"Featuring more than 70 works by a diverse array of artists, including June Clark, Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey, David Hammons, Julie Mehretu, Dread Scott, and Hank Willis Thomas, For Which It Stands... challenges viewers to consider who the American flag truly represents, and whether justice is available to all. On view in Fairfield, Connecticut, from January 23 through July 25, the exhibition opens with Childe Hassam's "Italian Day, May 1918" - lent by Art Bridges - and concludes with a textile sculpture newly commissioned from Maria de Los Angeles. Emma Amos, Eric Fischl, Jane Hammond, and Glenn Ligon are among the many other artists whose work is represented."
"This exhibition is an opportunity for all of us to examine the narratives that have shaped our country, particularly those that have been overlooked or challenged,"
"Through these artworks, we invite visitors to engage deeply with the pressing issues of justice, representation, and unity - issues that are as relevant today as they were when our nation was founded."
An exhibition at the Fairfield University Art Museum presents more than 70 works that engage the American flag across over a century of artistic practice. The show includes historic and contemporary artists such as Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hammons, Shepard Fairey, Julie Mehretu, Dread Scott, and Hank Willis Thomas. The presentation opens with Childe Hassam's Italian Day, May 1918 and concludes with a new textile sculpture by Maria de Los Angeles. The works interrogate representation and access to justice under the flag and align with Connecticut's CT 250 themes of inclusive storytelling and the common good. The exhibition runs January 23 through July 25 in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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