Invisible Prairie: Sensing and Sounding the Plains
“Afterglow”
Group Show on View July 8 - October 14, 2023
Tinworks Art | Bozeman, Montana
Afterglow is an installation series of interactive sculptures and paintings on view as part of the Invisible Prairies group show at Tinworks Art in Bozeman, Montana. Invisible Prairie offers a unique opportunity to connect to the poetry, fragility, and mystery of America’s grasslands through sculpture, video, painting, and audio works.
The show includes work by A.K. Burns, Abby Flanagan, Suzanne Kite, Tracy Linder, Julie Ann Nagle, Layli Long Soldier, Laurel Sparks, and immersive soundscapes by Jeff Rice from the Acoustic Atlas sound archive. It has been organized by Dr. Melissa Ragain, curator, author, and Associate Professor of Art History at Montana State University.
A Seed to Eat the World, 2023
Wood, mirrors, glass lens, the bones of mammals, reptiles, birds, fishes, dinosaurs native to the prairie, and insects native to Montana
Fallow Field, 2023
Acrylic, phosphorescent, and glow in the dark paint on curved canvas Glass beads, wire, backlight flashlights
Snow Mountain Colorado, 2019
Acrylic and phosphorescent paint on un-stretched canvas, Glass beads and steel wire
