ONLINE: e Pluribus: Out of Many
The National Academy of Design is pleased to launch e pluribus: Out of Many, a digital exhibition that brings together works by over 100 National Academicians that imagine what futures can be created if we stop pursuing a mythological national unity and accept our reality as an incongruent collective. The exhibition is curated by Dr. Kelli Morgan and designed by Linked by Air.
The exhibition鈥檚 title is in reference to America鈥檚 former unofficial motto e pluribus unum (out of many, one) but purposely omits unum from its title to question whether unity or oneness can truly be achieved in a nation founded upon principles that have always been inherently flawed and discriminatory when applied to its citizenry. While the Latin phrase represented the great American ideal of unity through diversity, this ideal often disregarded the abject oppression and violence committed against indigenous, enslaved, women, immigrant, poor, and disabled Americans. As we navigate our contemporary moment and the various ways that the COVID-19 pandemic, continuous demands for social justice and racial equity, and the 2020 presidential election have manifested America鈥檚 inability to fully realize its initial motto, e pluribus: Out of Many addresses the benefits of collectivity and the detriments of group singularity in America today.
The exhibition revives the National Academy鈥檚 tradition of the Annual Exhibition, which was held annually from 1826 to 2015 as a survey of new developments in contemporary art and architecture.
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The National Academy of Design is pleased to launch e pluribus: Out of Many, a digital exhibition that brings together works by over 100 National Academicians that imagine what futures can be created if we stop pursuing a mythological national unity and accept our reality as an incongruent collective. The exhibition is curated by Dr. Kelli Morgan and designed by Linked by Air.
The exhibition鈥檚 title is in reference to America鈥檚 former unofficial motto e pluribus unum (out of many, one) but purposely omits unum from its title to question whether unity or oneness can truly be achieved in a nation founded upon principles that have always been inherently flawed and discriminatory when applied to its citizenry. While the Latin phrase represented the great American ideal of unity through diversity, this ideal often disregarded the abject oppression and violence committed against indigenous, enslaved, women, immigrant, poor, and disabled Americans. As we navigate our contemporary moment and the various ways that the COVID-19 pandemic, continuous demands for social justice and racial equity, and the 2020 presidential election have manifested America鈥檚 inability to fully realize its initial motto, e pluribus: Out of Many addresses the benefits of collectivity and the detriments of group singularity in America today.
The exhibition revives the National Academy鈥檚 tradition of the Annual Exhibition, which was held annually from 1826 to 2015 as a survey of new developments in contemporary art and architecture.
Artists on show
- Alan Feltus
- Andrew Ginzel
- Anita Toney
- Annette Lemieux
- Barbara Grossman
- Barbara Takenaga
- Beverly Fishman
- Burton Silverman
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Cora Cohen
- Dan Gilhooley
- Dan Gustin
- David Aiken Humphrey
- Don Porcaro
- Don Voisine
- Donald Perlis
- Donna Dennis
- Dotty Attie
- Dread Scott
- Elana Herzog
- Elena Sisto
- Enrique Chagoya
- Eric Aho
- Eric Holzman
- Evan Summer
- Eve Aschheim
- Frances Barth
- Fred Tomaselli
- Garth Evans
- Glenn Goldberg
- Gregory Botts
- Harmony Hammond
- Henry Casselli
- Henry Finkelstein
- Hermine Ford
- Hugo Bastidas
- Immi C. Storrs
- James Bohary
- James Siena
- James Wines
- Jim Osman
- Jimmy Wright
- Jonah Kinigstein
- Joyce Kozloff
- Judith Bernstein
- Judith Murray
- Judy Glantzman
- Julie Heffernan
- Karen Kunc
- Kyle Staver
- Langdon Quin
- Leslie Wayne
- Lisa Hoke
- Lorraine Shemesh
- Marjorie Portnow
- Marlon Blackwell
- Martin Levine
- Mary Beth Mckenzie
- Mary Lucier
- Medrie MacPhee
- Michelle Stuart
- Mira Schor
- Morton Kaish
- Murray Zimiles
- Nancy Friese
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
- Nona Hershey
- Pat Lasch
- Patricia Cronin
- Paul Broches
- Petah Coyne
- Philip Pearlstein
- Raoul Middleman
- Richard Haas
- Richard Kalina
- Richard Sloat
- Robert Birmelin
- Robert Kushner
- Roberto Juarez
- Ruth Miller
- Sangram Majumdar
- Sarah Walker
- Shahzia Sikander
- Sharon Wandel
- Sharon Yates
- Simon Dinnerstein
- Squeak Carnwath
- Stephen Westfall
- Steve DiBenedetto
- Sue Coe
- Suzanne Anker
- Titus Kaphar
- Tom Kundig
- Tom Otterness
- Tuck Langland
- Valerie Jaudon
- Walter Chatham
- Walter Hatke
- Wendy Joseph
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