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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 — Diane Arbus

Mae West, 1965

Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen, August Sander; Gunther Sander — August Sander; Gunther Sander

Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen, 1926

Bound Foot, Liu Hung — Liu Hung

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 — Albrecht Dürer

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 — Universal Limited Art Editions

Eighth Stone, 1965–1968

Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being - Then and Now, Melissa Bob — Melissa Bob

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

The Blue Lagoon, Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland, Virginia Beahan; Laura McPhee — Virginia Beahan; Laura McPhee

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 — William Henry Jackson

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 — Ryōko

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

Apocalypse II, Jerry Norman Uelsmann — Jerry Norman Uelsmann

Apocalypse II, 1967

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

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 — Chesley K. Bonestell

“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