Countless visual artists likewise have explored and affirmed the charged power of the human form. With works from the Weatherspoon’s collection of modern and contemporary art, this installation considers the myriad ways in which they have done so.

Treading a line between order and chaos, planned uniformity and unplanned disarray, Alyson Shotz employs natural phenomena—such as mass, force, gravity, and light—to create her artworks.

Over four decades of her practice, Mary Kelly has addressed issues relating to the body, systems of classification and power, and memory.

In Disruption as Rapture, Shahzia Sikander uses animation to enliven an eighteenth-century illuminated manuscript of the Gulshan-i Ishq (Rose Garden of Love).

Alison Saar is known not only for her powerful sculptures—she is also a master of the art of printmaking.