Vision and Justice at Harvard Art Museum

Vision and Justice: The Art of Citizenship


Harvard Art Museum
Aug 27 – Jan 8
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I visited Harvard art Museum and saw the art exhibition called Vision and Justice: The Art of Citizenship. This show records the relationship between art, justice, and African American culture from the 19th through 21st century in the United States. The over 40 works on display in the museum range from prints by Kara Walker and Glenn Ligon that challenge the nexus between vision and justice during slavery, to photographs by Bruce Davidson and Gordon Parks that synoptically summarize events from the segregation era through the civil rights movement. This installation complements a course taught by Sarah Lewis, Assistant Professor in the Departments of History of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies, Harvard University, and is the conceptual companion to the recent “Vision & Justice” issue of Aperture magazine, guest edited by Lewis.
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For me, this show is very impressive since I learned a lot about the history of the conflict of human rights of African Americans, The picture “arrest of a demonstrator, Birmingham, Alabama by Bruce Davidson is a clear example of this history. There are also two pictures of the memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr who is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights. From my own view, this show is a huge success and the content is very interesting.
By Yujia Jia