Who’s Who!?

A look book from opening night of We. The Culture: Works from The Eighteen Art Collective on September 21, 2022 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.

Guests viewing artworks in the exhibition We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective.
Shelley Selim and Tascha Horowitz, co-curators of the We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective enjoy the opening celebration of the exhibition.
Center: Artist, Ashley Nora, of The Eighteen Art Collective takes in interpretation inside the exhibition.
Artist, Gary Gee, of The Eighteen Art Collective enjoying conversation at the exhibition opening.
Artist, Kevin West of The Eighteen Art Collective is interviewed by Taylor Hurt for Newfields’ TikTok.
Guests viewing artworks in the exhibition We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective.
Alan Bacon and Malina Simone Jeffers, co-founders of GANGGANG and co-curators of We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective stand in front of the entrance to the exhibition.
Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, President and Chief Executive Officer of Newfields, enjoys conversation at the exhibition opening.
DJ Lady Locs at We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective spins to a crowded dancefloor on the Alliance Sculpture Court outside.
Aerial view of the exhibition opening celebration for We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective in Pulliam Family Great Hall.
Rebecca Robinson, artist from The Eighteen Art Collective, smiles in front of her work for a photograph.
Guests to the exhibition dance on the Alliance Sculpture Court during the exhibition opening for We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective.
Tamika Catchings, WNBA All-Star, and owner of Tea’s Me Cafe. Tea’s Me’s curated tea is available for purchase in the We. The Culture Pop Up culinary space.
Rachel Simon, title sponsor of the opening event, giving remarks.
Deonna Craig, President of The Eighteen Art Collective, giving remarks.
Alan Bacon, co-curator of We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective and co-founder of GANGGANG, giving remarks.
Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, President and Chief Executive Officer of Newfields, preparing to toast the artists of The Eighteen Art Collective.
Artist, FITZ, of The Eighteen Art Collective enjoying conversation with Tamika Catchings.

Exhibition Credit:
We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective is presented by Aaron Wealth Advisors, Gary & Hannah Hirschberg. Lead support is provided by Rachel M. Simon & the Herbert Simon Family Foundation and June McCormack. Associate support is provided by IceMiller and its Racial Equity Solutions Team. Additional support is provided by Judy Donner, Nathan & Deborah Oatts, and Emily A. West.

Image Credit:
Guests at the exhibition opening celebration for We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective in the June M. McCormack Forefront Galleries, September 23, 2022–September 24, 2023. Artworks © their respective creators.

Robert Indiana, LOVE (detail), 1970. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of the Friends of the Indianapolis Museum of Art in memory of Henry F. DeBoest. Restoration was made possible by Patricia J. and James E. LaCrosse, 75.174 © 2022 Morgan Art Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

Robert Irwin, Light and Space III (detail), 2008. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Purchased with funds provided by Ann M. Stack, The Ballard Fund, Nancy Foxwell Neuberger Acquisition Endowment Fund, Anonymous IV Art Fund, Lucille Stewart Endowed Art Fund, Martha M. Shertzer Art Purchase Fund in Memory of Her Nephew, Charles S. Sands, Roger G. Wolcott Fund, Gift of the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Frank Curtis Springer & Irving Moxley Springer Purchase Fund, E. Hardey Adriance Fine Arts Acquisition Fund in memory of Marguerite Hardey Adriance, Emma Harter Sweetser Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crane Fund, Elizabeth S. Lawton Fine Art Fund, Cecil F. Head Art Fund, Mary V. Black Art Endowment Fund, General Endowed Art Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Van Vorhees Art Fund, General Memorial Art Fund, General Art Fund, James V. Sweetser Fund, 2008.358 © 2022 Robert Irwin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

Fletcher Benton, Folded Circle Dynamics Red Phase III, designed 1973, fabricated 1976. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Irrevocable Promised Gift of Jon and Molly Ott. © 2022 Fletcher Benton / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

Gary Gee (American, b. 1971), Un-Caged Thoughts for an Un-Caged Mind, 2022, ceramic with image transfer on custom pedestal, 67 × 40 in. Loan from the artist. © Gary Gee.

Kevin West (American, b. 1981), Black Joy (detail), 2022, acrylic, oil, pastel on canvas, 68 × 56-1/2 in. Loan from the artist. © Kevin West.

Kyng Rhodes (American, b. 1993), Woman of Paradise, 2022, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 49-12 × 37-12 in. Loan from the artist. © Kyng Rhodes.

Kyng Rhodes (American, b. 1993), Colored King (detail), 2020, acrylic on canvas, 37-1/2 × 37-1/2 in. Loan from Isaac and Taylor Bamgbose. © Kyng Rhodes.

John G. Moore, Jr. (American, b. 1971), Qualified Immunity (detail), 2022, felt, paper, wood, wire, 75 × 46 × 2 in. Loan from the artist. Loan from the artist, © John G. Moore, Jr.

Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing No. 652, Continuous Forms With Color Acrylic Washes Superimposed (detail), 1990. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of the Dudley Sutphin Family, 1990.40 © 2022 The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

Rebecca Robinson (American, b. 1974), Ruins to Redemption I (detail), 2021, concrete, plaster, white latex paint on panel, 48 × 48 in. Loan from the artist. © Rebecca Robinson.