Actual Fractals, Benefit Exhibition
4/11/2025 – 5/17/2025
Sculpture Milwaukee is pleased to announce a benefit exhibition of works by 11 internationally renowned artists included in Actual Fractals, Acts I, II, and III, our 2023, 2024, and 2025 free public exhibitions of monumental art presented by the organization on the streets of downtown Milwaukee.
While the artists featured in Actual Fractals, curated by Sculpture Milwaukee Executive Director John Riepenhoff, work in a wide range of media and styles to express their singular visions, they share an interest in exploring the connections between human beings, nature, and cosmopolitan communities, despite our perceived divisions. There are now dozens of works on view along Wisconsin Avenue and tucked into quieter corners that Sculpture Milwaukee has brought to the city as part of Actual Fractals’ ongoing programming. Visitors from near and far have formed strong connections with these sculptures and the artists who have produced them. Seen together in The Green Gallery, the smaller scale works in this benefit exhibition not only find surprising new thematic intersections but also reveal fresh facets of the artists’ respective practices, showing us how they think and create in different registers.
The exhibition includes works across a range of mediums, including photography, painting, print, collage, and installation. It features new and recent works by Katy Cowan, Pao Houa Her, Naotaka Hiro, Teresa Baker, Michelle Grabner, Izumi Kato, Sarah Braman, Nat Pyper, and Kim Miller, artists featured in the first two acts of Actual Fractals. It also includes pieces by Anish Kapoor and Erin Shirreff, who will be showing other works in our next outdoor installation, Actual Fractals, Act III, opening June 2025. Erin Shirreff: Permanent Drafts, an exhibition of more than 40 works by this major multimedia artist, will also be on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum from May 30 – August 21, making this summer an exciting time to see Shirreff putting her stamp on the city.
Remarking on the benefit exhibition, Riepenhoff says, “We’re inviting the public to see some of the layers and dimensions of the artists’ work. It’s an incredible opportunity to look at their art on the street, then come to the gallery and experience the pleasures of seeing these artists from very different backgrounds expressing their ideas in a huge range of materials, pursuing complementary projects.”
As the owner of The Green Gallery, Riepenhoff is donating the space to host the exhibition, as he did when the gallery hosted Sculpture Milwaukee’s previous benefit exhibition, Ugo Rondinone: Milwaukee Landscapes, in 2023. The works on view in this group exhibition will range in price, with all proceeds supporting future Sculpture Milwaukee programming and the upcoming publication of Pao Houa Her’s photographs documenting Actual Fractals throughout its annual Acts. A visual artist who works within multiple genres of photography, Her currently has an exhibition on view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, with additional public works sited across the city (also on view through August 31). And according to Riepenhoff, being able to further support the work of Her and the book’s visionary designer, local art director Hans Seeger—“an artwork in itself; Her has been visiting Milwaukee for the past year and a half taking street photos that create essentially a durational walk through the exhibitions”—is just one more example of Sculpture Milwaukee’s commitment to building relationships with artists, inviting them into our amazing community, and giving Milwaukeeans an opportunity to live with and enjoy contemporary art.
“Obviously, if you’re buying an artwork from the benefit exhibition, you get the artwork,” Riepenhoff says. “But you’re also supporting a healthy community by helping to ensure we can continue to bring world-class art to the streets of Milwaukee.”
Actual Fractals, Sculpture Milwaukee Benefit Exhibition at The Green Gallery
Opening reception: April 11, 1 – 8 PM
Hours: Friday and Saturday, 1 – 5 PM, or by appointment
Closing reception: May 17, 1 – 5 PM, with a performance of Social Choreography by Kim Miller at 2 PM
Sculpture Milwaukee is pleased to announce a benefit exhibition of works by 11 internationally renowned artists included in Actual Fractals, Acts I, II, and III, our 2023, 2024, and 2025 free public exhibitions of monumental art presented by the organization on the streets of downtown Milwaukee.
While the artists featured in Actual Fractals, curated by Sculpture Milwaukee Executive Director John Riepenhoff, work in a wide range of media and styles to express their singular visions, they share an interest in exploring the connections between human beings, nature, and cosmopolitan communities, despite our perceived divisions. There are now dozens of works on view along Wisconsin Avenue and tucked into quieter corners that Sculpture Milwaukee has brought to the city as part of Actual Fractals’ ongoing programming. Visitors from near and far have formed strong connections with these sculptures and the artists who have produced them. Seen together in The Green Gallery, the smaller scale works in this benefit exhibition not only find surprising new thematic intersections but also reveal fresh facets of the artists’ respective practices, showing us how they think and create in different registers.
The exhibition includes works across a range of mediums, including photography, painting, print, collage, and installation. It features new and recent works by Katy Cowan, Pao Houa Her, Naotaka Hiro, Teresa Baker, Michelle Grabner, Izumi Kato, Sarah Braman, Nat Pyper, and Kim Miller, artists featured in the first two acts of Actual Fractals. It also includes pieces by Anish Kapoor and Erin Shirreff, who will be showing other works in our next outdoor installation, Actual Fractals, Act III, opening June 2025. Erin Shirreff: Permanent Drafts, an exhibition of more than 40 works by this major multimedia artist, will also be on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum from May 30 – August 21, making this summer an exciting time to see Shirreff putting her stamp on the city.
