Confuse the Issues: Art, Text, and Identity

Exhibition details

Featuring works by artists Elizabeth Catlett, Deborah Dancy, Nekisha Durrett, the Guerrilla Girls, Glenn Ligon, Carl Pope, Jr., Faith Ringgold, Hank Willis Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems

August 31 – December 10, 2022

Location

Main Gallery

Reception

August 31, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Lecture

In-Person Gallery Talk with Nekisha Durrett: October 28, 5:00 p.m. Reception to follow until 7:00 p.m.

Virtual

Virtual Gallery Talk with Deborah Dancy: October 19, 5:00 p.m.: https://gettysburg.zoom.us/j/9991200186
Confuse the Issues: Art, Text, and Identity

Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled, from the Eatonville Portfolio, 2003, pigmented inkjet print with text, 30.5 × 30.5 cm (12 × 12 in.). Gettysburg College Fine Arts Collection, purchase made possible by the Michael J. Birkner ’72 and Robin Wagner Art and Photography Acquisition Fund, with additional support from Dr. Deborah Smith P’11, P’13

Works on display

Confuse the Issues: Art, Text, and Identity features text-based works by prominent contemporary artists of color who demonstrate the power of language. Words not only are central to the compositions of each photograph, sculpture, and print, but the text also provides an expression of identity, a marginalized narrative, a reflection on history, or a call to action.

Featuring works by artists: Elizabeth Catlett, Deborah Dancy, Nekisha Durrett, the Guerrilla Girls, Glenn Ligon, Carl Pope, Jr., Faith Ringgold, Hank Willis Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems

This exhibition is supported in part by Art Bridges and co-sponsored by the following departments and programs at Gettysburg College: Africana Studies, English, Public Policy, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.