Exhibitions
Natural History of Plants in Pictures with Explanatory and Instructive Texts for School and Home. Thomas Driendl (1807 – 1859), self-published in Munich, 1850 – 1855, German, Saint Vincent Special Collections.
Flora + Fauna
February 11 - March 12, 2021
Whether in the service of myth, as muse, symbol, or specimen, plant and animal life have captivated the imaginations of humans for millennia. Flora + Fauna features works assembled at Saint Vincent over the past 175 years that range from carefully detailed zoological illustrations to modern abstract landscapes – each citing flora and fauna from across continents and centuries that reflect evolving attitudes of the natural world.
Both the symbolic and the scientific lend themselves to processes of comparison, portrayal, characterization, and association. To underscore the interplay between visual representation and biological research, curatorial selections for Flora + Fauna have been made by Dr. Jim Kellam, associate professor of Biology, Dr. Michelle Duennes, assistant professor of Biology, and Andrew Julo, curator of the Saint Vincent Art & Heritage Collections.
Both the symbolic and the scientific lend themselves to processes of comparison, portrayal, characterization, and association. To underscore the interplay between visual representation and biological research, curatorial selections for Flora + Fauna have been made by Dr. Jim Kellam, associate professor of Biology, Dr. Michelle Duennes, assistant professor of Biology, and Andrew Julo, curator of the Saint Vincent Art & Heritage Collections.
Royal Patronage: Selections from the King Ludwig I of Bavaria Gift
Fall 2020 - Ongoing
Fall 2020 - Ongoing
By 1852, Saint Vincent had begun to receive shipments of artwork, musical instruments, and books gifted to the nascent community through the auspices of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Employed for their educative and elevative potential, these items were linked to the promulgation of German identity and culture in America. Royal Patronage: Selections from the King Ludwig I of Bavaria Gift traces an important link between America’s first Benedictine community and its royal Bavarian benefactor.
Arrayed in Gold: Icons from the Anna and Tadeusz Kozminski Collection
Fall 2020 - Ongoing
Fall 2020 - Ongoing
Experience the beauty of traditional Coptic, Byzantine, and Orthodox iconography. Collected on behalf of Anna and Tadeusz Kozminksi over forty years, these 19th and 20th century religious images function as powerful visual testaments of faith and windows to the Divine.
Roman Verostko and the Cloud of Unknowing:
From Ideas in Mind to Ideas in Code
Virtual Exhibition - Ongoing
Roman Verostko (born 1929) is an internationally recognized figure in the development of generative, algorithmic art. Unlike many of his contemporaries who came from engineering and computer science backgrounds, Verostko was a Benedictine monk at Saint Vincent Archabbey and a professionally-trained painter and scholar well-versed in the history of art, philosophy, logic, and theology before he started to work with electronic and digital media in the late 1960s.
Curated by Kerry Morgan and Melanie Pankau at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the exhibition features over seventy original works from Saint Vincent’s holdings, encompassing Verostko’s early screen/video pieces, electronic machines, mural projects, artist books, and newer editioned prints. Rather than a strict chronological retrospective, the exhibition is organized around major themes that appear throughout Verostko’s work, such as his search for pure form, his interest in logic, his merging of eastern and western aesthetics and philosophy, and his understanding of his home “Pathway Studio" as a modern day electronic scriptorium.
From Ideas in Mind to Ideas in Code
Virtual Exhibition - Ongoing
Roman Verostko (born 1929) is an internationally recognized figure in the development of generative, algorithmic art. Unlike many of his contemporaries who came from engineering and computer science backgrounds, Verostko was a Benedictine monk at Saint Vincent Archabbey and a professionally-trained painter and scholar well-versed in the history of art, philosophy, logic, and theology before he started to work with electronic and digital media in the late 1960s.
Curated by Kerry Morgan and Melanie Pankau at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the exhibition features over seventy original works from Saint Vincent’s holdings, encompassing Verostko’s early screen/video pieces, electronic machines, mural projects, artist books, and newer editioned prints. Rather than a strict chronological retrospective, the exhibition is organized around major themes that appear throughout Verostko’s work, such as his search for pure form, his interest in logic, his merging of eastern and western aesthetics and philosophy, and his understanding of his home “Pathway Studio" as a modern day electronic scriptorium.
