Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art: Julia Bryan-Wilson: Embellished Legacies
Smithsonian American Art Museum F Street and 8th Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United StatesScholar Julia Bryan-Wilson considers how women of color artists like Pacita Abad and Rosie Lee Tompkins have used embellishment as a strategy to blur the lines between function and decor. Her talk examines how these artists' practice of intricately adorning domestic objects can expand our understanding of women's work. Bryan-Wilson's 2017 book Fray: Art and […]