Mario Moore: Responding to History
Mario Moore, During and After the Battle, 2020. Oil on linen, Purchased with funds from the Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
LSU MOA is pleased to present Mario Moore: Responding to History. Featuring two paintings and two drawings, the showing provides an in-depth look at Moore’s nuanced artwork During and After the Battle. At over five feet by six feet, the large-scale artwork offers much to contemplate. The painting within the painting makes this work even more intriguing. A product of a collaboration with fellow artist Mark Gibson, During and After the Battle responds to classical painting traditions, American history, and the Civil War, and reflects on the past and the present. Mario Moore: Responding to History also includes Gibson’s painting Battle of Antietam, which gives visitors another view into Moore’s process for During and After the Battle.
Moore recently had an exhibition of his work at the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana entitled A New Republic, which included a series of paintings depicting Civil War scenes placed in contemporary settings. Drawing influences from Peter Paul Rubens, During and After the Battle realistically depicts the violence of the Civil War and references elements of Black masculinity.
This exhibition has been organized by Clarke Brown, LSU MOA Curatorial Fellow. Moore’s painting was acquired in 2020 with funds from the Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists.
ON VIEW AT LSU MOA: July 14–October 23, 2022
Gallery Talk on Thursday, August 18 at 6:45 PM
Learn more about this exhibition during this talk with LSU MOA Curatorial Fellow, Clarke Brown, who organized Mario Moore: Responding to History.
Virtual Artist Talk with Mario Moore and Mark Gibson on Wednesday, August 24 at 6 PM CST on Zoom
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Mario Moore creates realistic and frequently life-sized paintings of family, friends, and acquaintances. His works evoke physical presence and highlight the individual, while cementing the subject as a part of both history and art history. Moore lives and works in Detroit, Michigan. He received his master of fine arts in painting from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and a bachelor of fine arts in illustration from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
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Exhibition Lenders & Sponsors
Support for this exhibition and all LSU MOA exhibitions is provided by the generous donors to the Annual Exhibition Fund: Louisiana CAT; The Imo N. Brown Memorial Fund in memory of Heidel Brown and Mary Ann Brown; The Alma Lee, H.N. and Cary Saurage Fund; Charles "Chuck" Edward Schwing; Robert and Linda Bowsher; LSU College of Art + Design; Mr. and Mrs. Sanford A. Arst; and The Newton B. Thomas Family/Newtron Group Fund. Mario Moore’s painting During and After the Battle was acquired in 2020 with funds from the Winifred and Kevin Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists.
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The LSU Museum of Art says farewell to its first curatorial fellow, Clarke Brown. Learn about Brown’s contributions to the museum during her two year fellowship, made possible by the Winifred and Kevin P. Reilly Initiative for Underrepresented Artists in this article.