This exhibition offers an opportunity to show Steve McQueen’s important photograph and host critical conversations about slavery in the United States.
Lynching Tree offers an opportunity to show Steve McQueen's important photograph and host critical conversations about slavery in the United States.
Artist Steve McQueen reveals the hidden and erased histories that haunt the American landscape we inhabit, and the ways we negotiate the possibilities of the world we seek to create.
Upon entering the gallery, you will find a color photograph mounted in a lightbox that McQueen took while directing his film 12 Years a Slave (2013). With dramatic lighting and composition, McQueen exploits the beauty of nature to surface truths about slavery and racialized terror. Beckoning us to probe our surroundings for ever-present meaning, he aims to “unearth a certain sense of who we actually are, not who we want to be or who we think we are. . . . It’s the awakening not just hopefully for me but hopefully for the viewer.”
Just steps away, the Museum’s verdant Courtyard provides solace and respite. This proximity offers a space for us to contemplate the hidden scars revealed in Lynching Tree, even as we absorb the natural beauty around us.
The Museum uses a timed ticketing system during our regular business hours. We have been experiencing sell-out days over the weekend and encourage you to get your tickets early to ensure you have the chance to see this special, limited-run exhibition while it is at the Gardner Museum.
Phone: (617) 278-5156
Email: boxoffice@isgm.org
2024/01/20 - 2024/02/04
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
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