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Yesterday I finally made it to the "Hooked on Walter Hook" exhibit at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture at UM. Although I had enjoyed Hook's work, I didn't realize he was active in so many styles and mediums. The show features everything from abstract to landscape and prints to sculpture. Many have a real sense of humor. Chickens were among his favorite subjects, as were cats and buffalo.

I loved this quote from his scrapbook:

"On Wives and Equality" -- No person should be denied equality because of the shape of her skin, even though woman is a creature rarely domesticated and apparently never civilized.

The show runs through next Wednesday, July 15.


I'm also really excited about an upcoming MMAC show, "Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs." A traveling exhibit curated by the Newseum, it opens Aug. 7 and features every Pulitzer-prize winning photograph since the contest began in 1942.

This show should not be missed by anyone who loves photography or history.

posted by Patia  4:10 PM