Member Preview Days for Dawoud Bey: An American Project
Apr 15–Apr 16, 2021
10:30 am–6 pm
Dawoud Bey, A Young Man Resting on an Exercise Bike, Amityville, NY, 1988. Pigmented inkjet print (printed 2019), 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm). Collection of the artist; courtesy Sean Kelly Gallery, New York; Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago; and Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco. © Dawoud Bey
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Floor 8
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Dawoud Bey: An American Project presents more than four decades of work by Dawoud Bey. Grounded in the rich traditions of the American portrait and street photographers who came before him, Bey makes work that brings renewed urgency to the question of what it means to represent America with a camera. From his earliest street portraits in Harlem through his most recent project imagining an escape from slavery on the Underground Railroad, Bey’s work is both a form of personal expression as well as an act of political responsibility, poignantly meditating on visibility, power, and race.
Thursday and Friday, April 15–16
10:30 am–6 pm
Before you head to the Museum, be sure to book free member tickets in advance and review our up-to-date visitor policies. After entering the Museum, head to the eighth floor and present your ticket to enter the exhibition; the exhibition continues in the ground floor gallery.
