Recasting Colonialism: Michelle Erickson Ceramics

On view through October 1, 2023

Contemporary ceramicist Michelle Erickson reimagines the forms and palettes of historical ceramics to create works that expose the persistence of racism and exploitation in post-colonial countries. Both witty and jarring, her subjects include the importation of Chinese goods, child soldiers, former U.S. President Donald Trump, police brutality, and the Second Amendment. Erickson’s pieces are paired with 35 works from the Museum’s Asian and European ceramic collection.

Martha Jackson Jarvis: What the Trees Have Seen

On view through October 1, 2023

Martha Jackson Jarvis has created mixed-media works that imaginatively retrace her great-greatgreat-great grandfather Luke Valentine’s journey as a free Black militiaman from Virginia to South Carolina while serving in the Revolutionary War. The result is a tour de force in abstract painting with 13 grandly scaled works on paper and a focused group of smaller works inspired by the meditative form of the mandala.

Co-curated by Leila Grothe, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Cecilia Wichmann, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, and Jessica Bell Brown, Curator and Department Head for Contemporary Art

This exhibition is supported by The Hardiman Family Endowment Fund.

This exhibition is located in the Contemporary Wing, including the Ellen & Jack Wasserman Gallery, and the T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation & James S. Riepe Family

Matsumi Kanemitsu: Figure and Fantasy

On view through October 8, 2023

While living and working in Baltimore in the late 1940s, Matsumi Kanemitsu created a remarkable record of his life to date. This exhibition of 58 early works—on view for the first time in seven decades—offers an intimate glimpse into Kanemitsu’s past experiences and surreal imagination. Together they demonstrate the artist’s exceptional talent and originality.