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Past Is Prologue: History in Contemporary Art

Organized by: Addison Gallery of American Art
04/16/2022 - 07/31/2022

Exhibition Objects (68)

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Image of A Closet Door, after Peto, 1904

Allan deSouza - A Closet Door, after Peto, 1904 1997.169.1

Image of A Scene from Anthropocene No. 2

Andrea Chung - A Scene from Anthropocene No. 2 2021.17

Image of Alabama Loyalists Greeting the Federal Gun-Boats.

Kara Walker - Alabama Loyalists Greeting the Federal Gun-Boats. 2006.70.4

Image of Alexandre

Keris Salmon - Alexandre 2019.84.3

Image of Amber Morningstar

Cara Romero - Amber Morningstar 2021.132

Image of Artist and Model

John O'Reilly - Artist and Model 2021.122.184

Image of Battlefields, Antietam (Last Light)

Sally Mann - Battlefields, Antietam (Last Light) 2004.17

Deborah Bright - Bloody Lane: Battle of Antietam (Maryland). September 17, 1862. Duration: one da 1998.81

Image of Buzzard's Roost Past.

Kara Walker - Buzzard's Roost Past. 2006.70.3

Image of Cargo

Keris Salmon - Cargo 2019.84.6

Image of Colonial Paradise

José Bedia - Colonial Paradise 2003.3

Image of Corporate Girl / Side B

David McGee - Corporate Girl / Side B 2000.17

Image of Cotton Hoards in Southern Swamp.

Kara Walker - Cotton Hoards in Southern Swamp. 2006.70.1

Image of Draw Bands

Keris Salmon - Draw Bands 2019.84.2

Image of Drew and Damp

Keris Salmon - Drew and Damp 2019.84.4

Image of Drive-Thru

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith - Drive-Thru 2020.69

Image of Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta.

Kara Walker - Exodus of Confederates from Atlanta. 2006.70.15

Image of Fear Multiples

Type A - Fear Multiples 2020.79

Image of Fruity

Hugh Hayden - Fruity 2022.8

Image of George & Co., after Peto, 1879

Allan deSouza - George & Co., after Peto, 1879 1997.169.3

Thumbnail for missing image of Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

Kara Walker - Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) 2006.70.1-15

Image of Here I Libs, Here I Dies

Keris Salmon - Here I Libs, Here I Dies 2019.84.18

Image of I Cannot

Keris Salmon - I Cannot 2019.84.15

Image of Ice Water

Keris Salmon - Ice Water 2019.84.13

Image of Leave 'em Rest

Keris Salmon - Leave 'em Rest 2019.84.17

Image of Les Femmes du Maroc: La Grande Odalisque

Lalla Essaydi - Les Femmes du Maroc: La Grande Odalisque 2018.51

Image of Looty — Elgin’s Gift

Fred Han Chang Liang - Looty — Elgin’s Gift 2018.60

Image of Love Him

Keris Salmon - Love Him 2019.84.5

Image of Macon Hall House, Fortsville, Liberia

Max Belcher - Macon Hall House, Fortsville, Liberia 1994.93

Image of Malcolm X Speaks

Sadie Barnette - Malcolm X Speaks 2022.25

Image of Monument to the Constitution of the United States

Sandow Birk - Monument to the Constitution of the United States 2016.24

Image of National Archives Microfilm Publication M999 Roll 34

Kara Walker - National Archives Microfilm Publication M999 Roll 34 2010.1

Image of Never Forget

Nicholas Galanin - Never Forget 2021.85

Image of Posing for Ingres

John O'Reilly - Posing for Ingres 2006.8

Image of Red Man

Elaine Reichek - Red Man 2021.32.31a,b

Image of Remain

Keris Salmon - Remain 2019.84.16

Image of Ruins

Keris Salmon - Ruins 2019.84.14

Image of Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Runaways 2011.34.1-10

Image of School/Dance Hall, c. 1940, Edina, Liberia

Max Belcher - School/Dance Hall, c. 1940, Edina, Liberia 1994.92

Image of Self Portrait with Rembrandt

John O'Reilly - Self Portrait with Rembrandt 1979.26

Image of Signal Station, Summit of Maryland Heights.

