Past Exhibition
Iowa Artists 2024
b. Robert Moore: In Loving Memory
b. Robert Moore (American, born 1983), “Mama’s Boys,” 2024
“Art helped me overcome addiction and develop a tight-knit artistic community, as well as a global platform. And I’m only just getting started.”
-b. Robert Moore
Des Moines-based, Iowa-born artist b. Robert Moore is known for powerful, striking works of art that confront issues of social justice and Black identity. Visually and emotionally direct, Moore frequently draws on his own biography for inspiration, likewise on the experiences and identities of friends and family members. References to art history and material culture, including flags and gravestones, abound in his work. For Moore, the political is intensely personal, and the personal political.
Featuring the recently acquired “Kin to War” along with new works created specifically for this, his first solo exhibition at a museum, including several paintings and two ambitious installations, this iteration of the Art Center’s acclaimed Iowa Artists series will inspire conversation and community gathering.
“Iowa Artists 2024: b. Robert Moore: In Loving Memory” is organized by Senior Curator Laura Burkhalter in partnership with artist b. Robert Moore.
Support for this exhibition is provided by:
The Buberl-Knautz Family
Laurie Wolf and Jeff Freude
Video
Panel Discussion Featuring b. Robert Moore, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Jordan Weber
Iowa’s 2023 census data cites that of the 3,207,004 people in the state, 84.4% or 2,702,598 of the population are white. Growing up in a state with such low rates...
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Artist Lecture: b. Robert Moore “Art should be felt, not just seen” + SEEDS ballet performance
Des Moines Art Center’s 2024 Iowa Artist, b. Robert Moore delivers a lecture, “Art should be felt, not just seen,” filled with intimate details about his solo exhibition “In Loving...
