“The Chrysler Museum of Art encourages everyone to consider the bonds between us with Come Together, Right Now: The Art of Gathering. On view at the Museum and in outdoor locations in Norfolk, the exhibition features more than 100 artworks drawn from the Chrysler’s collection and digital photography submitted by community members. Visitors will see many works that are rarely on view and masterpieces from all areas of the collection, including photography, painting, sculpture and installation works. Four themes—Together in Celebration, Together in Purpose, Together in Justice, and Together in Love—will highlight the many ways artists examine the joys and complexities of ‘coming together’ and showcase how communities are linked by activities, celebrations, demonstrations, love and family.
Come Together, Right Now was conceived in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when people grappled with the new restrictions spawned by social distancing while also uniting in a struggle to control the devastating disease. The public killings of Black and brown people intensified the sense of separation and division and the need to create community as we address uncomfortable but necessary questions about racism and intolerance and chart the course toward an inclusive future. Artwork reminds us of the value of community and prompts us to consider creative solutions to the impediments we face as we work to come together. It also helps us to discover all that we can learn right now from self-examination and each other through our through our common experiences, causes, celebrations and struggles.” — Chrysler Museum of Art

Carolina, ca. 1929–1931. Platinum print. Museum purchase.

in memory of Jack Forker Chrysler.

Tennessee, 1960s, printed ca. 2000. Gelatin silver print. Gifts of Ernest
C. Withers and Panopticon Gallery © Estate of Ernest C. Withers and
Panopticon Gallery of Photography, Boston, MA.

ca. 1939-55. Oil on board. Gift of Martha Randolph Daura
© Daura Estate.

June 14, 1986. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel © Marilyn Nance.

Gift of Dr. Donald and Alice Lappe © Ken Heyman.

Stavropol Territory, 1935, printed later. Gelatin silver print. Gift of
Gary Ginsberg and Susanna Aaron © Mark Markov-Grinberg.

Mixed media on panel. Gift of the artist in memory of K.D. Baker
© David A. Douglas

New York. 1977. Gelatin silver print. Gift of the artist
© The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.

Date: 1961, printed 2002. Inkjet print.
Gift of the artist © Chrysler Museum of Art.

wove paper. Museum collection.
“As many have faced unprecedented isolation this year and grappled with social distancing, we believe the time is perfect to celebrate the most powerful things that draw us together. Images of love, dancing, making music and working together will lift visitors’ spirits and inspire them to reflect,” said Lloyd DeWitt, Ph.D., the Chrysler Museum’s Chief Curator and Irene Leache Curator of European Art.
Images courtesy Chrysler Museum of Art.
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