Join artist Abigail DeVille and curator Jordan Jones for a public conversation centered on the artistic process of transmuting national myths and monuments into potent sites of public remembering, reckoning, and dreaming. Co-presented with the UW School of Art + Art History + Design, this conversation will address the role of historical research in DeVille’s object-based and performance practice, as well as her alchemical way of transforming found materials into psychically charged paintings, sculptures, and installations. The talk will explore how DeVille contends with the legacy of history, and the possibilities for telegraphing alternative worlds through the artistic imagination. A Q&A with the audience will follow the talk.

Abigail DeVille’s work is currently on view in the group exhibition MONUMENTS at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and The Brick, Los Angeles. Her most recent solo exhibitions include, Prospect 6: The Future is Present, The Harbinger is Home, New Orleans, LA (2024); In the Fullness of Time, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME (2024); In the fullness of time, the heart speaks truths too deep for utterance, but a star remembers, JTT, NYC (2023); Original Night, Eric Firestone Gallery, NYC (2022-23); Bronx Heavens, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Bronx, NY (2022-23); Light of Freedom, organized by Madison Square Park Conservancy, NYC (2020-21), which traveled to the Momentary [...]