Paul Gauguin’s frustrated urge to “express the inexpressible”–the truth behind appearances–intensified in his final years. Michelle Facos, IU Professor of the History of Art, considers what we can learn about the artist’s state of mind by a close reading of The Invocation (1903), which Gauguin painted at the end of his life as a self-exile in Polynesia. The Invocation is currently on loan to the IU Art Museum from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Cost: Free
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