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Home-Land Exploring the American Myth
June 11August 7, 2022
Curated by Michael Quituisaca and Alexandra Schuman
featuring essays by curators Alexandra Schuman and Michael Quituisaca. Purchase during open hours or by emailing museum@american.edu. $20 each plus taxes and shipping, if applicable.
Kh獺nh H. L礙, United, c. 2013-14. Mixed media. Courtesy of the artist.
F. Lennox Campello, Isla Balsera (Happy Bicentennial America - Wishing We Were There), 1976. Collage, 26 x 34 in. Gift from The Andres M. Fernandez Collection, 2018.17.1.
Helen Zughaib, US Capitol Building, 1990. Archival pigment print, 28 x 38 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Taking advantage of the museums proximity to the Department of Homeland Securitys Nebraska Avenue Complex, this exhibition explores the impact that American culture has on its citizens both naturalized and native. Using American iconography, consumer and visual culture, and personal experience, the featured eight Washington area artists simultaneously honor and confront the American dream. The idea of home is a promise in America that often goes unquestioned. However, these artists reveal that home is not a privilege for all - for some it is taken, for others it is to be fought for and defended, and, for many artists in the show, it is reforged in a new land. This exhibition highlights how these artists have found their place within multiple frameworks of identity, both ascribed and subscribed.
Artists
Sobia Ahmad, F. Lennox Campello, Elizabeth Casqueiro, Ric Garcia, Claudia "Aziza" Gibson-Hunter, Julia Kwon, Kh獺nh H. L礙, and Helen Zughaib