Group show
Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea
31 Jul 2021 — 14 Jan 2024 at Smithsonian American Art Museum
· Washington, D.C.
Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea is a 2023-2024 jointly organized traveling exhibition that brings together works by artists who have engaged with the concept of the American West — not as a fixed place, but as a contested, evolving idea.
The show examines how the myth and reality of the West have been shaped, questioned, and reinvented by diverse artistic voices across generations. From landscape and identity to memory and belonging, the exhibition invites visitors to consider the many meanings the West holds in American culture and imagination.
The show examines how the myth and reality of the West have been shaped, questioned, and reinvented by diverse artistic voices across generations. From landscape and identity to memory and belonging, the exhibition invites visitors to consider the many meanings the West holds in American culture and imagination.
About the venue
Smithsonian American Art Museum
· Washington, D.C.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's largest and most inclusive collections of art made in the United States from the colonial period to the…