Kara Walker - Signal Station, Summit of Maryland Heights. 2006.70.2

Image of Souvenir II

Kerry James Marshall - Souvenir II 1998.160

Image of Speight House Office and School, Bertie County, NC

Max Belcher - Speight House Office and School, Bertie County, NC 1994.97

Image of Spot

Keris Salmon - Spot 2019.84.7

Image of Strong

Keris Salmon - Strong 2019.84.11

Image of Sugar

Keris Salmon - Sugar 2019.84.12

Image of Susanna and the Elders, Restored

Kathleen Gilje - Susanna and the Elders, Restored 2011.49a,b

Image of Tampa

Keris Salmon - Tampa 2019.84.9

Image of The Picasso/Braque Series

Sarah G. Austin - The Picasso/Braque Series 2021.73a-d

Heidi Whitman - Tracking (12) 2021.142

Image of Unraveled Persistence

Sonya Clark - Unraveled Persistence 2020.74

Image of Untitled

John O'Reilly - Untitled 2017.39.594

Image of Untitled from Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Untitled from Runaways 2011.34.1

Image of Untitled from Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Untitled from Runaways 2011.34.2

Image of Untitled from Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Untitled from Runaways 2011.34.3

Image of Untitled from Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Untitled from Runaways 2011.34.4

Image of Untitled from Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Untitled from Runaways 2011.34.5

Image of Untitled from Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Untitled from Runaways 2011.34.6

Image of Untitled from Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Untitled from Runaways 2011.34.7

Image of Untitled from Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Untitled from Runaways 2011.34.8

Image of Untitled from Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Untitled from Runaways 2011.34.9

Image of Untitled from Runaways

Glenn Ligon - Untitled from Runaways 2011.34.10

Image of VEX XVI

Andrea Chung - VEX XVI 2021.18

Image of Vitriol

Keris Salmon - Vitriol 2019.84.1

Image of Wanderer

Yinka Shonibare - Wanderer 2016.38

Image of Water

Keris Salmon - Water 2019.84.10

Image of We Have Made These Lands What They Are: The Architecture of Slavery

Keris Salmon - We Have Made These Lands What They Are: The Architecture of Slavery 2019.84.1-18

Image of Wife

Keris Salmon - Wife 2019.84.8

Artists (25)

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Allan deSouza (Nairobi, Kenya, 1958 - )
Andrea Chung (Newark, NJ, 1978 – )
Cara Romero (Inglewood, CA (Chemehuevi), 1977 – )
David McGee (Lockhart, LA, 1962 - )
Deborah Bright (Washington, DC, Feb 17, 1950 - )
Fred Han Chang Liang (Wuhan, China, 1964 - )
Glenn Ligon (New York, NY, 1960 - )
Heidi Whitman (Greenwich, CT, 1949 – )
Hugh Hayden (Dallas, TX, 1983 – )
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, January 15, 1940 - )
John O'Reilly (Orange, NJ, Feb 22, 1930 – May 20, 2021, Worcester, MA)
José Bedia (Havana, Cuba, Jan 13, 1959 - )
Kara Walker (Stockton, CA, Nov 26, 1969 - )
Kathleen Gilje (Brooklyn, New York, 1945 - )
Kerry James Marshall (Birmingham, Alabama, October 17, 1955 - )
Lalla Essaydi (Marrakech, Morocco, 1956 - )
Max Belcher (Philadelphia, PA, Apr 9, 1944 - )
Nicholas Galanin (Sitka, Alaska, 1979 – )
Sadie Barnette (Oakland, CA, 1984 – )
Sally Mann (Lexington, VA, May 1, 1951 - )
Sandow Birk (Detroit, MI, Oct 26, 1962 - )
Sarah G. Austin (Hartford, CT, April 22, 1935 - April 16, 1994, New York, NY)
Sonya Clark (Washington, DC, 1967 - )
Type A (Adam Ames (b. 1969) and Andrew Bordwin (b. 1964), have worked together since 1998)
Yinka Shonibare (London, United Kingdom, 1962 - )

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