RSM Art Gallery Event: Opening Reception for "Ideas to Postpone the End of the World" by Julia Csekö - Thurs. March 19, 5-7pm
March 9, 2026
The RSM Gallery is pleased to present “Ideas to Postpone the End of the World” a solo exhibition by Julia Csekö, titled in homage to the book by renowned Brazilian Indigenous activist and leader, Ailton Krenak. The exhibition features Csekö’s socially engaged text-based works, from her wearable welcome dresses, storied flags, and paintings from the Speaking Truth to Power series.
We invite you to celebrate the opening of the exhibit with us on Thursday, March 19. An artist talk will begin at 5:00 p.m. and a reception follows from 5:30–7:00pm.
Ideas to Postpone the End of the World
Julia Csekö
March 19–May 5, 2026
Artist Talk and Opening Reception
March 19, 2026 | RSM Art Gallery, Bentley Library
Artist Talk 5:00 p.m., Reception 5:30–7:00 p.m.
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About the Exhibit
The RSM Gallery is pleased to present “Ideas to Postpone the End of the World” a solo exhibition by Julia Csekö, titled in homage to the book by renowned Brazilian Indigenous activist and leader, Ailton Krenak. On view from March 19- May 5, 2026, the exhibition features Csekö’s socially engaged text-based works, from her wearable welcome dresses, storied flags, and paintings from the Speaking Truth to Power series.
Csekö discovered the communicative and connective power of visual text early in her artistic development. As a student at the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she pursued readings in poetry and philosophy to expand the conceptual framework of her BFA program. Driven to share the words, works, and ideas of these obscure or controversial authors in the public sphere through murals and paintings, Csekö initiated her first text-based paintings, this first series is titled A Coney Island of the Mind. The stepped shapes of the excerpted lines call back to the architecture of Ferlinghetti’s poems.
The Speaking Truth to Power series features selections from writings by women, BIPOC, Latinx and LGBTQIA thinkers who interrogate power structures and systemic injustice. In this exhibit Csekö draws from texts by Hannah Arendt, Julian Assange, Angela Davis, Diane di Prima, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Paulo Freire, and Ailton Krenak. The decisive interlocked color block shapes draw the viewer in and disrupt the linearity of the narrative. The shifted spacing of Csekö’s lettering create ambiguities that slow down the visual reading of the painting, providing opportunities for curiosity, critique, re-reading, and dialogue.