Under Construction

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Under Construction
SMA Interns 2014–2015, curator
Cassandra Mesick, curator
Supervisor, curator
mobile app exhibition

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

Works of art

unrecorded Hawazma artist, tattooing kit
tattooing kit
unrecorded Hawazma artist
1983–1984
Kehinde Wiley (born 1977); Art Production Fund, towel (Portrait of Andries Stilte)
towel (Portrait of Andries Stilte)
Kehinde Wiley, Art Production Fund
2008
Diane Arbus (1923–1971), Mae West
Mae West
Diane Arbus
1965
Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964), Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen
Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen
August Sander, Gunther Sander
1926
Liu Hung (1948–2021), Bound Foot
Bound Foot
Liu Hung
1992
unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist, indigo cloth
indigo cloth
unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist
1980
Gōshō Mandara (Mandala of Amitābha’s Welcoming Descent)
Gōshō Mandara (Mandala of Amitābha’s Welcoming Descent)
possibly 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), Knight, Death, and the Devil
Knight, Death, and the Devil
Albrecht Dürer
1513
C. Szwedzicki (active 1929–1952); Romando Vigil (1902–1978), Male and female figures from the Buffalo Dance
Male and female figures from the Buffalo Dance
Romando Vigil, C. Szwedzicki
1932
unrecorded Ifugao artist, medicine box in the shape of a carabao
medicine box in the shape of a carabao
unrecorded Ifugao artist
late 1800s–1966
unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist, instructor's writing board
instructor's writing board
unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist
1980
Universal Limited Art Editions (founded 1957); Lee Bontecou (1931–2022), Eighth Stone
Eighth Stone
Universal Limited Art Editions, Lee Bontecou
1965–1968
Melissa Bob (born 1982), Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being - Then and Now
Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being - Then and Now
Melissa Bob
2004
Virginia Beahan (born 1946); Laura McPhee (born 1958), The Blue Lagoon, Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland
The Blue Lagoon, Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland
Virginia Beahan, Laura McPhee
1988
Chris Pappan (born 1971), Displaced Peoples 2
Displaced Peoples 2
Chris Pappan
2011
Pieter Hugo (born 1976), Naasra Yeti, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana
Naasra Yeti, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana
Pieter Hugo
2009
William Henry Jackson (1843–1942), Phantom Curve
Phantom Curve
William Henry Jackson
circa 1880
Pok Chi Lau (born 1950), Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Pok Chi Lau
1985
Mike Ward; Hugh Stoneman; I.C. Editions, a division of Susan Inglett Gallery; Paul Noble (born 1963), Paul's Place
Paul's Place
I.C. Editions, a division of Susan Inglett Gallery, Mike Ward, Hugh Stoneman, Paul Noble
2002
Ryōko (active 1860–1870), untitled (pedestrians at stall of physiognomist and palm reader)
untitled (pedestrians at stall of physiognomist and palm reader)
Ryōko
1870s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Jerry Norman Uelsmann (1934–2022), Apocalypse II
Apocalypse II
Jerry Norman Uelsmann
1967
Vitaly Komar (born 1943); Aleksandr Melamid (born 1945), Scenes from the Future: Guggenheim Museum (in ruins)
Scenes from the Future: Guggenheim Museum (in ruins)
Vitaly Komar, Aleksandr Melamid
1990
Lillian Hutter, Crazy Quilt with Hot Air Balloon
Crazy Quilt with Hot Air Balloon
Lillian Hutter
circa 1880–1910
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.”
“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
1950