"Sacred" Describes a "Remarkable" New Show at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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MINNEAPOLIS---There’s a remarkable new show at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts that deploys works from the museum’s collection, plus a few borrowed items, in a way that may surprise museumgoers. Sacred juxtaposes deeply traditional items of religious art—a holy water stoup, priests’ robes, icons, Qur’an pages—with edgy contemporary works, like a grey felt suit created by conceptual-art icon Joseph Beuys, a stunning faux-suit of armor by Korean artist Do-Ho Suh, and images by that ambivalent Catholic, Andy Warhol. “Sacred” is the second in a series of innovative installations featuring imaginative combinations of contemporary and historic artworks throughout the museum’s Target Wing.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts: "Sacred" (Ends July 13, 2014); 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN; (888) MIA ARTS (642-2787) (Toll Free); artsmia.org