“I believe that what [Wilson] does in creating those images is he gives authorship, which is a very generous act for an artist to do for the people who are being represented by those images,” ahtone said.
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
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Picturing Indian Territory, 1819-1907 exhibit gives museum guests a look at Oklahoma before statehood
The exhibit is open through Dec. 30 at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman.
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Cover Story: Fred Jones Museum’s Visage exhibit explores unspoken meaning in portraiture
Photographic portraiture comes hand in hand with a deceptive sense of reality. It is easy to understand how a painted portrait could be interpreted, how a commissioned artist might depict a wealthy dignitary without his double chin or with an enhanced, confident gleam in his eye. The truth is many photographic portraits are no more […]
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An art-centered Italian upbringing informs new OKCMOA curator’s vision
Francesca Giani was previously a guest curator at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman.
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Massive art donation establishes Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art as premier venue for contemporary Native American art
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s compilation of contemporary Native American art was donated by Arizona attorney and art collector James T. Bialac.
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Arts on the Corner brings art festival experience back to Norman’s Campus Corner
Arts on the Corner features shopping, art, music and activities in Campus Corner May 7.
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Roman emperors visit the metro in borrowed exhibit
Immortales: The Hall of Emperors of the Capitoline Museums, Rome is at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art through Dec. 6.
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Printmaking among indigenous artists on display at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
A new exhibit explores the age-old art of printmaking with 21st-century technology.
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Chicken-Fried News: Looted lives
A House resolution aims to compel OU to research its museum artifacts to make sure the school is not in possession of any more stolen works.
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Writers and curators learn to write art critiques
The public may attend the first in a series of art discussions designed for professionals studying the national art scene Friday at Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art.