As soon as you see the depth, and you realize that you're looking at it from outside. You're at the height and it draws you in, and then lets you come back out. And you're looking down into a chasm.
Thomas Hamilton, Nasher Ambassador
One minute, one work of art, one personal story.
Watch The Art Minute featuring Nasher Ambassador Thomas Hamilton with Odili Donald Odita’s painting, Chasm. This work captures Thomas’s attention with the colorful horizontal and vertical triangles that play with perspective. He encourages everyone to visit Beyond the Surface, featuring work from the Nasher’s collection.
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Odili Donald Odita, Chasm, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 60 × 120 inches (152.4 × 304.8 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Gift of Kenneth W. Hubbard and Victoria Dauphinot, 2020.9.1. © Odili Donald Odita. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Video Production Team
Videographer and Editor
J Caldwell, Photographer & Social Media Manager, Nasher Museum
Co-Producer, Videographer and Graphic Designer
Yesenia Martinez-Yanez, summer 2022 marketing intern, Appalachian State University Class of 2022
Co-Producer
Wendy Hower, Director of Engagement & Marketing, Nasher Museum