This exhibition invites audiences to reflect on the nation’s history as a living and evolving narrative, one shaped by perspective, memory, and time.
Rooted in the tradition of portraiture, artist Zachary Oxman has devoted more than a decade to developing an innovative visual language that merges diverse materials, technology, and optics.
Oxman’s work serves as a mirror, reflecting how Americans have understood their leaders, ideals, and national identity across generations. Blurring the boundaries between painting and sculpture, Oxman’s portraits challenge perception and remind us that history is not static, but continually reexamined and reinterpreted.
Through this collection of portraits, Oxman draws on enduring American figures, inviting dialogue and exploration into the complexities of our shared American story.
This short film offers context for the ideas behind America: An Unfinished Portrait.
Perception and perspective shape how we interpret and experience the world around us.
Perception guides what we notice in the present moment; perspective deepens and expands over time as we grow, encounter challenges, and reconsider what once seemed certain.
These portraits linger in the space between perception and meaning. In that pause—that breath before connection takes hold—the whole becomes visible. History gathers this way. Shaped by time, encounter, and return. It endures. Unfinished.
- Zachary Oxman
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