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Aug
02
Fri
The Arts :: Art Show
First Friday: Body Politic
5:00 PM (America/Denver)
Missoula Art Museum
First Friday: Body Politic
5:00 PM (America/Denver)
Missoula Art Museum

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Celebrate Body Politic: Christa Carleton and Tonja Torgerson with the artists!
Live music and no-host bar.
Bodies have always been a point of control, debate, and controversy within our society. In Body Politic, printmakers Christa Carleton and Tonja Torgerson make work to highlight the tumultuous position of the body and gender roles. Their collaborative prints focus on political themes associated with the figurative nude. Using letterpress, screenprint, and woodcut, these prints reference broadsides and use the impact of print-media to destabilize current ideas on gender roles and bodies. Mailing these prints back and forth from Indiana to Montana, the artists have responded to one another and these topics layer by layer, building a dialogue across the country and within each print. Stark, nude figures are combined with bold, aggressive text that challenge the expectations which are put upon them.
Live music and no-host bar.
Bodies have always been a point of control, debate, and controversy within our society. In Body Politic, printmakers Christa Carleton and Tonja Torgerson make work to highlight the tumultuous position of the body and gender roles. Their collaborative prints focus on political themes associated with the figurative nude. Using letterpress, screenprint, and woodcut, these prints reference broadsides and use the impact of print-media to destabilize current ideas on gender roles and bodies. Mailing these prints back and forth from Indiana to Montana, the artists have responded to one another and these topics layer by layer, building a dialogue across the country and within each print. Stark, nude figures are combined with bold, aggressive text that challenge the expectations which are put upon them.
Age Group: All Ages
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