# Rodney McMillianThe Land: Not Without a Politic

URL: https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/rodney-mcmillian-the-land-not-without-a-politic/
March 16 — June 16, 2024 · Marta Herford Museum · Artists: Rodney McMillian

**Installation photo credit: Hans Schröder**

Vielmetter Los Angeles is pleased to announce Rodney McMillian’s solo exhibition *The Land: Not Without a Politic* at Marta Herford in Herford, Germany. The exhibition opens March 16 and runs through June 16, 2024.

Curated by Kathleen Rahn, the director of the Marta Herford, the exhibition features key works from throughout Rodney McMillian’s renowned practice. *The Land: Not Without a Politic* demonstrates a sustained examination of the artist’s oeuvre within a framework of socially critical Post-Minimalism and highlights his exposure of the fissures in the social fabric in the United States. The exhibition includes McMillian’s sculptural installations *shaft* (2021-22), *Untitled (4443 Prospect Ave)*(2009),*Untitled (The Supreme Court Painting)* (2004-06); films *Preacher Man II (The Pitfalls of Liberalism) (2017-21); A Migration Tale*(2014-15); *Untitled (the Great Society) (*2006); and several recent landscape paintings, among other works.

Rodney McMillian addresses intersections of power, race, class, and culture in paintings, sculptures, installations, and video. Reflecting the conviction that history is always present, McMillian explores the impacts of historical events on policy, the effects of politics on the body, and the experience of class and race in contemporary U.S. society. He uses political texts and found, often domestic, materials such as house paint, cast-off furniture, and thrifted bedsheets, among others, to create works that powerfully address political urgencies.