Carla Williams, Side (detail), from the series How to Read Character, 1990, printed 2024; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Michael D. Abrams; © Carla Williams
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
(Re)Constructing History
(Re)Constructing History invites visitors to explore how photographs function as both historical records and vessels of deeper meaning. Organized across three galleries, the exhibition examines Wall Street's symbolic power in American culture, investigates how artists reappropriate visual traditions, and reveals photography's capacity to expose hidden forces shaping our environment. Anchored by works from Carrie Mae Weems, Nona Faustine, Carla Williams, and Dawoud Bey, this presentation celebrates contemporary Black artists whose imaginative approaches challenge conventional documentary photography and illuminate overlooked narratives of Black experience and history.