'Sweet Bitter Love: An Initiative of Toward Common Cause' presents Jeffrey Gibson’s reflections on representations of Indigenous people in cultural institutions. Responding to a series of 19th-century portraits by Eldridge Ayer Burbank, Gibson (a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent) refutes the stereotypical imagery that, for centuries, has helped create and reinforce pernicious myths about Indigenous people.
‘An apology, a pill, a ritual, a resistance’ is a group exhibition that explores shared experiences of pain and methods of healing.
‘Crafting America’ celebrates the skill and individuality of craft within the broad context of American art. Featuring over 100 ceramic, textile, wood, metal and glass works, the group exhibition presents a diverse and inclusive story of American craft from the 1940s to today,
Jeffrey Gibson’s ‘Because Once You Enter My House It Becomes Our House’ serves as an homage to ingenuity of Indigenous North American peoples and cultures, to pre-Columbian Mississippian architecture, and to queer camp aesthetics
'When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks’, includes selected objects from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection, which are presented alongside Jeffrey Gibson’s recent work.
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents a work by multimedia artist Jeffrey Gibson for 'IDENTIFY', the performance-art program created by the museum to recognize individuals who are missing from its historical collections. 'To Name An Other' explores the relationship between injustice, marginalization and identity and features 50 volunteer performers who self-identify as people of color, LGBTQ, Indigenous or Native American.
‘This Is the Day’ features a series of embellished garments and helmets created for the exhibition that explore the layers of meaning and potential power presented through the ritual of dress.
‘Like a Hammer’ is the first major museum exhibition of Jeffrey Gibson’s work, chronicling a pivotal moment in the artist’s career when his contemporary artistic practice converged with his Native American heritage.
SITE Santa Fe present SITElines.2016, the second instalment in SITE Santa Fe’s reimagined biennial series with a focus on contemporary art from the Americas.
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