A Retrospective of the Art of Truman Lowe

The National Museum of the American Indian is proud to feature Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe, the first major retrospective of the acclaimed Ho-Chunk Nation artist. Water’s Edge features nearly 50 of Lowe’s sculptures, drawings, and paintings that explore the evolution of the artist’s work throughout his career, including 28 works from the National Museum of the American Indian collection. Lowe’s elegant sculptures made of willow branches, feathers, and other organic materials evoke the rivers, streams, and waterfalls of the Wisconsin woodlands where he spent the foundation of his early life. His elaborate sculptures and caringly rendered pastel and charcoal drawings draw inspiration from cultural traditions, memory, and human relationships to place and being.  The exhibition brings to light rarely-seen monumental works which include significant pieces from public and private collections. A companion catalogue (Books & Products | National Museum of the American Indian) offers a range of new perspectives, chronicling the artist’s life and the development of his work with scholarly essays and reflections by artists whose work has been impacted by Lowe.