Artist Renée Stout will give visitors an exclusive preview of her solo exhibition, Renée Stout: In the Parallel Universe, Part 3, Thursday, February 27 at 11:30 a.m. in the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art. Stout will present a gallery talk and walkthrough on her work. An opening reception for the exhibition will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. that same day.
Renée Stout is a contemporary American artist who produces assemblage artworks: paintings, drawings, mixed media sculpture, photography and installation. She originally trained as a painter at Carnegie Mellon University. Stout moved to Washington, D.C. in 1985 where she began to explore her African American heritage, specifically African-derived folk beliefs. Works inspired by the African Diaspora, daily life in her D.C. neighborhood, and current events inspire her creations. Stout’s work encourages self-examination, introspection, self-healing and hope.
Renée Stout is a recipient of the Women’s Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award (2018), Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize (2012), David C. Driskell Prize (2010), a Joan Mitchell Award (2005), The Pollock Krasner Foundation Award (1991 & 1999), the Anonymous Was a Woman Award (1999) and The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (1993). Her work is included in such collections as Afrika Museum (Netherlands), Baltimore Museum of Art, High Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, San Francisco Museum of Fine Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. This exhibition follows When 6 is 9: Visions of a Parallel Universe at HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. (2018) and Funk Dreamscapes from the Invisible Parallel Universe at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wis. (2018).
Funding support for the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art comes from the department of art and art history and the College of Arts and Sciences. Additional support comes from the Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Exhibition Fund. Admission to the gallery is free. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., and Thursday 9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. when school is in session. The gallery is located at 103 Garland Hall in the heart of UA campus on Woods Quad. Information about visitor parking is available here: http://bamaparking.ua.edu/visitor-information/. Parking is free on campus in a legal space after business hours. For further information, contact the gallery at 348-1891 or check our webpage.