Remarking on the benefit exhibition, Riepenhoff says, “We’re inviting the public to see some of the layers and dimensions of the artists’ work. It’s an incredible opportunity to look at their art on the street, then come to the gallery and experience the pleasures of seeing these artists from very different backgrounds expressing their ideas in a huge range of materials, pursuing complementary projects.”
As the owner of The Green Gallery, Riepenhoff is donating the space to host the exhibition, as he did when the gallery hosted Sculpture Milwaukee’s previous benefit exhibition, Ugo Rondinone: Milwaukee Landscapes, in 2023. The works on view in this group exhibition will range in price, with all proceeds supporting future Sculpture Milwaukee programming and the upcoming publication of Pao Houa Her’s photographs documenting Actual Fractals throughout its annual Acts. A visual artist who works within multiple genres of photography, Her currently has an exhibition on view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, with additional public works sited across the city (also on view through August 31). And according to Riepenhoff, being able to further support the work of Her and the book’s visionary designer, local art director Hans Seeger—“an artwork in itself; Her has been visiting Milwaukee for the past year and a half taking street photos that create essentially a durational walk through the exhibitions”—is just one more example of Sculpture Milwaukee’s commitment to building relationships with artists, inviting them into our amazing community, and giving Milwaukeeans an opportunity to live with and enjoy contemporary art.
“Obviously, if you’re buying an artwork from the benefit exhibition, you get the artwork,” Riepenhoff says. “But you’re also supporting a healthy community by helping to ensure we can continue to bring world-class art to the streets of Milwaukee.”
Actual Fractals, Sculpture Milwaukee Benefit Exhibition at The Green Gallery
Opening reception: April 11, 1 – 8 PM
Hours: Friday and Saturday, 1 – 5 PM, or by appointment
Closing reception: May 17, 1 – 5 PM, with a performance of Social Choreography by Kim Miller at 2 PM
Sculpture Milwaukee is pleased to announce a benefit exhibition of works by 11 internationally renowned artists included in Actual Fractals, Acts I, II, and III, our 2023, 2024, and 2025 free public exhibitions of monumental art presented by the organization on the streets of downtown Milwaukee.
While the artists featured in Actual Fractals, curated by Sculpture Milwaukee Executive Director John Riepenhoff, work in a wide range of media and styles to express their singular visions, they share an interest in exploring the connections between human beings, nature, and cosmopolitan communities, despite our perceived divisions. There are now dozens of works on view along Wisconsin Avenue and tucked into quieter corners that Sculpture Milwaukee has brought to the city as part of Actual Fractals’ ongoing programming. Visitors from near and far have formed strong connections with these sculptures and the artists who have produced them. Seen together in The Green Gallery, the smaller scale works in this benefit exhibition not only find surprising new thematic intersections but also reveal fresh facets of the artists’ respective practices, showing us how they think and create in different registers.
The exhibition includes works across a range of mediums, including photography, painting, print, collage, and installation. It features new and recent works by Katy Cowan, Pao Houa Her, Naotaka Hiro, Teresa Baker, Michelle Grabner, Izumi Kato, Sarah Braman, Nat Pyper, and Kim Miller, artists featured in the first two acts of Actual Fractals. It also includes pieces by Anish Kapoor and Erin Shirreff, who will be showing other works in our next outdoor installation, Actual Fractals, Act III, opening June 2025. Erin Shirreff: Permanent Drafts, an exhibition of more than 40 works by this major multimedia artist, will also be on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum from May 30 – August 21, making this summer an exciting time to see Shirreff putting her stamp on the city.
Remarking on the benefit exhibition, Riepenhoff says, “We’re inviting the public to see some of the layers and dimensions of the artists’ work. It’s an incredible opportunity to look at their art on the street, then come to the gallery and experience the pleasures of seeing these artists from very different backgrounds expressing their ideas in a huge range of materials, pursuing complementary projects.”
As the owner of The Green Gallery, Riepenhoff is donating the space to host the exhibition, as he did when the gallery hosted Sculpture Milwaukee’s previous benefit exhibition, Ugo Rondinone: Milwaukee Landscapes, in 2023. The works on view in this group exhibition will range in price, with all proceeds supporting future Sculpture Milwaukee programming and the upcoming publication of Pao Houa Her’s photographs documenting Actual Fractals throughout its annual Acts. A visual artist who works within multiple genres of photography, Her currently has an exhibition on view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, with additional public works sited across the city (also on view through August 31). And according to Riepenhoff, being able to further support the work of Her and the book’s visionary designer, local art director Hans Seeger—“an artwork in itself; Her has been visiting Milwaukee for the past year and a half taking street photos that create essentially a durational walk through the exhibitions”—is just one more example of Sculpture Milwaukee’s commitment to building relationships with artists, inviting them into our amazing community, and giving Milwaukeeans an opportunity to live with and enjoy contemporary art.
“Obviously, if you’re buying an artwork from the benefit exhibition, you get the artwork,” Riepenhoff says. “But you’re also supporting a healthy community by helping to ensure we can continue to bring world-class art to the streets of Milwaukee.”
Actual Fractals, Sculpture Milwaukee Benefit Exhibition at The Green Gallery
Opening reception: April 11, 1 – 8 PM
Hours: Friday and Saturday, 1 – 5 PM, or by appointment
Closing reception: May 17, 1 – 5 PM, with a performance of Social Choreography by Kim Miller at 2 PM
Actual Fractals, Benefit Exhibition
4/11/2025 – 5/17/2025
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