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    In Plain Sight

     
    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.
    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
     
    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.
    Video
    Artist Alison O'Daniel on her work in "In Plain Sight" at the Henry
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    Publication

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    A publication accompanying the exhibition and featuring individual artist essays as well as a thematic essay by Shamim M. Momin, Henry Director of Curatorial Affairs, is available in the Henry Shop.

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    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.

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    Related Content

    • Artist Bios, Detailed Object Info, Press Release, UW Community Responses

    • Hayv Kahraman Coloring Page, Beatriz Cortez Coloring Page

    • In Plain Sight Opening DJ Set

    • WATCH: In Plain Sight Artist Interviews, Shamim Momin on Tom Burr and Sadie Barnette

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    <p>Opera singer J’Nai Bridges filmed by Nicole Miller for this commission. Nicole Miller, <i>To the Stars,</i> 2019 (still); commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of the artist.</p>
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