While exploring the museum you can begin to see how diverse communities came together to make this region unique in the world. There are countless realities that go well beyond the sources of myth. The epic paintings show that Western space was not a neutral condition. And representing space remains a formidable artistic challenge. Painting, in contrast, achieves its effect through what it can show, through what there is to be seen.
Western art takes full advantage of horizontal space.
The West offered panoramic grandeur. Buffalo hunts, wild horses, and the forlorn stretch of prairie, are some of the subjects by artists Charles M Russell, George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Remington, and others. There is plenty of Western kitsch to satisfy the buckaroo as well. Following each film, a talk will examine the issues Gene brought to the silver screen. The series of 10 films will run from February through November.