People Get Ready extended into The Collection Galleries in Wilson Pavilion, integrating some contemporary art among historical works in the collection. In doing so, connections across time, space and culture become possible and present the opportunity for challenging dialogue. In the Modern Gallery, the related mini-exhibition People Get Ready: Southern Lens explored southern culture through the museum’s rapidly growing photography collection. An early breakthrough work by Fred Wilson, Colonial Collection, continues to anchor the Arts of Africa Gallery, among traditional works of art from the continent. A painting by Kehinde Wiley is on view in the European Gallery; a work by Pedro Lasch reflects upon works in the Art of the Americas Gallery; a photograph by Eve Sussman brings a new dimension to the Medieval Gallery.
Artists in this major exhibition included Nina Chanel Abney, Emma Amos, Michael Armitage, Radcliffe Bailey, Maria Berrio, Barbara Chase-Riboud, william cordova, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Marlene Dumas, William Eggleston, Dario Escobar, Mounir Fatmi, Genevieve Gaignard, Hassan Hajjaj, Lyle Ashton Harris, Barkley L. Hendricks, Yun-Fei Ji, Rashid Johnson, Pedro Lasch, Annie Lucas, Kerry James Marshall, Beverly McIver, Zanele Muholi, Wangechi Mutu, Ebony G. Patterson, Fahamu Pecou, Lia Perjovschi, Robert A. Pruitt, Colin Quashie, Dario Robleto, Jim Roche, Amy Sherald, Gary Simmons, Xaviera Simmons, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Leonid Sokov, Eve Sussman, Henry Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, Stacy Lynn Waddell, Carrie Mae Weems, Jeff Whetstone, Kehinde Wiley, Fred Wilson and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
