Henry Art Gallery
November 23, 2019
— August 30, 2020
This group exhibition engages artists whose work addresses narratives, communities, and histories that are typically hidden or invisible in our public space (both conceptually and literally defined). The presenting artists approach the exhibition’s theme from a range of directions, varying across all media as well as aesthetic and conceptual contexts. Works encompass deliberately activist endeavors and direct documentation; the unpacking of individual histories excluded due to race, ethnicity, or class; explorations of coded language for protection, secrecy, or both; the illumination of invisible or covert systems of labor, exploitation, and capitalist control; and translation through surreal, oblique, or fantastical frameworks.
The exhibition expands into the entire museum, including interstitial/transitional spaces, and activates external sites through programs, performances, and community partnerships. Site becomes a material through which what we have heretofore considered the complete, authoritative story is expanded and retold.
ARTISTS
Sadie Barnette
Sanford Biggers
Andrea Bowers
Tom Burr
Fiona Connor
william cordova
Beatriz Cortez
Hayv Kahraman
Nicole Miller
Alison O’Daniel
Ebony G. Patterson
Mika Rottenberg
A.L. Steiner
Oscar Tuazon
CREDITS
In Plain Sight is organized by Shamim M. Momin, Senior Curator. Lead support is provided by the True Family. This exhibition is also made possible through the generous support of Virginia and Bagley Wright, 4Culture, Phillips, the Washington State Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest. Media sponsorship is provided by The Stranger.
