A THOUGHT IS A RIVER and THE REDS exhibitions open Friday, March 11, 2022, and runs through Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022.

A THOUGHT IS A RIVER, a group exhibition of artists from the Greater Cincinnati and Louisville areas. These two locations are connected by the Ohio River. Much as that body of water meanders and creates tangential paths, the works in this exhibition become locations between related ideas, materials, aesthetics or experiences. The “river” is a poetic launching point to draw connections and create conversations within a diverse, and at times divergent, group of art and artists.

A THOUGHT IS A RIVER features Kiah Celeste (Louisville), Matt Coors (Cincinnati), Adrienne Dixon (Cincinnati), Albertus Gorman (Louisville), Chris Hammerlein (Cincinnati), Dale Jackson (Cincinnati) and Letitia Quesenberry (Louisville). The exhibition is curated by John Knuth (Los Angeles).

In addition to A THOUGHT IS A RIVER, The Carnegie will concurrently feature THE REDS, new works by John Knuth. This particular series of works explores the borders between abstraction and representation via objects that present as monochrome paintings but reveal deeper texture and context as they are inspected. To create this body of work, the artist mixes rattlesnake venom into high gloss enamel imbuing the objects with an aura that manages to communicate a lingering veiled threat.

A Thought is a River is sponsored by The Harvey C. Hubbell Charitable Gift Fund. Additional support comes from the Kentucky Tourism, Arts & Heritage Cabinet.