| Details | Join artist Emily Mae Smith in conversation with Hirshhorn curator Anne Reeve to explore how she uses simple objects and techniques of artists in history to draw attention to important issues of our time.
Often using whimsical themes, humor, and an interplay of styles including Surrealism, Pop art, and Symbolism, Emily Mae Smith thoughtfully mines art history to question historic approaches to gender. She often depicts simple, everyday objects such as a needle, a paint brush, or, often, a broomstick as a nod to daily work, while also metaphorically calling attention to contemporary issues of gender, sexuality, capitalism, and violence.
A response to William Holman Hunt’s The Lady of Shalott (1888-1905), Smith’s oil painting on linen Unruly Thread (2019) is on view in with Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection, on view at the museum through Fall 2023. |
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