Susan Harbage Page

Imagining Home

Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland

From October 25, 2015 — June 1, 2018

The inaugural exhibition for the BMA’s new Center for People & Art brings together more than 30 works from across the BMA’s collection to explore the universal theme of home.

Including:

Arrivals & Departures: Objects that show a world of constant transformation and movement include Alfred Stieglitz’s Steerage (1907) photograph of passengers boarding a ship, Susan Harbage Page’s Hiding Place No. 3, Laredo, Texas (2011) large scale photograph of a temporary shelter for someone crossing the U.S./Mexican border, and an ancient Nayarit Model House (c. 200 A.D.) created for the afterlife.

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In 1996 I spent two months making audio recordings and photographs with women weavers in Lakiya, Israel, a community "officially" founded in 1985 as part of an Israeli government project to stabilize Bedouins in permanent settlements. My work explored issues of belonging, empowerment, community, religion, and borders. It was a remarkable opportunity. Now, nearly twenty years later,  I returned to Lakiya for a community celebration earlier this month.