Adam Pendleton's exhibition "Love Queen" is on view at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., through January 3, 2027. The show features his distinctive abstract works that blend mark-making, pictographs, and all-caps texts, including pieces from his "Untitled (Days)" series and "Black Dada" series, as well as a single-channel video titled "Resurrection City Revisited (Who Owns Geometry Anyway?)" that documents the 1968 Poor People's Campaign.
The exhibition matters because it offers a comprehensive survey of Pendleton's two-decade career, showcasing his unique visual language that merges early modernism, protest signage, and graffiti. His work challenges viewers to engage in close inspection and introspection, treating the canvas as a stage for linguistic and cultural conflict. The inclusion of the video work connects his abstract practice to historical protest movements, demonstrating how art can transmit memory and emotion across time.