The First Fireplace

Installation view of Shifting Landscapes (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 1, 2024-January 2026). From left to right: Martha Jane Pettway, Sweep, 1980; Maya Lin, Ghost Forest Baseline Y, 2022; Purvis Young, Overtown, 1988; Lonnie Holley, Untitled, 1995; Purvis Young, Ants and the Establishment, c. 1980-85; Bessie Harvey, Cross Bearers, 1993; Joe Minter, The First Fireplace, 1998; Carlos Villa, My Roots, 1970-71; Suzanne Jackson, It is our woods, 1973. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

Installation view of Shifting Landscapes (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 1, 2024-January 2026). From left to right: Martha Jane Pettway, Sweep, 1980; Purvis Young, Overtown, 1988; Lonnie Holley, Untitled, 1995; Purvis Young, Ants and the Establishment, c. 1980-85; Bessie Harvey, Cross Bearers, 1993; Joe Minter, The First Fireplace, 1998; Firelei Báez, Untitled (Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Navtic), 2021. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Shifting Landscapes

Installation view of the Whitney Biennial 2019 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 17-September 22, 2019). From left to right: Walter Price, The things that horse ourselves for uncertainty, 2018; Joe Minter, The First Fireplace, 1998; Joe Minter, Lightening the Load, 2004; Walter Price, Sit some to the side for the shell end, 2018; Walter Price, Everything’s connected, 2018; Walter Price, Upgrayyed, 2018; Joe Minter, ’63 Foot Soldiers, 1999; Troy Michie, Hung Out To Dry / The Land Was Mexican Once, 2019; Troy Michie, Yo Soy Un Puente Tendido / This Is My Home, 2019; Joe Minter, Three Flying Saucers, 2000; Troy Michie, Los Atravesados / The Skin Of The Earth Is Seamless, 2019. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Whitney Biennial 2019