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Ellington Robinson, who earned his MFA in painting and mixed media at the University of Maryland in 2008, repurposes once-functional objects to explore ongoing histories of global imperialism. His work makes palpable connections between contemporary…

From the series "Lovely Pink"For this series, Wafaa Bilal reproduced a dozen of the most recognizable sculptures in Western art history—here you see replicas of Michelangelo’s David (1501–1504) and Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus with the Head of Medusa…

Jenny Morgan begins her tensely psychological portraits by photographing her subjects, often people she knows, and painting them in painstaking detail. She then obliterates parts of the surface, sanding away and peeling back skins of paint until the…

From the series "Lovely Pink"For this series, Wafaa Bilal reproduced a dozen of the most recognizable sculptures in Western art history—here you see replicas of Michelangelo’s David (1501–1504) and Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus with the Head of Medusa…

From the series "The Outliers"“The Outliers” series began when photographer Elle Pérez visited a “Faerie” sanctuary in rural Tennessee for seekers of radical queer community. Pérez was inspired there by people freely embracing identities between and…

From the series "An Indian from India"

In this series, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew explores ethnicity, immigration, and the colonial gaze. Each panel juxtaposes two images: a late-nineteenth photograph of Native Americans and a reenactment of that…

From the series "The Outliers"“The Outliers” series began when photographer Elle Pérez visited a “Faerie” sanctuary in rural Tennessee for seekers of radical queer community. Pérez was inspired there by people freely embracing identities between and…

From the series "American Typologies"

Jeff Brouws scrutinizes the American built environment looking for simple structures that multiply across the landscape—strip malls, tract housing, parking lots. His “Signs Without Signification” portfolio…

From the series "Mines"

Edward Burtynsky’s work explores the theme of nature transformed through industry. He travels internationally to make vibrant photographs of places generally unfamiliar to the public—quarries, refineries, recycling yards,…

In 1992, Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal arrived in the United States, having fled Saddam Hussein’s regime and spent two years in refugee camps. More than a decade later, he watched the American war in Iraq unfold in the media and claim the lives of…