LOUISVILLE, KY.- KMAC Museum is presenting Victory Over the Sun: The Poetics and Politics of Eclipse.

"Victory Over the Sun takes into account the cosmic phenomenon and a host of other meanings that are held within the word eclipse," said KMAC Curator Joey Yates. "Artists who engage in acts of silencing, erasing, covering or masking, as well as conceptual gestures related to eclipsed narratives in American art and culture, will examine themes of blindness, censorship, obscurity, and suppression."

The occurrence of the sun's temporary erasure in Kentucky, during The Great American Eclipse of 2017, provides a backdrop for an exhibition of drawing, painting, sculpture, video and photography that explores literal and figurative notions of darkness, shadow and light.

An exhibition booklet has been produced, including text about each artist with an essay from Curator Joey Yates and a letter from Executive Director Aldy Milliken. In addition, Dr. Susan Jarosi, Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Louisville, has written an essay about the exhibition's connection to historical references. The essay, titled How to Look at Eclipses Without Being Blinded, is available on the KMAC website.

"We position cosmopolitan Louisville, and our institutional perspective on artistic practice, with artists from across the globe," said KMAC Director Aldy Milliken. "Recreating an Eclipse is a tall order. We have worked with many diverse artists to further convey that art is the deepest form of communication, exploring complexities of the human experience as we share in the "Great American Eclipse".

Artists in Victory Over the Sun include: Lita Albuquerque, Sanford Biggers, Bigert & Bergström, Mel Bochner, Bethany Collins, Nick Doyle, Olafur Eliasson, Stephen Irwin, Titus Kaphar, Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, Matthew Porter, Letitia Quesenberry, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Barbara Takenaga, Jan Tichy, Marijke Van Warmerdam and Brenna Youngblood.