Gallery Tour: Renee Butler: Travelin’ Light

Essayist and friend of the artist Jean Lawlor Cohen will lead an informal walking tour of the exhibition Travelin’ Light with artist Renee Butler scheduled for

Saturday, 2:00- 3:00pm

A Project Space Exhibition

Renee Butler, Artist
Jack Rasmussen, Curator

Discover the innovative and boundary-pushing works of Renee Butler, who’s approach to artmaking was born of her long and intimate association with the artists of the Washington Color School. Beginning as a student of second-generation Color School artists Anne Truitt and Sam Gilliam, she worked with, collected, and advocated for the likes of Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis, and Gene Davis. These artists influenced Butler’s generation to move beyond abstract expressionism and minimalism and push against conventional artistic boundaries.

Travelin’ Light highlights Butler’s unique use of everyday materials, notably Ziploc® bags, which are suspended in grids and allow for whimsy in her placement of elements, including her own photos, the theater gels she scissors, and the textiles she salvages.

This event will be held in-person at the museum.

Image: Renee Butler, Altering Emptiness, 2024. Shaped theater gels, plastic, 36 x 20 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Host or Publisher American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center