Mahler Ryder: Interrupted Inheritance

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This exhibition presents the work of Mahler B. Ryder alongside reflections by his daughter, Ulli K. Ryder, in a dialogue between visual and written expression, between parent and child, and between the living and the dead. Join us for an opening reception on Thursday, November 12, from 4-7 PM in Bannister Gallery.

Collage work with old family photographs and bright yellow, red, orange, and green colors

Mahler Ryder's art confronted race, identity, and history; expressed joy, sorrow, rage, and love. He insisted that we look honestly at the world and acknowledge its full complexity. She has spent the decades since his death trying to understand him, his motivations, and his legacy. Sometimes she feels very close to him. Sometimes he is elusive and unknowable.

The result is a rare kind of exhibition: part memorial, part conversation, part inheritance. Two bodies of work, made decades apart, in dialogue.

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Located in Rhode Island College’s Roberts Hall, the Bannister Gallery presents 7 to 8 exhibitions a year by local, regional and international artists.