The exhibition explores the role of art object as a form of documentation in early conceptual art. This epic exhibition presents the story of Sam and Elizabeth Colt and the firearms empire they built in Victorian Hartford. Organized by the Wadsworth, this multimedia exhibition features nearly 300 works of art and memorabilia, including painting, ceramics, sculpture, furniture, jewelry, metalwork, documents, photographs, and Sam Colt's renowned firearms collection.
Special charge applies.
A site-specific, public project on the grounds of the museum will focus on these issues as they relate to Connecticut's Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. The exhibition features a selection of work reflecting the artist's collaborations with Australian aboriginal artists of the Tandaya wand Boomalli tribes. This exhibition on the undergarments of Victorian America exposes the robes and wrappers Victorians wore in their private lives, and reveals the fantastic variety of body shaping devices and unmentionable necessities that usually were hidden from public view. Special charge applies. This exhibition, a collaborative effort between the department of contemporary art and the Amistad Foundation, features the photographic work of Dawoud Bey.