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Anita Fields, Elements of Being
Completely constructed in earthenware, these life-size figures suggest a transcendent power.
JooYoung Choi, Journey to the Cosmic Womb
Much like the cover of a comic book, Choi’s animated painting tells the stories of heroes and villains in an imagined universe.
Shizu Saldamando, Sandra and Tammy, Hollywood Forever
Set in Los Angeles' Hollywood Forever cemetery, Saldamando's loving portrait of two friends captures an authentic moment in time and place.
Gazellah Bruder, Goddess I Am and Feeding the Gods of Melanesia
Bruder portrays strong, resilient women that counter Euro-American stereotypical depictions of the people of Melanesia.
Alfred Conteh, Our Greatest Inheritance
Through portraiture, Conteh expresses the love and care between a father and his children.
Tsherin Sherpa, Muted Expressions
Using traditional Nepalese metalworking techniques, Sherpa creates a distinctly contemporary sculpture.
Richard Prince, Nurse Elsa
Prince's bubblegum pink painting is an incredible testament to media culture.
Shahzia Sikander, Pleasure Pillars
Sikander models acts of transformation—of the self, of a community, of cultures, and of history—in this small watercolor painting.
Ilana Savdie, Thirty-Seven Counts and Trismus
Abstracted human, animal, and parasitic forms create both an alluring and grotesque image.
Elizabeth Catlett, Invisible Man
Celebrating the novelist Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man also testifies to Catlett’s lifelong artistic commitment to the struggles of Black Americans.
Linda Vallejo, The Brown Dot Project
Using the language of minimalism and conceptual art, Vallejo brings to light the impact of Latinx people in the U.S.
Rina Banerjee, commerce out of the Earth
Using found objects, Rina Banerjee illuminates the obscured histories of Black and South Asian populations in New Orleans.
