ART/WORK: Labor, Identity, and Society

Exhibition details

Under the direction of Prof. Yan Sun, Gettysburg College students examine diverse depictions of workers and scenes of labor to consider issues of identity, equality, and injustice across cultures and historical periods. Works by artists Lewis Hine, James VanDerZee, and Pablo O’Higgins are included in this exhibition, alongside original posters from the Chinese Cultural Revolution and photographs from the Meiji Period in Japan, among others.

December 7, 2021 – March 4, 2022

Location

Schmucker Art Gallery

Reception

Opening Reception: December 7, 5-7 pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk with Student Curators: February 11, 12pm - 1pm
ART/WORK: Labor, Identity, and Society

Xinfu Cheng and Jing Ming, Technological Innovation Makes Red Flowers Blossom, Shanghai, c. 1975, lithograph, 76.6 x 53 cm. Gettysburg College Art Collection.

Works on display

Under the direction of Prof. Yan Sun, Gettysburg College students examine diverse depictions of workers and scenes of labor to consider issues of identity, equality, and injustice across cultures and historical periods. Works by artists Lewis Hine, James VanDerZee, and Pablo O’Higgins are included in this exhibition, alongside original posters from the Chinese Cultural Revolution and photographs from the Meiji Period in Japan, among others.