The Shape of Power Conversation with Monument Lab: Gods and Monsters
- Cost
- Free | Registration required
Tickets available beginning April 7. - Event Location
- Meet in G Street Lobby
- Categories
- Building
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
SAAM has partnered with Monument Lab, a nonprofit public art, history, and design studio based in Philadelphia, for an engaging series of guided conversations about The Shape of Power exhibition. In each of the three events, Monument Lab curators Yolanda Wisher and Aubree Penney will focus on specific artworks to illustrate ideas and spark dialogue. This program examines the interplay between representations of people, gods, and monsters. Monument Lab will provide a toolkit for creative ways of looking at art and generating conversation around the exhibition. Space is limited.
Rina Banerjee, In Mute Witness..., 2015/2023, wooden spindles, aluminum cloth, waxed nylon, wood, steel armature, Murano glass horns, rooster feather, porcupine quill, silk tassel, cowry shell, hemp cord, silkscreen print silk cloth, cotton thread, acrylic paint, tribal jewelry, abacá fibers, and gourd, Courtesy of the artist.
Rina Banerjee, In Mute Witness..., 2015/2023, wooden spindles, aluminum cloth, waxed nylon, wood, steel armature, Murano glass horns, rooster feather, porcupine quill, silk tassel, cowry shell, hemp cord, silkscreen print silk cloth, cotton thread, acrylic paint, tribal jewelry, abacá fibers, and gourd, Courtesy of the artist.
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