On Display: A Twenty-First Century Salon des Refusés

On Display: A 21st-Century Salon des Refusés revisits the concept of rejection and expands upon it, challenging what art “deserves” to be exhibited.

Exhibition Program series

Opening reception for On Display: a Twenty-First Century Salon des Refusés

Thursday, August 28, from 5 pm to 8 pm in Stone Auditorium and Carroll Gallery

Artist panel from 5-6 pm in Stone Auditorium with reception to follow.

On Display Discussion and Collage Experience

Thursday, September 4, from 5 pm to 6:30 pm in Carroll Gallery

Join On Display curators for a gallery talk about the history of the 1863 Salon des Refusés in Paris, followed by a collage-making experience inspired by exhibited artworks and Dejeuner sur l’herbe by Édouard Manet.

On Display Rejected Clothing and Objects Swap

Thursday, September 11, from 3 pm to 4 pm in Carroll Gallery

To reflect what things we value and reject, we invite the public to bring no more than 5 decent books, small furniture, purses, jewelry, or articles of clothing that they no longer use or were planning to get rid of, to participate in an organized swap.

Rejection and Neglected Art Movements, a keynote address by Joseph R Givens

Wednesday, September 17, from 6 pm to 8 pm in Stone Auditorium

Celebrate the closing of On Display with Joseph R Givens, LSU researcher of underground and lowbrow art movements. Reception to follow.

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