exhibITion: Sophisticated

amshot’s art opening, exhibITion: Sophisticated, took place at amshot on Thursday, June 12. It featured new artwork by OKC-based artist Jack Fowler.

Jack is a painter of pop art portraits, contemporary western landscapes, murals, and custom sneakers. He also hosts a weekly radio show, Tumbleweeds All the Way Down, at KOSU/The Spy FM in Oklahoma City.

All wristband donations for food and drink and 10% of art sales at exhibITion: Sophisticated benefited the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. 

ExhibITion: Sophisticated invited viewers to experience Western art beyond images from a distant, dustier century featuring cowboys on cattle drives wearing kerchiefs and six-shooters, a lone native sitting on his horse in full, feathered regalia, or landscapes stretching out forever under skies unpierced by cell phone towers.

“The West is a breathing, growing place, and I don’t think Western art should always be about nostalgia. I think it should be about trying to see how beautiful the West is right now. It’s knowing that cowboys still go on cattle drives, but sometimes they wear t-shirts and cell phone holsters. It’s realizing that an interstate can be as romantic as a railroad, and a wind turbine can be as pretty as a tree,” says Jack.

Thank you to our sponsor for exhibITion: Sophisticated, Kaseya. Kaseya is the leading global provider of AI-powered cybersecurity and IT management software.