Good Question

Good Question, an exhibition at The Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, celebrates the vibrant life of the Painting & Drawing Department at SUNY Purchase in 2026. The exhibition features paintings and drawings by sixteen full-time and part-time faculty members whose teaching experience in the School of Art+Design ranges from twenty years to one semester. The work of these artists shows decades of dedicated experimentation, curiosity, and even bewilderment. When asked to share some “unknowns” they grapple with in their studio practice, they offered some good questions.

• From which point do you find the center?
• Where does the river begin?
• What does the reality of our flux state look like?
• Is it in here or out there?

What is a good question? Perhaps it is one born of curiosity, one that mediates inner and outer worlds, one that remains open-ended and leads to deeper inquiry. The exhibition Good Question offers a response in the words of Paul Cézanne: “I will answer you with pictures.”