Artists in Process – Collection #1 – Works of Art related to the Concept

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Interconnected

How do you see yourself and others as both individuals and members of different, intersecting communities and systems?

We are always interconnected—that is, we act as both individuals and as members of a group. We are both independent and interdependent, unique individuals and members of a community, responsible to ourselves and the world in which we live, actors and acted upon. Interconnectedness is the ever-present context for our efforts to investigate, imagine, and influence the world around us.

Artists question the world around them and create ideas that are both original and influenced by their cultural and social contexts. Powerful art can inspire viewers to consider the world – and their relationships to different people, places, and times. Exploring themes of interconnectedness in works of art provides opportunities to engage with the complex relationship between the individual and the group.

Explore these works of art through the lens of the concept – INTERCONNECTED

Vibrating Boundaries by Martha Clippinger (work of art)

A photo of a large wall covered in brightly colored rectangular panels

Egungun Masquerade Costume by Yoruba artists (work of art)

Yoruba Artist Egungun Masquerade Costume 20th Century Textile

Congregation by Ledelle Moe (work of art)

Ledelle Moe Congregation Sculpture

Constellations IX SE by Lina Iris Viktor (work of art)

A mixed-media art piece using textured gold to create stars, swirls, and other images on a black background.

Untitled by John Biggers (work of art)

A painting of Black men, women, and children coming out of a shallow body of water. The people are framed by two monumental Black women holding a hair pick.

Isla (Tierra Prometida) by Yoan Capote (work of art)

An image of green and black ocean waves beneath a gray, cloudy sky. The movement in the water is created with fishhooks.

Convergence: Defenders Descend from Portal to Pueblo by Virgil Ortiz (work of art)

A ceramic sculpture against a gray-toned backdrop. The sculpture has a light beige base, with designs and figures painted in black and muted red-orange. The top of the sculpture is a bust of a man. His hair is up in buns with the sides of his head shaved bare, and he is wearing a cloak painted with stripes and squares. Flowing down from him on the base of the sculpture are 2D paintings and 3D protruding figures. These figures are a mix of men and women. They are dressed in different kinds of masks and helmets.

Acknowledgment: Indigenous Land, Pachamama, Story Circle by Marie Watt (work of art)

An image of a sculpture set against a gray-toned backdrop. The sculptural work features a stack of folded blankets made of bronze metal. The blankets are on top of a plinth made of wooden boards that are stacked in alternating directions. There are colorful pieces of wool blankets tucked in between the wooden boards. The blanket pieces are embroidered with words and phrases and have fringed edges.

Mrs. Hale as "Euphrosyne" by Kehinde Wiley (work of art)

A painting of a young Black man wearing a Harlem Globetrotters jersey and a Chicago White Sox hat. The background is a bold, red-and-blue diamond pattern with small, golden fleurs-de-lis designs.

Untitled by Anselm Kiefer (work of art)

A three-panel abstract painting in shades of gray, brown, and gold. The panel on the left has several rocks attached to it. The middle panel has a small ladder attached to it, with a painted surface below. The panel on the right has a silver funnel-shaped object attached to it.

Summer's Where You'll Find Me by Louise Jones (work of art)

A large-scale mural of white, yellow, and pink flowers painted on a brick building.

Lines That Link Humanity by El Anatsui (work of art)

A giant, clothlike metal sculpture with yellow and silver-gray sections separated by multicolored vertical lines.

Edenton by Elizabeth Matheson (work of art)

Elizabeth Matheson photograph Edenton 1982

James “Coco” Thompson, Durham, NC by Titus Brooks Heagins (work of art)

Bride by Beth Lipman (work of art)

A sculpture made up of five round tiers of black-painted wood displaying hundreds of glass objects that range from completely intact at the top to progressively broken and shattered on each lower level.

Truly Grateful by Beverly McIver (work of art)

A painting of a Black woman with short brown hair, set against an orange background. She is bowing her head and wearing a black jacket and a light blue scarf.