Chronicling a pivotal moment in the artist’s career, when his contemporary artistic practice converged with his Native American heritage, Jeffrey Gibson: Like A Hammer explores the universal themes of race, power, and colonialism, along with community, love, and survival.

Featuring approximately 65 objects created from an assortment of materials—rawhide, tipi poles, sterling silver, wool blankets, metal cones, beads, fringe, and sinew to punching bags, ironing boards, looking glasses— the exhibition includes large and mid-sized figurative works, text-based wall hangings, painted works on rawhide and canvas, videos, and a significant selection of Gibson’s signature Everlast beaded punching bags. These work frequently incorporate language drawn from popular song lyrics, poems, and the artist’s own writings.

Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer was originally shown at the Denver Museum of Art from May 13 – August 12, 2018. It will be on view at the Mississippi Museum of Art through January 17, 2019, from which it will then travel to the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX.

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