Exhibitions
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EXHIBITIONS: ON VIEW
YVETTE MAYORGA: WHAT A TIME TO BE
OCTOBER 29, 2022—OCTober 15, 2023
In her solo exhibition What a Time to be, multidisciplinary artist Yvette Mayorga combines images of family, found objects, ‘90s nostalgia, moments of Midwest life, and her signature pink and frosted style to interrogate the art historical canon and the meaning of belonging. From elaborate collage portraits of her family members posed to resemble seventeenth-century Rococo paintings to sculptures that weave together symbols of family and memory to a reimagined installation of her bedroom from the ‘90s, Mayorga pushes beyond her comfort zone in her first solo museum presentation to introduce new, original works that interrupt the landscape of art history.
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PROJECTS: ON VIEW
In addition to exhibitions, the Momentary brings artworks from around the world to the space to share more work by contemporary artists and display a broad story of today’s visual art. Find all of the Momentary’s outdoor art projects using this digital map.
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[SICCER] | Will Rawls
March 5—OCTOBER 8, 2023
In [siccer] Will Rawls experiments with stop-motion, a filmmaking technique in which still photographs are strung together to produce a moving image to invite us to consider the ways in which Black bodies are relentlessly documented, distorted, and circulated in the media.
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The Big Free Picture | Rumwolf
July 22—OCTOBER 15, 2023
Using photography, storytelling, song, video, and performance, this installation wrestles with the nature of living across the tracks from the American dream.
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S.2122 | Beeple
September 8, 2023 —March 15, 2024
Using photography, storytelling, song, video, and performance, this installation wrestles with the nature of living across the tracks from the American dream.
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TOWER VIEWS
In Tower Views, the Momentary presents a rotating series of videos and short films created by artists that explore various themes. The videos are projected nightly on the Momentary’s Tower, located outside in the Arvest Bank Courtyard, offering a unique viewing experience with 80 feet of projection space, dynamic lighting, and sound capabilities.
SEP 8—NOV 12, 2023: N.I. (Natural Intelligence) | Amos Cochran
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The Momentary Flag Project
In the spirit of our adaptive reuse architecture, the Momentary Flag Project offers a rotating series of artist-designed flags that are raised on the factory’s historic flag pole. The series asks artists to explore the symbolic resonance of flags and consider how they shape our understanding of place and identity.
NOV 14, 2022 – OCT 8, 2023: Kat Richards, IN SERVICE FOR REPAIR (2022). Read more about the flag here.
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riffing Bentonville
This mural features animated drawings, or as artist Katie Merz calls them, “urban hieroglyphics.” The design of riffing bentonville speaks to the culture of Northwest Arkansas, referencing the outdoor recreation industry, the Momentary, and the region’s vibrant arts scene. Created with high-intensity paint markers, Merz and her crew made this work entirely freehanded and spontaneously. They were “quick to the draw” and completed the wall in a week and a half.
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Wind Sculpture (SG) VIII
In Wind Sculpture (SG) VIII, artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA created the dynamic movement of a piece of fabric caught in a gust of wind, rendered in a gravity-defying, solid fiberglass form at monumental scale. Evocative of the sails of ships that crossed the Atlantic to connect nations through the exchange of ideas, products, and people, its form captures histories that can be inspiring, brutal, and complex. It speaks to how the opening of the seas led not only to the transatlantic slave trade and colonization, but also gave rise to the dynamic contributions of Africans and African heritage worldwide.
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VENUSIAN ROSACEAE (FIVE SEEDED STAR)
Inspired by the history of the Momentary’s site as a former apple orchard, Maria Molteni’s Venusian Rosaceae explores the myriad of colors, shapes, and symbols associated with apples. Stretching 50 feet in diameter, the circular composition includes layers of five-point stars and infinitely connected braids, referencing the pentagonal shape of an apple’s core and the Dance of Venus—an astrological map of Venus retrogrades. For Molteni, the 2020 Venus retrograde (May 13 to June 25, 2020) was particularly significant as it coincided with the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement across the world. Molteni dedicates this mural to Queen Morgan and Baby Rose.
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RRRolling Stones 2.0
Constructed with 3D printed concrete, RRRolling Stones 2.0 is an adaptable outdoor seating system that explores a range of seating archetypes: chairs, benches, stools, and lounge chairs. While they may look similar, each seat is one-of-a-kind. This project was manufactured in collaboration with Cornell RCL (Robotic Construction Laboratory) and Cornell UCL (Urban Construction Laboratory) and designed by HANNAH, an experimental design practice based in Ithaca, NY.
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YOU BELONG HERE
Tavares Strachan’s monumental neon sculpture, You Belong Here, is installed on the east-facing exterior wall of the Momentary, stretching 78 feet across and 25 feet high. This work is part of an ongoing series of site-responsive neon sculptures, and initiates a dialogue about how we define place and create a sense of belonging in our community.
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Sway
In 2018, Oklahoma-based artist Addie Roanhorse became the first artist commissioned to create a work of art for the Momentary. Her arrow pattern artwork, called Sway, is featured on the exterior glass of the Tower, the Container, and main entryway. A member of the Osage Nation, Roanhorse took inspiration from Osage attire to create the pattern, paying homage to the history of the land around the Momentary. With this artwork, we invite all to think about the Indigenous peoples with a connection to Northwest Arkansas.
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ABOVE & BELOW
Chad “Nish” Earles (Caddo) designed the glass scrim titled Above & Below that is located on the southwest and southeast corners of the structure. The design entails a pattern providing cultural reference to the Indigenous peoples of Arkansas and the land the Momentary currently occupies. The pattern references designs found in pottery created by ancestors of the Caddo Nation. The name of the design, Above & Below, recognizes that the Caddo are still here today, above and below the ground.
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EXHIBITIONS: UPCOMING
Enduring Amazon: Life and Afterlife in the Rainforest
NOV 18, 2023 – APR 14, 2024
Enduring Amazon: Life and Afterlife in the Rainforest presents an emotionally-charged immersion in light, sound, and imagery that explores the delicate balance of life in the Amazon rainforest.
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Dark Waters | Kristine Potter
MAY 11 – OCT 13, 2024
In Dark Waters, a tour de force of Southern Gothic Noir, Kristine Potter reinvents a centuries-old genre with coolness and clarity. With this recent collection of seductive and darkly brooding photographs, Potter reflects on the Southern Gothic mythos found in the popular imagination of “murder ballads”—traditional songs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that often end in death and despair.
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Mystic Parallax | Awol Erizku
JUN 1 – OCT 27, 2024
Encompassing photography, film, painting, sculpture, and installation, Awol Erizku’s work references and re-imagines African American and African visual culture, from hip-hop vernacular to iconic symbols from across history, including the Pan-African flag and the image of Nefertiti. Erizku’s vision is expansive, drawing on traditions of spirituality, Surrealism, and Conceptualism to create uniquely powerful art.
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PROJECTS: UPCOMING
There are currently no upcoming projects.