Learning, Unlearning, Relearning: Meditating on America’s Past and Present

Gallery Purchase during the ArtMate GiveCampus Campaign with contributions from, Tsega-Ab Abera ‘22, Malu Alvarez ‘02, Jane Avinger, Jennifer Azara, Susan Baik and Prem Manjooran ‘92, Claire S. Begalla ‘24, Blake Botelho ‘22, Lillian Byer ‘23, Chilton Cabot ‘22, Elizabeth Chidsey ‘83, Susan J. Cooke and Dick Cooke, Kevin Cook ‘09, John Corso-Esquivel, Joelle Dietrick, Dan Drayer, Amy Elkin, Cara Evanson, Susan Fisher, Whitney Durham Franklin, Sohan K. Gade ‘23, Catherine Grant ’01 and Carter Grant ‘01, Katherine Hall ’16 and Andrew Slade ‘16, Elizabeth Harry ’14 and Tyler McGee ‘12, George Hunter ‘23, Sarah Jackson ‘22, Caitlin James ‘14, Molly Johnson ’94, Luke A. Jordan ‘10, Amy King ‘97, Jamie Knowles ‘10, Rosaline Kyo, Julia Lau ‘22, Kaye-Lani Laughna, Molly H. Lewis, Nan and Bill Loftin ‘81, Joseph P. Logan ‘77, Frank Lord ‘89, John MacMahon ‘95, Brad Martin, Antoinette McCorvey, Daniel Francis Mclawhorn ’70 and Rob Hazelgrove, President Carol E. Quillen and George McLendon, Janice Gaylena Merritt and Kevin Head, Linsey Mills ‘92 and Michelle Serrano ‘90, Sherry Nelson, Virginia E. Newell ‘78, Lia Rose Newman, Marian M. Nisbet, Eileen O’Flaherty, Marisa J Pascucci and Joe Fauceglia, Rose Ann and Victor Pascucci, Elena Paul ‘85, Megan T. Pottenger ‘19, Jeffrey Prince and Michael Jolly, Giselle Meza Reyes ‘22, Susan D. Ross and Thomas Ross ‘72, Lauren Sanford '03, Cort Savage, John Angus Sillars ‘86, William Sjogren, Miki and Tyler Starr, Jennifer Stasack, Brad Thomas, Sandra von Unwerth, Jacqueline LeDonne von Unwerth and Matthew von Unwerth, Maria Vasconcelos, Tyler Wilson ‘14, Eleanor Young ’99, and anonymous donors.

Known for his multi-disciplinary practice whose work employs a wide range of media to explore themes of craft, ritual, beauty, spirituality, identity and its relationship to art history and the institution. Born to a Puerto-Rican family, Rolón’s background allows the artist to explore personal ideas which directly deal with questions of inclusion, aspiration and cultural identity. Often connecting childhood memories, the artist bore witness to the ways in which households have adapted to new American middle-class lifestyles with homes, walls and furniture adorned with ephemera of color, texture, patterns and items brought into the home to create a sense of longing. In 2007 Rolón represented Ukraine in the 52nd Venice Biennale. He is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation award for Painting and Sculpture. Rolón’s work is included in the following public collections: Bass Museum of Art, Miami; Brooklyn Museum, New York; City of Chicago Public Art Collection; Deagu Art Museum, Deagu; Museo del Barrio, New York; Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico; Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan; Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; New Orleans Museum of Art and Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine, among others.