Artifacts from an Unborn Empire

Exhibition at Brand Library & Art Center

'Artifacts from an Unborn Empire' gathers artists to reconsider how civilizations are formed and who gets to define them.

This exhibition gathers artists to reconsider how civilizations are formed and who gets to define them. Through a range of natural and manufactured materials, they play with and challenge the systems, stories, and symbols that shape our sense of power, history, and belonging. Blending imagination with critique, the exhibition explores cultural myths, colonial legacies, and the forces that construct contemporary life. Timed with the 250th anniversary of the United States, it asks: what kinds of empires do we inherit, and what new ones might rise in their place?

Featuring work by:
Aprille Curtis, Ben Cuevas, Cheyann Washington, Elana Mann, Ellen Jong, Francis Robateau, Gina Herrera, Greg Day, Hugo Heredia Barrera, Jason Jenn, Jason Trucco, Jotham Hung, Kayla Tange, Kristine Schomaker, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, Nancy Kay Turner, Reyah, Robert Patrick, Rosalyn Myles, Rubén Esparza, Tony Isaja, Vojislav Radovanović

Curated by Jason Jenn and Vojislav Radovanović.

Artifacts from an Unborn Empire is on view through December 31, 2026. For more information, visit: BrandLibrary.org/Gallery

This exhibition is sponsored by the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission through funding from the Urban Art Fund.

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Free, limited parking is available in Brand Park. An accessible entrance and accessible parking for cars with a disabled parking placard or license plate is located on the East side of Brand Library.

For additional information about this exhibition, please contact Brand Library & Art Center at (818) 548-2051 or send us an email at Info@BrandLibrary.org.

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Image: Ben Cuevas, Transcending the Material (detail), knit acrylic yarn, 2010. 

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