The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture Open House
- Cost
Free | Registration required
- Event Location
- Cunniffe Galleries, Third Floor
- Categories
- Building
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Part of series
Join curators and artists for the opening of SAAM’s exhibition, The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture. Listen to gallery talks by curators Karen Lemmey, Grace Yasumura, and Tobias Wofford for an in-depth look at themes in the exhibition, then mingle with artists whose work is on view, including Elia Alba, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Raven Halfmoon, Young Joon Kwak, Julia Kwon, Cathy Lu, Gabriela Muñoz, Pepón Osorio, Jenea Sanchez, and Maggie Thompson.
Image credit: Fred Wilson, I Saw Othello's Visage in His Mind, 2013, Murano glass and wood, 64 in. × 51 1/2 in. × 7 in. (162.6 × 130.8 × 17.8 cm) irreg., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2019.8, © 2013, Fred Wilson
Image credit: Fred Wilson, I Saw Othello's Visage in His Mind, 2013, Murano glass and wood, 64 in. × 51 1/2 in. × 7 in. (162.6 × 130.8 × 17.8 cm) irreg., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2019.8, © 2013, Fred Wilson
Exhibitions
November 8, 2024–September 14, 2025
SAAM's groundbreaking exhibition examines the ways in which American sculpture has shaped and reflected attitudes and understandings about race in the United States.