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Loyola University Museum of Art

EVENT
Exhibition Detail
Back to the Future:Alfred Jensen, Charmion von Wiegand, Simon Gouverneur, and the Cosmic Conversation
820 North Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611


September 12th - November 15th
 
The Kundalini Lotus,Charmion von WiegandCharmion von Wiegand, The Kundalini Lotus,
1968-69, oil on canvas, 35" x 35"
© Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY
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This exhibition focuses on three American abstract artists who created works on spiritual themes from the 1940s through the 1980s. Although Jensen, von Wiegand and Gouverneur did not know each other, their works express common yearnings of the post–WWII generation. While the Cold War ushered in a period of cynicism, these artists pursued positive, life-affirming themes of unity and harmony. They delighted in the colorful patterns of sacred geometry and mathematical patterns found in the natural world. These artists, like many disaffected intellectuals in the 1960s, sought to fill a spiritual void by embracing Western mystical traditions and non-Western religions.


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