Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry
March 14 - June 14, 2009
William Christenberry looks for the spirit of Southern culture in the landscape and architecture of rural Alabama. Drawing from his formal training, family traditions and a lasting relationship with his boyhood home in Alabama, Christenberry has spent the past 50 years creating a remarkable body of work that explores all aspects of life and experience. This exhibition, organized by the Smithsonian American Art Musuem, is a survey of past and present work and features more than 60 of Christenberry’s photographs, drawings, paintings, sculptures and building constructions.
Sponsored by:


William Christenberry
Church, Sprott, Alabama, 1971
Dye transfer print on paper
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of the artist
William Christenberry
Southern Tree, 2004
Blue and black German ink on archival board
Collection of the artist