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The Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University will open the new year with the exhibition titled “Ric Gendron: Rattlebone,” featuring paintings from the artist’s 30-year career, as well as historic and contemporary cultural objects from the artist’s family. The exhibition runs through April 2, according to a press release.
Gendron, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, was born on the Colville Reservation in Northeastern Washington and grew up in Coulee Dam and Spokane. His mother was a member of the Umatilla Tribe and his father was a Colville Tribe member.
“For 30 years, Ric Gendron has been quietly and intensely creating a deeply imaginative, sincere, culturally authentic, approachable body of work – beautiful moving paintings,” said Ben Mitchell, the exhibition’s curator in a press release.
Gendron’s paintings and prints are grounded in the work of Francis Bacon and the pioneering American Native painters Fritz Scholder, T. C. Cannon, and Harry Fonseca. He also draws inspiration from the Inland Northwest landscape and its wildlife, traditional powwows and cultural celebrations, as well as American rock and roll, soul and blues music, and pop culture including comics and television.
The Jundt Art Museum is the last stop for this traveling exhibition.
A free public reception for Gendron will be held from 5-7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 23. A free public exhibition walk-through with Gendron will begin at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 30. The Jundt Art Museum will offer free scheduled staff or docent-led tours of “Ric Gendron: Rattlebone” for school, community and church groups.
Exhibitions are free and are open to the public Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For exhibition times and general museum information, call (509) 313-6843 or visit the museum online at www.gonzaga.edu/jundt.
The museum’s exhibitions are always free and are open to the public Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The museum is closed Sundays and University holidays. For exhibition times and general museum information, call (509) 313-6843 or visit the museum online at www.gonzaga.edu/jundt.
