Exceptionally Ordinary at the DAI Explores Religious Themes Via Unique Forms

Patrick Luber approaches his art with an awareness of its irony. It seemed to take centuries to expunge religion from the arts, which were once intentionally tied to telling Biblical stories with Christian iconography. After Modernism wiped the slate clean as regards what art should and should not be, anything became possible again. In various ways artists have begun exploring faith and its rituals once more. That is what Exceptionally Ordinary is about.

"My work participates in, and extends historic artistic traditions between arts and religion, yet does so through a visual language which reflects the complex relationship between faith and contemporary culture," Luber writes in his artist statement.

The pieces loom large. Some give the appearance of being 

assembled like early airplanes with polished metal and pop rivets.

A, E, I, O, U  ($2100)

The images of Christ and George Washington appear within the lungs.

Art is always about interpretation. Here the artist imagines an image
expressing the concept, "From Tears of Sorrow to Living Waters."

Patrick Luber's work will be on display in the Morrison Gallery 

through the end of December.

Tomorrow Evening   

INTERSECTIONS

Opening Reception @ the Tweed

Thursday, November 15

6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Intersections, a new exhibition derived from the Museum’s collection, features a selection of contemporary artworks by 19 Minnesota-based Native artists, including George Morrison, Jim Denomie, Patrick DesJarlait, Carl Gawboy, Dyani White Hawk, and Andrea Carlson, among others whose artworks have continued to influence each other in recent decades. The exhibition is organized in consultation with Anishinaabe artist Jim Denomie and includes Manifest'o, a multi-media installation by Jonathan Thunder.

Meantime, art goes on all around you. Get into it.