. Tom Lucas S.J., (artist, historian, and Pastor at St. Ignatius Parish, Sacramento, CA), reflections on each pairing by members of the participating university communities, and images of the featured works of art. The catalog will be available free of charge to exhibition visitors.
[Image: Donald Grant (American, d. 2016), Rope and Flame, 1992. Acrylic on wood panel, 48 3/8 x 35 1/4 in. (122.02 x 87 x 3.81 cm). M4000-0031. A gift of Will Reichmann, Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, Saint Louis University]
