Therefore I Am: Portraits from the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center
Aug
24
2022
Thru
Jul
07
2023
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, ,
Therefore I Am: Portraits from the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center is on view in the Modlin Center for the Arts Atrium and Booker Hall at the University of Richmond, August 24, 2022 through July 7, 2023. The exhibition presents a selection of portraits spanning six centuries and examines the various roles that portraiture has played in portraying the identity of the sitter. Historically, portraiture has been utilized by society’s elite to communicate messages of power, prosperity, and beauty, and the works in this exhibition demonstrate the gradual shift from the traditional intentions of portraiture in the sixteenth century to an expressive use of the genre in the twenty-first century.
Therefore I Am
