The Horse Show

The Horse Show premiers Tuesday, February 2, with an opening reception and gallery talk by Karen Janovy, Sheldon Director of Education who curated the exhibition.

The exhibition contains artworks from the Museum’s collections as well as those on loan from private collections. Included are Boris Lovet-Lorski’s On Parade and his Untitled (Nude and Horse), and Sheldon’s 19th-Century Horse (Shop Sign) (in photo above) by an unknown artisan. The exhibition is also composed of various genres combining folk art, Carousel Horse (Bessie) by an unknown carver, and the romanticisms of both Marino Marini’s 1949 Horseman and Niki de Saint Phalle’s Le Cheval et la Mariee (The Horse and The Bride, 1963/1997).

On view through May 23, the exhibition focuses on the subject of horses as art from times as ancient as cave paintings to modern interpretations. Presenting the domesticated and wild creature that has awed humanity for centuries, featured artists have captured the horse’s essence.

To view images of some works in the exhibition, please click on The Horse Show slide show

In collaboration with Sheldon, the Lentz Center for Asian Culture, lower level, 1155 Q Street, is presenting Valor on the Wind: Selected Examples of the Horse in Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan Art beginning February 2.