Over the course of her 50-year career, Viola Frey (1933–2004) produced an impressive body of artwork, including ceramic sculpture, bronze sculptures, paintings, and drawings, and explored the mediums of glass, ceramic, and photography. Frey found her unique style and visual vocabulary in her lifelong fascination with art history, the human form, and the mass-produced trinkets she collected at flea markets. From small glass vessels to her 17 foot long ceramic masterpiece The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization (1992), this exhibition will include artwork from her Western Civilization series, many of which have never been on display in the Midwest.