Worcester museum’s ‘Us Them We’ surveys socio-political landscape

Roberto Lugo, ‘2 Queens,’ 2018. Porcelain, china paint and luster. © Roberto Lugo. 2019.100
Roberto Lugo, ‘2 Queens,’ 2018. Porcelain, china paint and luster. © Roberto Lugo. 2019.100
Roberto Lugo, ‘2 Queens,’ 2018. Porcelain, china paint and luster. © Roberto Lugo. 2019.100

WORCESTER, Mass. — In February 2022, the Worcester Art Museum (WAM) will present its new exhibition Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity, an in-depth look at how contemporary artists since the mid-1970s have used formal artistic devices in their work — such as text, juxtaposition, pattern, and seriality — to explore socio-political concepts. The exhibition opens February 19 and runs through Juneteenth, which takes place on June 19.

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Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields show ‘Embodied’ explores the human figure

Roberto Lugo (American, b. 1981-), ‘The Expulsion of Colin Kaepernick and John Brown,’ 2017. Porcelain, china paint, luster, 47in by 24in by 24 in. (installed). Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Martha Delzell Memorial Fund, 2019.15A-B © Roberto Lugo. Courtesy of Wexler Gallery.
Roberto Lugo (American, b. 1981-), ‘The Expulsion of Colin Kaepernick and John Brown,’ 2017. Porcelain, china paint, luster, 47in by 24in by 24 in. (installed). Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Martha Delzell Memorial Fund, 2019.15A-B © Roberto Lugo. Courtesy of Wexler Gallery.
Roberto Lugo (American, b. 1981-), ‘The Expulsion of Colin Kaepernick and John Brown,’ 2017. Porcelain, china paint, luster, 47in by 24in by 24 in. (installed). Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Martha Delzell Memorial Fund, 2019.15A-B © Roberto Lugo. Courtesy of Wexler Gallery.

INDIANAPOLIS — Embodied: Human Figures in Art, an exhibition currently on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, consists entirely of artworks from the museum’s permanent collection and is displayed in a newly renovated corridor of galleries leading directly to the Clowes Pavilion, which will open in early 2022. All of the featured artworks depict the human body and are organized in a global thematic display.

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