Timing Is Everything

Drawn entirely from the Mead’s permanent collection, this exhibition presents artworks that visualize concepts of time: linear and cyclical, absolute and relative. It questions the role of time in memory and the many factors that have influenced human perception of the past, present, and future, including seasons, geography, and technology. 

Ideas of time told through historical and visual narratives have overlapping meanings and far-reaching significance for the sciences and humanities. Timing Is Everything juxtaposes some of the Mead’s masterworks, such as Thomas Cole's The Past and Present, with works by contemporary artists Lorna Simpson, Shuli Sadé, and Motoda Hisaharu.

The works in the show present a small fraction of the ways humans imagine and make tangible notions of temporality. We have therefore created a space within the exhibition for members of the community to share personal and cultural reflections regarding time. We invite everyone to save time for our response wall.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.