Past Traveling Collections
Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam through Time & Place
Featuring more than 100 extraordinary works of art from The Newark Museum of Art’s collections, Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam through Time & Place showcases the long history, vast geographic scope, and cultural diversity of works of art in the Islamic world.
Two factors distinguish this exhibition: the inclusion of works from Southeast Asia and East and West Africa, areas largely overlooked in most exhibitions of Islamic art; and the inclusion of modern and contemporary works featured displayed side-by-side with historical objects.
Works in the exhibition cover a wide range of media spanning 1,400 years of artistry, from including carpets, to textiles, to jewelry, ceramics, glass, metal, paintings, prints, calligraphy, and photographs spanning 1,400 years of artistry.
This exhibition is no longer available for travel.
Curated By
- Katherine Anne Paul, Ph.D., former Curator, Arts of Asia, The Newark Museum of Art
- Kimberli Gant, former Mellon Curatorial Fellow, Arts of Global Africa, The Newark Museum of Art
Tour History
- Asia Society, Texas Center, Houston
September 23, 2017 – February 25, 2018 - Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vermont
September 14, 2018 – December 2, 2018 - Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix
January 26 – June 2, 2019 - Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa
June 23 – October 6, 2019 - Michael C. Carlos Museum – Emory University, Atlanta
January 23 – May 9, 2021
Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth
Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth, is a mid-career survey of the work of Portland-based artist Wendy Red Star. An enrolled member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Tribe, Red Star works across disciplines to explore the intersections of Native American ideologies and colonialist structures, both historically and in contemporary society. Drawing on pop culture, conceptual art strategies, and the Crow traditions within which she was raised, Red Star pushes photography in new directions—from self-portraiture to photo-collage and mixed media—to bring to life her unique perspective on American history.
The importance of family, the Indigenous roots of feminism, Crow mythology, the history of the Montana landscape, and the pageantry of Crow Fest are among the subjects that Red Star brings to life in this exhibition. With 38 works including an immersive full dome film, A Scratch on the Earth explores how boundaries between cultural, racial, social, and gender lines are reinforced in America, and how these lines blur across time and place.
This exhibition is no longer available for travel.
Curated By
- Tricia Laughlin Bloom, PhD, Curator of American Art, The Newark Museum of Art
- Nadiah Rivera Fellah, PhD, Guest Curator
Tour History
- Columbus Museum of Art
April 21, 2023 – September 3, 2023 - San Antonio Museum of Art
February 11, 2022 through May 8, 2022
Major support for Wendy Red Star: A Scratch on the Earth provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Additional support provided by Loren G. Lipson, M.D., and The Marie and Joe Melone Exhibition Fund.
For information on NMOA’s traveling exhibitions contact:
Millicent Matthews
Manager, Traveling Exhibitions
The Newark Museum of Art
mmatthews@newarkmuseumart.org
973- 596- 6660