Lie. Sit. Stand. Be Still.

Lie. Sit. Stand. Be Still. will be on view August 28, 2026, through July 25, 2027. The exhibition will be presented in two parts, with a second rotation of artworks going on view February 5, 2027.

The works featured in Lie. Sit. Stand. Be Still. suggest slowness, contemplation, silence, and rest. 

Referencing a 1995 portfolio in the Kemper Museum’s collection, which include poetry by Michael McClure and lithographs by Robert Graham, Lie. Sit. Stand. Be Still. offers an invitation to the viewer. States of rest and pause are referenced and/or encouraged throughout the exhibition with figurative works from the Kemper Museum’s collection alongside meditative abstractions and imagery. This exhibition emphasizes restoration and temporal liminality as key to the human experience, both necessary and sublime.​

Credit: Overview from museum website