Event

Museum Circle Preview for Spirit in the Land

March 20, 2024
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Past Event

Museum Circle members are invited to celebrate the opening of Spirit in the Land, a contemporary art exhibition that examines today’s urgent ecological concerns from a cultural perspective, demonstrating how intricately our identities and natural environments are intertwined.

Allison Janae Hamilton, Floridawater II, 2019. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Museum purchase with funds provided by The Durham (NC) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated; 2021.13.1. © Allison Janae Hamilton. Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen.

About Spirit in the Land
Spirit in the Land is a contemporary art exhibition that examines today’s urgent ecological concerns from a cultural perspective, demonstrating how intricately our identities and natural environments are intertwined. Through their works, 30 artists show us how rooted in the earth our most cherished cultural traditions are, how our relationship to land and water shapes us as individuals and communities. The works reflect the restorative potential of our connection to nature and exemplify how essential both biodiversity and cultural diversity are to our survival.

These artists explore the ways in which our inner spaces mirror our outer ones in works that both celebrate the profound beauty of our world and mourn its loss, and with it, the vanishing histories of people and places.

Organization and Support
Spirit in the Land is organized by Trevor Schoonmaker, Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. The Pérez Art Museum Miami presentation was organized by Jennifer Inacio, Associate Curator. Lead support for Spirit in the Land is provided by the Ford Foundation. Major support for Spirit in the Land is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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