Image: LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge
The exhibition explores how visual artists have grappled with the American South’s layered history through a lens cultivated in Southern literature.
Works from The Johnson Collection are presented alongside selections from the LSU Museum of Art, the Louisiana State Museums system, the Newcomb Art Museum, the Roger Houston Ogden Collection, and collector Jeremy Simien.
The core group of artworks has been expanded to engage Louisiana’s distinctive cultural environments, layered histories, and enduring traditions. The Southern Gothic literary tradition examines the American South’s layered history through stories of memory, place, social tension, and haunting psychological landscapes.
Chief Curator Michelle Schulte and LSU Associate Professor Katherine Henninger will discuss the Southern Gothic tradition through art and literature.
