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Missoula Art Museum: The View from Here (museum exhibition) [1]

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Date: 2023-10-11  

An exhibition in the Missoula Art Museum (MAM) in Missoula, Montana featured the work of Montana-based artist Willem Volkersz (1939 - ). Volkersz is a significant contemporary artist known for his neon and paint-by-number-style installations.

According to MAM:

“The artworks featured in The View from Here were produced over the past 25 years and draw upon the artist’s eight decades of life experience. They touch upon his early life in Holland under Nazi occupation, his immigration to America, and his current life in the Western United States. The artworks also suggest the ways these personal experiences and passions connect to wider social issues of enduring relevance for everyone.”

Volkersz earned an MFA in painting at Mills College in Oakland, CA. After teaching at the Kansas City Art Institute for 18 years, he went to Montana State University-Bozeman in 1986 to direct the School of Art and taught there until his retirement in 2001.

Shown above is Western Living, 2012. Neon, wood, acrylic/latex paint, found objects.

Shown above is The Wall, 2021. Wood, acrylic/latex paint, found objects.

Detail from The Wall

Shown above is The Bridge at Arles, 2018. Neon, wood, acrylic/latex paint.

Shown above is Follow Your Bliss, 1994/2015. Neon, wood, acrylic/latex paint, found objects.

Detail from Follow Your Bliss

Detail from Follow Your Bliss

Detail from Follow Your Bliss

Shown above is A Peaceable Kingdom, 2017. Wood, acrylic/latex paint, found objects.

Detail from A Peaceable Kingdom

Detail from A Peaceable Kingdom

Detail from A Peaceable Kingdom

Shown above is Lassie and Friends, 2018. Wood, acrylic/latex paint, found objects

Detail from Lassie and Friends

Detail from Lassie and Friends

Detail from Lassie and Friends

Shown above is Night Watch, 2018. Neon, wood, acrylic/latex paint, found objects.

Detail from Night Watch

Detail from Night Watch

More museum exhibitions

Missoula Art Museum: Folk animal sculptures by Bill Ohrman (photo diary)

Missoula Art Museum: An Unnatural History (photo diary)

Missoula Art Museum: Within and Without (photo diary)

Missoula Art Museum: Within and Without (photo diary)

Portland Art Museum: Some nineteenth-century art (museum exhibition)

Portland Art Museum: Some French artists (museum tour)

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