Weems confronts identity, family, and the myth of home in this iconic series of photographs.
Identity
Kaphar takes a violent history and renders it visible in this modified portrait of Andrew Jackson.
Titus Kaphar, The Cost of Removal
Red Star annotated photographs to restore dignity and context to government-issue photographs of Crow chiefs.
Wendy Red Star, 1880 Crow Peace Delegation
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Clarissa Rizal, Resilience Robe
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Alfredo Jaar, A Logo for America
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Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over ...
Tuffery’s iconic “tinned bull” addresses contemporary concerns about ecological health and food sovereignty
Michel Tuffery, Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef ...
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Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Horn Players
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Cindy Sherman, Untitled #228
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Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Earth’s Creation
The artist transforms metal from alcohol bottles into textiles that represent libations for ancestors.
El Anatsui, Untitled
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Doris Salcedo, Shibboleth
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Wangechi Mutu, Preying Mantra
Textile or sculpture? El Anatsui purposely disregards the limiting categories imposed by Western art history.
El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth
This British-born Nigerian artist brings a Rococo painting into three dimensions, changing some critical details.
Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard)
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Chris Ofili, The Holy Virgin Mary
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Shirin Neshat, Rebellious Silence, Women of Allah ...
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Kiki Smith, Lying with the Wolf
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