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<p>Breanna, Chelsea, Fermina, Lisa, Sabrina, Shawn, Shellie, Sheryl, Soy, and Tatïana, <em>We Own Our Words</em>, 2021. Zine. Courtesy of the artists. Installation view of <em>We Own Our Words</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jueqian Fang.</p>
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We Own Our Words

February 27, 2021 – May 9, 2021
<p>Bambitchell, Installation view of <em>Bambitchell: Bugs & Beasts Before the Law</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jueqian Fang.</p>
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Bambitchell: Bugs & Beasts Before the Law

February 27, 2021 – May 9, 2021
<p>Jean-François Millet and Jeanne Dunning. Installation view of <em>A Dialogue Between Jean-François Millet and Jeanne Dunning</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. Photo: Jueqian Fang.</p>
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A Dialogue Between Jean-François Millet and Jeanne Dunning

February 27, 2021 – May 30, 2021
<p>Honoré Daumier, <em>Le Ventre Législatif</em>, Henry Art Gallery, Gift of Albert A. Feldmann, 2018.357. </p>
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Illustrating Injustice: The Power of Print

February 27, 2021 – May 9, 2021
<p>Undocumented Migrant Project. Installation view of <em>Hostile Terrain 94</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit.</p>
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Hostile Terrain 94

September 2020 – October 2021
<p>Installation view of <em>Plural Possibilities & the Female Body</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jueqian Fang.</p>
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Plural Possibilities & the Female Body

February 27, 2021 – May 9, 2021
<p>Elaine Cameron-Weir,&nbsp;<em>Low Relief Icon (Figure 1) </em>and<em> Low Relief Icon (Figure 2) </em>[detail],&nbsp;2021. US military body transfer cases, aluminum, flicker bulbs, electrical wiring, conveyor belt, pewter, chain, pulleys, aircraft cable, hardware. Courtesy of the artist, JTT, New York, and Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles.&nbsp; Installation view of&nbsp;<em>Elaine Cameron-Weir: STAR CLUB REDEMPTION BOOTH</em>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit.</p>
Exhibitions

Elaine Cameron-Weir: STAR CLUB REDEMPTION BOOTH

April 3, 2021 – September 12, 2021
<p>Gary Simmons. Installation view of <i>Gary Simmons: The Engine Room</i>, 2021, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Jonathan Vanderweit.</p>
Exhibitions

Gary Simmons: The Engine Room

April 3, 2021 – August 22, 2021

This Month

<p><i>2019 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition</i> [Installation view]. Photo: Mark Woods.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br></p>
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2021 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition

May 29, 2021 – June 27, 2021

Upcoming

<p>Mary L. Bennett. <em>“Housetop”—nine-block variation</em>. c. 1975. Cotton, denim, cotton/polyester blend, cotton knit. Henry Art Gallery, purchased with funds from William L. True and gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, 2020.1.<br /></p>
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A Gee's Bend Quilt by Mary L. Bennett

June 12, 2021 – October 3, 2021
<p>Will Rawls, Still from <em>Alpha Dance</em>, 2018. Video. Courtesy of the artist. </p>
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Will Rawls

July 17, 2021 – August 15, 2021
<p>Left to right: Dean Sameshima, <em>Torso (Black on Silver)</em>, 2006. Acrylic and screen print on canvas. Henry Art Gallery, Gift of David Hoberman, Los Angeles, 2014.287. Photo: Jueqian Fang. Anthony White, <em>BOYZ OF THE WILD</em>, 2020. PLA on panel. On loan from Seth Grizzle. Photo: Anthony White, courtesy of the artist and Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle.</p>
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Queer Visibility: Dean Sameshima & Anthony White 

October 2021 - January 2022
<p>Diana Al-Hadid. <em>Smoke Screen. </em>2015. Polymer gypsum, fiberglass, steel, gold leaf, plaster, pigment. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Joshua White.</p>
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Diana Al-Hadid

October 1, 2021 – February 6, 2022
<p>Images: Barbara Earl Thomas, <em>Man in Waiting</em>, 2020. Paper cut with hand printed color. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Spike Mafford. Derrick Adams, <em>Queen of Everything</em>, 2017. Mixed media collage on paper. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Adam Reich.</p>
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Packaged Black: Derrick Adams and Barbara Earl Thomas

October 2, 2021 – May 1, 2022
<p>Math Bass. <em>Newz!.</em> 2020. Gouache/canvas. Courtesy of the artist.<br></p>
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Math Bass: a picture stuck in the mirror

October 16, 2021 – February 6, 2022
<p>Donna Huanca,&nbsp;<i>Obsidian Ladder&nbsp;</i>[documentation of performance, June 28 – December 1, 2019, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles]. Courtesy of the artist, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, and Peres Projects, Berlin. Photo: Joshua White.</p>
Exhibitions

Donna Huanca

Spring – Fall 2022

Past

<p>In the <em>Saints </em>series, Marin Burnett reflects on her experience as a Black woman in America. Burnett challenges the distorted and fragmented images of Black women through a societal lens, drawing a parallel to how light refracts around an object as it moves through water. <em>Refracted Saint No. 1 </em>envisions the differences between how Black women view themselves and the ways others see them. The work depicts a Black female body as a “whole saint” adorned with only a halo. Set against a vibrant gilded background, she occupies space with her refracted reflection in water. “As we pass through an intolerant society, our image is distorted, our light and our sainthood refracted – but we are somehow still whole,” Burnett has explained. “Real saints are not gilded, they are pained, flawed, and beautiful people.”&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><p>Image: Marin Burnett, <em>Refracted Saint No. 1, 2019</em></p></p>
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Set in Motion: A Public Art Exhibition

