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Fragments of a Faith Forgotten
The Art of Harry Smith
October 4, 2023–January 28, 2024
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
whitney.org
The first solo exhibition of artist, experimental filmmaker, and groundbreaking musicologist Harry Smith (1923–1991)—whose 1952 compendium of song recordings, Anthology of American Folk Music, laid the groundwork for the popularization of folk music in the 1960s—is cocurated and designed by Carol Bove. This major survey introduces Smith’s life and work within a museum setting for the first time and includes paintings, drawings, experimental films, designs, and objects from Smith’s personal collections, such as string figures and found paper airplanes.
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Installation view, Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 4–January 28, 2024. Artwork © Harry Smith. Photo: Ron Amstutz
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