The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture Gallery Talk

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 5:30pm EST
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Free | Registration required
Event Location
Meet in G Street Lobby
Explore SAAM’s groundbreaking exhibition, The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture with curators Karen Lemmey, Grace Yasumura, and Tobias Wofford. Learn more about the ways in which sculpture has shaped and reflected attitudes and understandings about race in the United States.

Image credit: Fred Wilson, I Saw Othello's Visage in His Mind, 2013, Murano glass and wood, 64 in. × 51 1/2 in. × 7 in. (162.6 × 130.8 × 17.8 cm) irreg., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2019.8, © 2013, Fred Wilson

Exhibitions

Sculpture of a person completely covered with multiple colorful, intricate patterns standing against a neutral background.
The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture
November 8, 2024September 14, 2025
SAAM's groundbreaking exhibition examines the ways in which American sculpture has shaped and reflected attitudes and understandings about race in the United States.