December 2020 – February 2021
<p>Installation detail of&nbsp;<em>Free Them All: Portraits from La Resistencia</em>, 2020, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington,&nbsp;Seattle. Photo: Ian Siporin.</p>
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Free Them All: Portraits from La Resistencia

Fall 2020 – Winter 2021
<p>Yes, that’s queer. You’re championing the underground. The forgotten ones. The forgotten rooms. You’re taking full color photographs of the overlooked parts. Look up, you missed something. Look behind you, you forgot to put someone in the picture. Look at what you’re missing. Who’s not here? Who should be in the room?</p> <p><p>Referenced Image: William Eggleston,&nbsp;<em><a href="https://collections.henryart.org/detail.php?term=eggleston&module=objects&type=keyword&sortby=maker&sortdir=asc&t=objects&kv=21766&record=3&module=objects">Untitled (Greenwood, Mississippi)</a></em>, 1973, printed 1980.&nbsp;Dye transfer print.&nbsp;Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen and The Boeing Company,&nbsp;97.56.</p></p>

MELTED RIOT Color Swatch Catalog

September 9, 2020 – September 27, 2020
<p>Aidan Park,&nbsp;<em>Untitled Self-Portrait,&nbsp;</em>2020. Oil on canvas.&nbsp;Courtesy of the artist.</p>

Henry Teen Art Collective: Self Portraits

Summer – Fall 2020
<p>Pieter J. L. van Veen, <em>La Rue Francois Millet, Barbizon, France</em>, 1915. Oil on canvas. Henry Art Gallery, Horace C. Henry Collection, 26.136.</p>

Eyes on the Collection: The Complexity of Landscape

Summer 2020
<p>April Gornik,&nbsp;<em>Desert Lake</em>, 1993. Soft-ground etching and aquatint on Japanese paper. Henry Art Gallery, gift of Burt and Jane Berman, 2001.191.</p>

Eyes on the Collection: The Great Outdoors

Summer 2020
<p><p>Imogen Cunningham, untitled (Children Playing), 1959. Gelatin silver print. Henry Art Gallery, gift of Gryffyd and Janet Partridge, in memory of Imogen Cunningham, 96.6.&nbsp;</p><p>Balancing her identities as an artist and mother of three boys, Cunningham focused on subjects within her home&mdash;her children and backyard&mdash;in her earlier work. This image of children playing in the garden marks Cunningham’s return to a familiar theme, and perhaps guides us to find inspiration as we continue to stay at home.<br></p> <p></p></p>

Eyes on the Collection: The Need to Play

Summer 2020
<p>Dola Mae Litzenburg. <em>Portrait of Mrs. Horace C. Henry</em>. 1900-1910. Oil on canvas. Henry Art Gallery, Horace C. Henry Collection, 26.165.<br /></p> <p><p>With the billowing red curtain and the throne-like chair, as well as her formal dress and stiff posture, this portrait of Mrs. Horace C. Henry (née Susan Elizabeth Johnson) references traditions of royal portraiture that were adopted by the wealthy, and checks most of Freeland’s boxes.</p></p>

Eyes on the Collection: What Makes a Portrait?

Spring/Summer 2020
<p>Samantha Scherer. <em>06-117</em>. 2009-10. Watercolor on stained paper. Henry Art Gallery, purchased with funds from the Ambrose M. and Viola H. Patterson Endowment Fund, 2016.12.19. © Samantha Scherer. </p>
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These Are Their Stories by Samantha Scherer

December 7, 2019 – April 12, 2020
<p>Sadie Barnette, <i>Room to Live</i>, 2019. Mixed media installation, holographic vinyl sofa, metal flake TV, archival inkjet prints, metal flake security cameras. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of <i>In Plain Sight</i>, 2019, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. Photo: Mark Woods.</p>
Exhibitions

In Plain Sight

November 23, 2019 – August 30, 2020
<p>Carrie Yamaoka. <em>UV/VU</em>. 1992. Etched glass and mirrors. Courtesy of the artist.</p>
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Carrie Yamaoka: recto/verso

July 13, 2019 – November 3, 2019
<p><em>Beverly Semmes</em> [Installation view, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle]. 2019. Photo: Mark Woods.</p>
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Beverly Semmes

June 22, 2019 – October 13, 2019
<p><em>2018 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition</em>. [Installation view, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, 2018.] Photo: Chona Kasinger.</p>
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2019 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition

May 25, 2019 – June 23, 2019
<p>Karl Haendel (U.S., born 1976). <em>Mazel Tov Group</em> (<em>New Yorker Cartoon Drawing #27). </em>2007. Pencil drawing on Arches paper with MDF frame. Henry Art Gallery, gift from the Gail and Stanley Hollander Collection, 2016.183. © Karl Haendel.</p>
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Mazel Tov Group by Karl Haendel
May 11, 2019 – November 3, 2019
<p><em>Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happe</em>n [Installation view, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle]. 2019. Photo: Mark Woods.</p>
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Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen

April 27, 2019 – September 15, 2019