Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen
"Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen" is a landmark exhibition showcasing new and recent paintings alongside a single-channel video work. This marks Pendleton's first solo exhibition in Washington, D.C., emphasizing his unique contributions to contemporary American painting within the context of the museum's architecture and the National Mall's history. Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW, Washington, D.C. Runs through January 3, 2027.
This exhibition will take place at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Second-floor inner-ring galleries, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW, Washington, D.C. Runs from April 4, 2025, to January 3, 2027.
Exhibition Description
Adam Pendleton is renowned for his distinctive and conceptually rigorous paintings that blur the lines between painting, drawing, and photography. His process involves starting with paper compositions featuring drips, splatters, geometric shapes, words, and phrases, which he then photographs and layers using a screen-printing technique. This exhibition features several of Pendleton's significant series, including Black Dada, Days, WE ARE NOT, and new Composition and Movement paintings. Additionally, the exhibition debuts Resurrection City Revisited (Who Owns Geometry Anyway?), a new video work projected floor to ceiling. This piece incorporates still and moving images of Resurrection City, the 1968 encampment on the National Mall associated with Martin Luther King Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign, interspersed with found footage and geometric forms, accompanied by a score from composer Hahn Rowe.
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