Smart to the Core: Embodying the Self

Exhibition Website

Jan 29 2019 - May 19 2019

This exhibition considers how selfhood has been variously constructed and performed by visual artists in the modern era, with particular attention to gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and intersectional identities.

The works of art on view—many suggesting autobiography—articulate personhood in complex ways, by engaging with challenging histories, playing with stereotypes, reflecting on family and social relationships, or embracing a multiplicity of identities. Accentuating a level of self-consciousness about the relationship between identity and embodiment, these works in turn encourage viewers to consider their sense of themselves and the forces that shape it.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.          

  • Various Media
  • American
  • Contemporary
  • Various artists

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