Genesis and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the US Open Collaborative Exhibition on the 12th

Jeffrey Gibson Unveils Four New Bronze Sculptures

Genesis announced on September 15 that "The Genesis Facade Commission: Jeffrey Gibson, The Animal That Therefore I Am," a collaborative exhibition project with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, opened on September 12 (local time).

This exhibition, launched last year under the name "The Genesis Facade Commission" through a partnership with Genesis, is a signature contemporary art series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each year, a newly selected artist presents a large-scale installation displayed on the museum's facade (main exterior wall).

Following last year's inaugural "The Genesis Facade Commission," which featured world-renowned contemporary artist Lee Bul, this year's exhibition showcases a new work by Jeffrey Gibson, who represented the United States Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale.

For this exhibition, Gibson unveils four new bronze sculptures, each approximately three meters tall. The sculptures depict a deer, coyote, squirrel, and hawk-animals native to the Hudson area, where the artist's studio is located, and Central Park, near the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Bronze sculpture exhibited in The Genesis Facade Commission: Jeffrey Gibson, The Animal That Therefore I Am, 2025 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo by Eugenia Burnett Tinsley

This project is particularly notable as it marks Gibson's first large-scale work using bronze as a medium. The materials used in the modeling process are rendered with striking realism, achieved through a special patina technique applied as a finishing touch to the bronze sculptures.

Gibson is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent. He is recognized as a leading artist in the field of Indigenous art, reflecting unique cultural identity and values.

A Genesis representative stated, "Through the second Genesis Facade Commission exhibition, we hope audiences will experience the expanded relationships among living beings that Jeffrey Gibson explores across natural and urban environments, and engage in meaningful dialogue about the cultural diversity and values of coexistence that the artist has long pursued."

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