Mythologies: Eugene Von Bruenchenhein +Lisa Stone +Brett Littman +Michelle Grabner +Chris Wiley +Karen Patterson
In 1984, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center launched its first exhibition of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein’s (1910–1983) work and currently cares for over 200 individual works by the Milwaukee artist. Von Bruenchenhein’s work is garnering newfound attention and his work is included in exhibitions around the world.
Taking an unprecedented, sweeping view of Von Bruenchenhein’s extensive oeuvre, this exhibition cast a contemporary lens on his paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings, and poetry. Michelle Grabner, Brett Littman, Lisa Stone, and Arts Center Curator Karen Patterson addressed pivotal moments in Von Bruenchenhein’s career—including architecture, botany, invention, and love—in this exhibition and in a catalogue released in the fall of 2017.
The Artists
The Responders
This exhibition is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding was also provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Kohler Trust for the Arts and Education, Kohler Foundation, Inc., Herzfeld Foundation and Sargento Foods Inc. The Arts Center thanks its many members for their support of exhibitions and programs through the year. The John Michael Kohler Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) (nonprofit) organization; donations are tax deductible.
The Road Less Traveled 50th anniversary program was conceived by Amy Horst, deputy director for programming. The exhibitions series was organized and curated by Arts Center Curator Karen Patterson. Special thanks to Emily Schlemowitz, assistant curator, for the curation of Driftless: Nick Engelbert & Ernest Hüpeden and Folk & Fable: Levi Fisher Ames & Albert Zahn, and Amy Chaloupka, guest curator of The World in a Garden: Nek Chand and Volumes: Stella Waitzkin.
