Opening Reception for Pierre Bismuth: Love Bless America
Opening Reception for Pierre Bismuth: Love Bless America
This exhibition features new works by the Brussels-based French conceptual artist and filmmaker Pierre Bismuth.
In the fall of 2026, the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society will present Love Bless America, an exhibition of new works by the Brussels-based French conceptual artist and filmmaker Pierre Bismuth (b. 1963).
The centerpiece of the exhibition is a long-form meditative film documenting the creative meeting between two leading figures from Chicago’s jazz and improvised music scene: Joshua Abrams and Sharon Udoh. Bismuth has tasked them with composing a 21st-century spiritual based on a lyrical hymn he wrote for the project. Bismuth’s double portrait traces both the magic and the workaday practice of “inspiration,” using the commingling of religious musical traditions as a point of departure for a multi-layered reflection on love, music, and the divine.
In addition to this new film, Bismuth will also present a series of prints resembling American flags emblazoned with excerpts from the artist’s hymn.
Curated by Dieter Roelstraete.
This exhibition features new works by the Brussels-based French conceptual artist and filmmaker Pierre Bismuth.