- State University of New York at Purchase
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Fred Wilson became a defining figure of institutional critique through installations that rearrange museum collections to expose how display, labeling and omission shape historical narratives. Mining the Museum, created at the Maryland Historical Society in 1992, juxtaposed decorative objects with instruments of enslavement and reframed institutional authority through curatorial intervention.
Installation; sculpture; museum intervention
Artist Films
Fred Wilson in “Structures” - Season 3 | “Art in the Twenty-First Century"
Art2113 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Whitney Stories: Fred Wilson
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1992–93Mining the Museum
- 1991Guarded View
- 1992Metalwork 1793–1880
- 2003Speak of Me as I Am
- 2001Drip Drop Plop
- 2003Sala Longhi
- 1993Grey Area (Brown Version)
- 1992Cabinetmaking 1820–1960
- 1995Me and It
- 2017Afro Kismet
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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