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SUMMARY:Gabriel Lester – Melancholia in Arcadia
DESCRIPTION:Gabriel Lester | June 20 – August 30\, 2026 \nIn the first of an ongoing series of contemporary art installations at the Eugenia Williams House\, the Knoxville Museum of Art has invited Dutch artist Gabriel Lester to present a re-imagined version of his 2011 sculpture Melancholia in Arcadia. This haunting work was first displayed in Istanbul as a dedication to Lester’s dear friend\, Huseyin Bahri Alptekin\, who passed away in 2007. The title of the work is identical to a series of photographs Huseyin shot in Odessa\, Ukraine\, showing curtains fluttering softly within domestic spaces. These images inspired Lester’s installation of stiffened lace curtains\, frozen in time and space. Beyond the technical feat of making this happen\, the work refers to the gesture of opening the windows to set free the soul of the deceased\, as well as the idea of a spirit entering a room\, mysteriously lifting the curtains to announce its presence. \nBoth the concept and composition of this work furnish an evocative connection with the life and house of Eugenia Williams\, which are intertwined. Lester’s Melancholia recalls the losses Eugenia experienced. By the time a teenage Eugenia and her father moved to Lyons View Pike in 1916\, her mother and two younger siblings had died. After her father’s death and her divorce\, Eugenia boldly razed her father’s farmhouse to build the present house on this site. The spirit of this independent and mysterious woman suffuses the home she created for herself\, just as Lester’s billowing curtains suggest an otherworldly presence in its halls. \nBy presenting Lester’s work for this particular space\, we open up a captivating alchemy that elevates both the installation as well as the surrounding architecture. \n  \nHow to visit the exhibition: \nExhibition dates: June 20 to August 29\, 2026 \nGallery Hours: Saturdays\, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. \nLocation: Eugenia Williams House\, 4848 Lyons View Pike\, Knoxville\, TN 37919 \nAdmission: Free \nMelancholia in Arcadia: Gabriel Lester at the Eugenia Williams House is open to the public on Saturdays from noon to 4:00 p.m. from June 13 to August 29. No ticket or reservation is required for this free exhibition\, but space is limited. Visitors may enter the house on a first come\, first served basis as capacity allows. \nParking and Accessibility: Limited onsite parking is available on a first come\, first served basis in the Upper Parking Lot. The All Persons Trail – a 0.25 mile\, ADA-compliant path – leads directly to the House. Guests with limited mobility may request alternate parking arrangements by calling 865.606.0802. \nAbout the Eugenia Williams House: \nThe property’s 24 acres overlook the Tennessee River and the Great Smoky Mountains and are open to the public through a series of trails that can be accessed from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. The House is open at select times for tours and cultural programming presented by Knoxville’s premier arts and cultural organizations. \nVisit eugeniawilliamshouse.org for more information. \n  \n \nThis installation is sponsored by: \nDutchCultureUSA\, a program of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the United States\, the Aslan Foundation\, and the Mondriaan Fund \n 
URL:https://knoxart.org/event/gabriel-lester/
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SUMMARY:No-Man’s Land
DESCRIPTION:No-Man’s Land | August 13 – November 8\, 2026 \nInspired by the visionary work of Kentucky coal-miner-turned-evangelist Harrison Mayes after he experienced a life-changing epiphany\, No-Man’s-Land explores genres\, beings\, and geographies that exceed singular definition. Born in Tennessee in 1898\, Mayes’ placed concrete beacons across the country\, with plans for them to reach outer space\, and beyond. He installed these markers in so-called “no-man’s-land”—narrow\, ambiguous strips of land between state and private property where no one authority could claim jurisdiction. \nThis exhibition looks to artists who work in similarly uncharted territory. Bringing together contemporary practices that move through the borderlands between bodies\, spiritual traditions\, cultures\, countries\, and planets\, No-Man’s-Land considers how art inhabits and transforms these thresholds\, envisioning new ways of being in the spaces between.
URL:https://knoxart.org/event/no-mans-land/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Hai-Wen Lin
DESCRIPTION:Hai-Wen Lin | October 2026 through February 2027 \nIn this forthcoming exhibition\, Taiwanese-American artist Hai-Wen Lin fashions garments as kites: creating sculptures that move between the body and the environment. Made with the intimacy of clothing and the logic of flight\, the works draw on visual traditions from Buddhist jiasha robes to Appalachian quilts\, becoming a practice of “tending”—a way\, as the artist says “to clothe the wind.” With delicacy and desire\, these works also care for bodies and landscapes that shift as constantly as the seasons. Moving between field and sky\, Lin’s work asks how we carry one another forward and what it means to belong—to the living\, the land\, and the cycles that tie them together.
URL:https://knoxart.org/event/hai-wen-lin/
CATEGORIES:Upcoming
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SUMMARY:Kevin Beasley
DESCRIPTION:The Appalachian Mountains\, which govern the winding highway traveled by artist Kevin Beasley during the development of his recent work\, can be described as “fold mountains” – created from two or more of the Earth’s tectonic plates pushing together. At these intersecting shores\, rock and debris are compressed into and within each other\, shedding individuality to forge a shared landscape. \nAkin to the convergent layers of geography and people that have formed this region\, Beasley’s work binds together disparate elements to re-fashion our understanding of place\, material\, and memory. This is a tapestry-like arena where history lives more concurrently than sequentially\, with traces and traumas floating within the fog of time. \nDrawing on his roots in the Southeast\, Kevin Beasley’s exhibition will navigate the multi-layered terrain of this region. Using textiles such as raw cotton and weathered clothing\, Beasley transforms familiar materials into landscapes both intimate and expansive\, connecting the region’s complex sociopolitical identity within his own childhood experiences.
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