On planet • place • self “Highground” by Amy Casey (2019), featured in the “planet” section of “State of the Art: Constructs” at the Akron Art Museum. Acrylic on cradled ampersand claybord panel, 30 x 30 inches.
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Akron Art Museum ruminates on ‘State of Art’ with new exhibit
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By Becky Raspe
he Akron Art Museum is currently home to a section of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s “State of the Art” exhibition, on view through Feb. 26, 2023.
“State of the Art: Constructs” at the Akron Art Museum features 21 of the 61 total artists in the exhibition, with works meant to expand on how contemporary art created throughout the country reflects the present time and how those moments connect to one’s sense of self, the place they live and planet we all inhabit.
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Jeff Katzin, associate curator at the Akron Art Museum, tells Canvas the show created by Bentonville, Ark.-based Crystal Bridges Museum was first created and organized in early 2020 as a traveling exhibition. Crystal Bridges, which was founded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton, had three curators travel the United States, seeking “art that would best
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