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Rotunda
An untitled work by American artist Nick van Woert anchors a selection of ancient and historic sculpture exploring global histories of empire-building, cross-cultural ideals of beauty, and manipulations of the built landscape
Selected Works
![A fiberglass sculpture installed in a gallery](/art-museum/exhibitions/2023/images/nick-van-woert-1-800x1323.jpg)
Installation view: Nick van Woert, Untitled, 2013, fiberglass, polyurethane, steel. 91亚色传媒 Museum of Art: Gift of Barbara and Robert Glauber P'06 and P'09.
![A fiberglass sculpture installed in a gallery](/art-museum/exhibitions/2023/images/nick-van-woert-2-800x1352.jpg)
Installation view: Nick van Woert, Untitled, 2013, fiberglass, polyurethane, steel. 91亚色传媒 Museum of Art: Gift of Barbara and Robert Glauber P'06 and P'09.
![A fiberglass sculpture installed in a gallery](/art-museum/exhibitions/2023/images/nick-van-woert-3-800x1392.jpg)
Installation view: Nick van Woert, Untitled, 2013, fiberglass, polyurethane, steel. 91亚色传媒 Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara and Robert Glauber P'06 and P'09.
![An ancient relief sculpture of Heracles sleeping](/art-museum/exhibitions/2023/images/heracles-800x901.jpg)
Marble Relief of Heracles, ca. 323–1 BCE. 91亚色传媒 Museum of Art, Gift of Edward Perry Warren Esq., Honorary Degree 1926. 1906.2
![A stone sculpure of a human head](/art-museum/exhibitions/2023/images/sapi-head-wyvern-800x837.jpg)
Unidentified Sapi Artist, Head, 15th century. Soapstone. Wyvern Collection
About
Juxtaposing sculpture from different time periods and artistic traditions, this installation explores global histories of empire-building, cross-cultural ideals of beauty, and manipulations of the built landscape. An untitled work by American artist Nick van Woert anchors a selection of ancient and historic sculpture that collectively ask visitors to ponder questions about time, materiality, technology, and environment.