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Under Construction

SMA Interns 2014–2015, curator
Cassandra Mesick, curator
Supervisor, curator

June 19, 2015–June 18, 2016

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Under Construction: Explore the permanent collection with this online exhibition that incorporates four themes: Identity, Mind and Body, Environment, and Future

Works of art

tattooing kit, unrecorded Hawazma artist — unrecorded Hawazma artist

tattooing kit, 1983–1984

towel (Portrait of Andries Stilte), Kehinde Wiley (born 1977); Art Production Fund — Kehinde Wiley (born 1977); Art Production Fund

towel (Portrait of Andries Stilte), 2008

Mae West, Diane Arbus (1923–1971) — Diane Arbus (1923–1971)

Mae West, 1965

Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen, Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964) — Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964)

Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen, 1926

Bound Foot, Liu Hung (1948–2021) — Liu Hung (1948–2021)

Bound Foot, 1992

indigo cloth, unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist — unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist

indigo cloth, 1980

Gōshō Mandara (Mandala of Amitābha’s Welcoming Descent) — Gōshō Mandara (Mandala of Amitābha’s Welcoming Descent), possibly 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)

Knight, Death, and the Devil, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) — Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)

Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513

Male and female figures from the Buffalo Dance, C. Szwedzicki (active 1929–1952); Romando Vigil (1902–1978) — C. Szwedzicki (active 1929–1952); Romando Vigil (1902–1978)

Male and female figures from the Buffalo Dance, 1932

medicine box in the shape of a carabao, unrecorded Ifugao artist — unrecorded Ifugao artist

medicine box in the shape of a carabao, late 1800s–1966

instructor's writing board, unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist — unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist

instructor's writing board, 1980

Eighth Stone, Universal Limited Art Editions (founded 1957); Lee Bontecou (1931–2022) — Universal Limited Art Editions (founded 1957); Lee Bontecou (1931–2022)

Eighth Stone, 1965–1968

Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being - Then and Now, Melissa Bob (born 1982) — Melissa Bob (born 1982)

Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being - Then and Now, 2004

The Blue Lagoon, Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland, Virginia Beahan (born 1946); Laura McPhee (born 1958) — Virginia Beahan (born 1946); Laura McPhee (born 1958)

The Blue Lagoon, Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland, 1988

Displaced Peoples 2, Chris Pappan (born 1971) — Chris Pappan (born 1971)

Displaced Peoples 2, 2011

Naasra Yeti, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana, Pieter Hugo (born 1976) — Pieter Hugo (born 1976)

Naasra Yeti, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana, 2009

Phantom Curve, William Henry Jackson (1843–1942) — William Henry Jackson (1843–1942)

Phantom Curve, circa 1880

Hong Kong, Pok Chi Lau (born 1950) — Pok Chi Lau (born 1950)

Hong Kong, 1985

Paul's Place, Mike Ward; Hugh Stoneman; I.C. Editions, a division of Susan Inglett Gallery; Paul Noble (born 1963) — Mike Ward; Hugh Stoneman; I.C. Editions, a division of Susan Inglett Gallery; Paul Noble (born 1963)

Paul's Place, 2002

untitled (pedestrians at stall of physiognomist and palm reader), Ryōko (active 1860–1870) — Ryōko (active 1860–1870)

untitled (pedestrians at stall of physiognomist and palm reader), 1870s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Apocalypse II, Jerry Norman Uelsmann (1934–2022) — Jerry Norman Uelsmann (1934–2022)

Apocalypse II, 1967

Scenes from the Future: Guggenheim Museum (in ruins), Vitaly Komar (born 1943); Aleksandr Melamid (born 1945) — Vitaly Komar (born 1943); Aleksandr Melamid (born 1945)

Scenes from the Future: Guggenheim Museum (in ruins), 1990

Crazy Quilt with Hot Air Balloon, Lillian Hutter — Lillian Hutter

Crazy Quilt with Hot Air Balloon, circa 1880–1910

“The children laughed at the way everyone’s hair stood on end. The stewardess explained that this was caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.”, Chesley K. Bonestell (1888–1986) — Chesley K. Bonestell (1888–1986)

“The children laughed at the way everyone’s hair stood on end. The stewardess explained that this was caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.”, 1950