Exhibitions Archive
Forming Body and Identity
Taking Up SpaceThe formation of identity is a continuous and fluid reshaping of the self. Through the works of various contemporary American artists, Taking Up Space explores the physical and emotional relationships they have with their bodies, and the ways in which public expression of identity shapes lived experience.
A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum's permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.
Works on Paper, Studies in Contrast
Artists rarely, if ever, remain neutral towards the subjects or themes of their works. They express points of view, opinions, or ideas about the human body, social interactions and hierarchies, politics, faith, the natural world, and even art itself. The works of art in this exhibition, arranged in pairs, offer contrasting perspectives from artists on a variety of themes: men and women, the family, war and human suffering, the built environment, and subjects drawn from poetry and real life. Each pair is accompanied by a single question that serves as a starting point. We wish to provoke further reflection about the artists’ individual approaches to their subjects: from what points of view (literal, emotional, intellectual) does the artist look at their subjects? In what ways do artists communicate their points of view?
This exhibition is curated in conjunction with Art History 2, Introduction to the History of Art II.
Unbroken: Native American Ceramics, Sculpture, and Design draws from the Hood Museum’s permanent collections to create dialogue between historical, modern, and contemporary works made by Indigenous North American artists. Curated by Dillen Peace ’19 (Diné) and Sháńdíín Brown ’20 (Diné), Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative (DAMLI) Native American art interns, Unbroken explores themes of continuity, innovation, and Indigenous knowledges across time, and calls attention to the stylistic decisions made by artists and makers working across multiple mediums.
Constructing the Ideal Soldier
Who is the ideal soldier? This exhibition explores how artists have constructed the image of the perfect service member, with an emphasis on Mexico and the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. During this period, artists manufactured the soldier figure with a certain gender, sexual orientation, and patriotic outlook. Ultimately, this exhibition invites visitors to consider how our societal conception of the ideal soldier has, or has not, changed over the past one hundred years.
A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum's permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay explores the universal yet nuanced human experience of grief. The disparate works in this exhibition showcase the range of emotions undergone while grieving, from sadness and confusion to celebration and fondness. They also explore various types of grief, ranging from personal loss to collective trauma. The exhibition underscores how differently we grieve while emphasizing the various ways loss connects us all.
A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum’s permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.
Artist as Medium
Embodied
By dressing, posing, and digitally manipulating their bodies in specific ways, the artists in this exhibition comment on issues ranging from objectification and societal expectations to racial violence and the ethnographic gaze. Each work poses its own set of questions, intersections, and possibilities: How can the body be used as a tool and vessel for ideas? How can gender, race, artistic process, and technology converge to generate new meanings?