On the Road Again

LOOK In the artworks where you see the road, notice three things on or around the road.

What do they tell you about the journey the artist is depicting?

In the artworks where you don’t see a road, try to imagine where the road is, what it looks like, and what it would feel like to travel on it. What do you see that makes you envision the road and the experience of being on it that way?

ASK Why do you think each artist chose to represent the road in their art? How is the road related to the work the artist created?

THINK When you leave this exhibition to your next destination, will you take a road to get there? On your journey, look around you and think about what scene or image you would want to capture from the road.

DRAW Use this space to sketch a place you’ve been, where you are now, or where you want to go—or write down words that describe the look or feel of that place.

On the Road Again Sheldon Statewide Exhibition 2022– 23

The open road holds a special place in American imagination, bringing up thoughts of past journeys and future possibilities on seemingly endless highways. For many Midwesterners, travel involves long drives past wide-open landscapes and sprawling fields on routes such as Interstate 80, scenic byways, and the many roads in between.

Landscapes play a major role in this exhibition, displaying the beauty of the natural world and how artists and travelers understand their place in it. Roadside attractions and accommodations are common subjects that can reveal the charm, necessities, and even eccentricities of travel.

Some destinations are instantly recognizable, such as James Alinder’s photograph of Mount Rushmore, while others are felt more abstractly, such as Faith Ringgold’s exploration of a journey through the woods.

On the Road Again seeks to visualize the significance of the American road. These collected works of art demonstrate that while everyone’s experience is unique, there are sights and sentiments that contribute to a collective imagination of the open road.

Support for Sheldon Statewide is provided by Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Nebraska, Rhonda Seacrest, the Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and Sheldon Art Association.

On the Road Again The University of Nebraska does not discriminate based upon any protected status.

Please see go.unl.edu/nondiscrimination.

Sheldon Statewide Exhibition 2022– 23

JAMES ALINDER born Glendale, CA 1941 Mt. Rushmore, Black Hills, South Dakota Gelatin silver print, 1971 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust H-1980.1974

GEORGE AULT Cleveland, OH 1891–Woodstock, NY 1948 Road to New York Gouache on board, 1939 Nebraska Art Association Gift of Mrs. George C. Ault N-133.1961

GARY BOWLING born Lamar, MO 1948 Minnesota Farm, Puffy Clouds Oil on canvas, 1986 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust U-4001.1986

ROBERT GRIER born Alliance, NE 1946 Toadstool Park #1 Gelatin silver print, 1972 Nebraska Art Association Gift of Lawrence Reger N-436.1975

BETTY HAHN born Chicago, IL 1940 Road and Rainbow Gum bichromate print, colored thread, 1971 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust H-1586.1972

RAYMOND KNAUB born Gering, NE 1940 March Fields Oil on linen, 1996 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Mercedes A. Augustine Acquisition Trust U-4662.1996

KARSTEN CREIGHTNEY born Albuquerque, NM 1976 Roadside Gambler Linocut, 2013 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust U-6687.2017

STEVEN R. FITCH born Tucson, AZ 1949 Grand View Motel, Highway 87, Raton, New Mexico, December 18, 1980 Archival pigment print, 1980, printed 2018 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust U-6830.2018

RONALD R. GEIBERT born Jamestown, ND 1952 Gas Station, Stuart, Nebraska Agfacolor print, 1974 Nebraska Art Association Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts N-450.1976

ROGER MINICK born Ramona, OK 1944 Airstream at Monument Valley, Arizona, from the American Roads portfolio Gelatin silver print, 1979 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust U-3880.15.1986

ROGER MINICK born Ramona, OK 1944 Untitled, from the New California Views portfolio Sulfide toned sepia and white gelatin silver print, 1977 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust U-4020.11.1986

EDUARDO PAOLOZZI Edinburgh, Scotland 1924–London, England 2005 Totems and Taboos of the Nine-to-Five Day, from the General Dynamic F.U.N. portfolio Photolithograph, 1965–1970, published 1970 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Gift of the Martin S. Ackerman Foundation U-4513.19.1980

FAITH RINGGOLD born New York, NY 1930 Coming to Jones Road: Under a Blood Red Sky #8 Digital print with hand lithography, 2006 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust U-5533.2009

CARROLL SEGHERS Cincinnati, OH 1924–Santa Fe, NM 2004 Summertime America Photograph, early 1950s University of Nebraska–Lincoln Anna R. and Frank M. Hall Charitable Trust H-2987.1991

JOEL STERNFELD born New York, NY 1944 Exhausted Renegade Elephant, Woodland, Washington, from the American Roads portfolio Chromogenic color print, 1979, printed 1982 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olga N. Sheldon Acquisition Trust U-3880.18.1986

AUDREY TOWATER Scottsbluff, NE 1924–Scottsbluff, NE 2011 Windmill on Western Nebraska Ranchland Oil on canvas, 1984 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Gift of Cliff Hillegass U-4041.1987

ANDY WARHOL Pittsburgh, PA 1928–New York, NY 1987 Truck Gelatin silver print, date unknown University of Nebraska–Lincoln Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts U-5499.152.2008