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Rivers Flow / Artists Connect
The cultural, social, and spiritual significance of rivers is universal, as proven by their enduring presence in art and in our collective imagination. In Rivers Flow / Artists Connect, American artists from the 1820s to the present day explore and illuminate our profound, symbiotic relationship with significant waterways such as the Hudson River, the Susquehanna, and the Missouri.
The Hudson River Museum’s new West Wing galleries, basking in a dramatic view of the Hudson River and the Palisades, are an opportune setting for this exhibition. It features works by more than forty exceptional artists exploring various aspects of river subject matter from diverse perspectives and heritages, through realistic depiction and symbolic representation. Together, the artists demonstrate—in painting, prints, photographs, sculpture, and video—their role in recalling and reinforcing our instinctive connection with rivers.
The exhibition considers these bodies of water through aesthetic, functional, spiritual, and ecological lenses. The Allure of the River section addresses the interrelation of scenic beauty and our attraction to rivers. In Sustainer of Life, artists investigate the essential need for access to rivers for water, food, and transportation—our daily infrastructure—as well as profound sacred connections. Finally, Endangered Rivers: A Call to Action reflects on urbanization, industry, and the critical need for continued conservation and activism.
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The cultural, social, and spiritual significance of rivers is universal, as proven by their enduring presence in art and in our collective imagination. In Rivers Flow / Artists Connect, American artists from the 1820s to the present day explore and illuminate our profound, symbiotic relationship with significant waterways such as the Hudson River, the Susquehanna, and the Missouri.
The Hudson River Museum’s new West Wing galleries, basking in a dramatic view of the Hudson River and the Palisades, are an opportune setting for this exhibition. It features works by more than forty exceptional artists exploring various aspects of river subject matter from diverse perspectives and heritages, through realistic depiction and symbolic representation. Together, the artists demonstrate—in painting, prints, photographs, sculpture, and video—their role in recalling and reinforcing our instinctive connection with rivers.
The exhibition considers these bodies of water through aesthetic, functional, spiritual, and ecological lenses. The Allure of the River section addresses the interrelation of scenic beauty and our attraction to rivers. In Sustainer of Life, artists investigate the essential need for access to rivers for water, food, and transportation—our daily infrastructure—as well as profound sacred connections. Finally, Endangered Rivers: A Call to Action reflects on urbanization, industry, and the critical need for continued conservation and activism.
Artists on show
- Alexis Rockman
- Alison Moritsugu
- Bahar Behbahani
- Betsy Damon
- Charlotte Schulz
- Courtney M. Leonard
- Daniel Putnam Brinley
- Daniel Ridgway Knight
- Don Nice
- Elaine Galen
- Ellen Kozak
- Frances McGuire
- Francis A. Silva
- Jacob Burckhardt
- James And Ralph Clews
- James Bard
- James McElhinney
- James Prosek
- Jason Walker
- Jennifer McGregor
- Jerome Strauss
- Joe Baker
- Joellyn Duesberry
- John Douglas
- John Hill
- John Maggiotto
- Jon Louis Nielsen
- Joseph Squillante
- Karl Bodmer
- Lorenzo Clayton
- Madge Scott
- Mary Fairchild MacMonnies
- Maya Lin
- Norman Akers
- Paul Scott
- Rejin Leys
- Robert S. Duncanson
- Samuel Colman
- Scherezade Garcia
- Shuli Sade
- Susan Wides
- Tammy Nguyen
- Tom Yost
- Wang Mansheng
- William Guy Wall
- William Villalongo
- Winfred Rembert
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