 – Drawn from the American Folk Art Museum collection, going on view February 3, 2023, “American Perspectives” will be featuring over seventy significant works at the Portland…){kind=link}
PORTLAND, ME (PNAN) – Drawn from the American Folk Art Museum collection, going on view February 3, 2023, “American Perspectives” will be featuring over seventy significant works at the Portland Museum of Art.
The exhibition will offer an insight into the diverse landscape of folk and self-taught art in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present day. Capturing thoughts and experiences, this dynamic artistic production functions as a witness to history, a carrier of cultural heritage, and a reflection of the world at large.
Arranged in four primary sections under the titles: Founders, Travelers, Philosophers and Seekers, they explore the roles, ideas, and firsthand testimonies of artists of various backgrounds and perspectives.
A wide range of forms, quilts, embroidery and assemblages to pottery, paintings and sculpture, reveals aspects of American identity, nationhood and histories as well as celebrates the multiplicity of insights art can offer on these questions.
Through the interweaving of historical and contemporary works that speak to the beauty, complexity, and contradiction of this country, American Perspectives affirms that everyone has a story to tell.