The Nerman Museum owns two works by Jeffrey Gibson, the 2024 artist selected to represent the United States during the Venice Biennale. American Girl is currently on view in the George and Floriene Lieberman Gallery.
Jeffrey Gibson, American Girl, 2013, Found punching bag, wool blanket, glass beads, steel studs, artificial sinew, tin jingles and chain
Collection Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Gift of the H Tony and Marti Oppenheimer Foundation
Read more about it: Representing the U.S. and Critiquing It in a Psychedelic Rainbow
You can also learn more about the other piece in our collection, Shield, in this YouTube video:
Jeffrey Gibson, Shield, number 1, 2012, Found wood ironing board, deer hide, nails, acrylic paint, Collection Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Acquired with funds provided by the Barton P. and Mary D. Cohen Art Acquisition Endowment of the JCCC Foundation