CAM: Friday, 16 January 2015

Joe Goode January 16–April 11   Joe Goode traces half a century of selected works by one of America’s most innovative yet under-recognized painters. Joe Goode ultimately transcends this clarification with influences ranging from Midwestern iconography to pop culture and the sublime. Joe Goode speaks to contentious American issues ranging from environmental vandalism to the Second Amendment.

Jesse Howard: Thy Kingdom Come January 16–April 11   Thy Kingdom Come is the first comprehensive museum survey of the work of Jesse Clyde Howard, a self-taught artist, evangelist, and keen advocate of free speech who lived and worked in Fulton, Missouri. Presenting more than 100 of Howard’s hand-painted signs comprising religious exhortations, political denunciations, and autobiographical details, the exhibition documents the profusion of creative energy reflected in the artist’s dogmatic faith in the First Amendment.

Ulla von Brandenburg: Wagon Wheel  January 16–April 11   Wagon Wheel is the US premiere of  Ulla von Brandenburg’s seven-part quilt series. Inspired by the traditions of predominantly female collectives in the American South as well as the quilt patterns and symbols used by slaves when plotting escape through the Underground Railroad, the installation reimagines this coded visual language and contemplates history, justice, and the resilience of the human spirit.

Toyin Odutola: Untold Stories January 16–February 28   Untold Stories is a new series of mixed-media drawings created specifically for this exhibition by  Toyin Odutola. Odutola’s drawings comprise a variety of mark-making—incorporating short, repeated hatches with sinuous outlines—that build a richly detailed yet simultaneously abstracted image. This selection of individual portraits as well as diptychs and triptychs considers the nature of portraiture and storytelling and includes text panels for the first time. CONTEMPORARYARTMUSEUMSTLOUIS 3750 Washington Blvd / St. Louis, MO 63108 camstl.org / 314.535.4660 New Hours 10–5 Wed / 10–8 Thu & Fri / 10–5 Sat & Sun FREE ADMISSION