Terry Adkins’s work has a quality of mystery and magic, of stories to be discovered. Adkins possessed a particular gift for transformation and juxtaposition, using found objects to evoke individuals and histories. Although most of his works on view in Resonant Spaces were silent, they all suggested sound in different ways. More importantly, they made one consider how sound is produced: how a drum can suggest a person, a cymbal, or birdsong, or a silent film can conjure a jazz legend. Adkins’s work questions the role of music, oratory, and the histories that we believe to be true. While his installations, called “recitals,” often focus on one individual—such as John Brown, W. E. B. Du Bois, or Sojourner Truth—this presentation brought together several pieces representing different projects from his oeuvre.