In conjunction with the work of a Pittsburgh photographer’s new book spotlighting the art form, a local gallery is displaying a collection of intricate Native American silver boxes.
Exhibition at the Heard Museum explores one of the great American artists of the 20th century
Leon Polk Smith: Hiding in Plain Sight presents fresh scholarship and appreciation for this Modernist masters inspiration from American Indian culture and the Oklahoma Plains.
PHOENIX, AZ
.-The Heard Museum is presenting a new original exhibition, Leon Polk Smith: Hiding in Plain Sight. Leon Polk Smith, one of the great American artists of the 20th century, has been studied and celebrated through major exhibitions, publications and scholarship over many years and yet, a significant source of inspiration and influence on his artistic production remains largely unexplored. Leon Polk Smith: Hiding in Plain Sight takes visitors on the journey of how a young Smith, influenced by American Indian culture in his native Oklahoma, became one of Americas most accomplished painters and a founding icon of midcentury modern art and design.