100 Artists See God

100 Artists See God is an exhibition that goes beyond universal images of traditional faiths to offer individual interpretations of spirituality. The show was organized around the following questions: How do contemporary artists see God? How and why might the point of view of artists reinforce or stand in contrast to that of the general public? And what comfort or answers do we all seek in spiritual undertakings of varying kinds?

The curators invited artists to respond to one of art’s most enduring challenges: picturing the divine. They imagined, “a group of a hundred artists standing in a field having a simultaneous revelation.” The exhibition consists of one work by each artist—primarily photographs, drawings and paintings along with several sculptures and single-channel videos—many of them made in response to the curators’ call for participation. 

Through a variety of mediums and vastly different approaches, the participating artists challenge themselves and their viewers to rethink the very idea of God. The approaches vary from irreverent to sincere, from playful to portentous.