The Long Sixties Part 2: Pushback Against the Color School
In part two of our series ‘The Long Sixties,’ Director and Curator Jack Rasmussen shares work by women and artists of color who pushed back against the Washington Color School's hegemony and sometimes dared to engage with social and political ills in our city and country.
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View the exhibition through August 7th. Visit our reopening page to plan your visit: https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/reopening.cfm
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Produced by Gaby Sosa and Fernando Rocha.
The Long Sixties Part 1: The Washington Color School
Director and Curator Jack Rasmussen kicks off our new video series exploring “The Long Sixties” with “The Washington Color School.” This quintessential DC movement appeared in the late 1950s and went on to influence decades of Washington art. Despite its dominance, other styles emerged in this period that were less commercially successful.
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View the exhibition through August 7th. Visit our reopening page to plan your visit: https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/reopening.cfm
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Produced by Gaby Sosa and Fernando Rocha.
Inspired by her origins in the Southern United States and research into her own ancestry, graduating MFA artist Pixie Alexander explores the bodies we occupy and the performative roles we play in society. Her thesis “Dresses and Dwellings” reflects on how women's bodies inhabit these opposing structures, and conversely how they exert pressure on women's bodies.
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"Free Punch & Pie" is featured in the American University Museum's Museum@Home in May 2021. Learn more: https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/2021/free-punch-and-pie.cfm
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Produced by Fernando Rocha.
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Gallery Talk: "Art and Authenticity" - October 26, 2020
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