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I Hear America Singing: Contemporary Photography from America @ Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts

Matthew Brandt – Rocks and Eagles, 2017 – 2019 Daguerreotype made from American Silver Eagle coins and glass, 10 x 8 x 1 inches

I Hear America Singing: Contemporary Photography from America
October 20th – November 25th, 2021

Artists: Matthew Brandt, Mercedes Dorame, Lucas Foglia, Wen-Hang Lin, Michael Lundgren, Alex Maclean, Griselda San Martin, Pamela Pecchio, David Benjamin Sherry, Xaviera Simmons, For Freedoms, Greg Stimac, Millee Tibbs, Wendel White, William Wilson

“Who constitutes America? For the great 19th-century poet Walt Whitman, America was the totality of its people working in concert, each providing their own individual and equally valuable contribution to the nation. First published in the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass, “I Hear America Singing” celebrated America’s vibrant multiplicity: depicting a nation in rude health whose collective strength derived from the “varied carols” of its citizens. His poetry exalted the democratic ideals of the U.S Declaration of Independence and the natural equality of all human beings.”

Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Amman, Jordan


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