Roots and Links
dal 22/3/2013 al 13/7/2013
Segnalato da
Kara Walker
Elizabeth Murray
Lorna Simpson
Cindy Sherman
Manon Cleary
Chuck Close
Susan Hauptman
Glenn Ligon
22/3/2013
Roots and Links
Corcoran Gallery Art, Washington
Gifts from the Women's Committee. Photographs and works on paper
For nearly sixty years, the Women's Committee has been one of the key drivers in building the Corcoran's collection of contemporary art. Roots and Links brings together a selection of photographs and works on paper in a thematic exploration of identity, portraiture, and self-expression. The exhibition's title, Roots and Links, refers to the Committee's foundational role in growing the contemporary collection, and is a nod to one of their most daring and prescient gifts. Kara Walker's Roots, Links, Inc. (1997), is a cut paper work that addresses racial stereotypes, andprompts self-examination through an awareness of history and our roles in it. Related issues of perception and representation are echoed in this grouping of diverse work that includes Elizabeth Murray's cartoonish near-abstraction, Lorna Simpson's consideration of ritual transformation, and Cindy Sherman's identity study, alongside revealing self-portraits by Manon Cleary, Chuck Close, Susan Hauptman, and Glenn Ligon.