GENESIS CELEBRATES THE OPENING OF THE GENESIS FACADE COMMISSION: JEFFREY GIBSON, THE ANIMAL THAT THEREFORE I AM AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

GENESIS CELEBRATES THE OPENING OF THE GENESIS FACADE COMMISSION: JEFFREY GIBSON, THE ANIMAL THAT THEREFORE I AM AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

Jeffrey Gibson Talks About Animals and Animism as He Unveils New Public Sculptures at the Met

The four curious creatures staring down passersby in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art trace back, in a way, to early paintings that Indigenous artist Jeffrey Gibson made on animal hides. At a talk on Monday introducing his new commissioned work for the museum’s facade, Gibson discussed two paintings from 2013 that feature his distinctive dynamic style on the surface of brain-tanned elk hides. Related Articles …