LJ Roberts | Dog Show at the Anchorage Museum

LJ Roberts, "Untitled" (Perfect Lovers/Perfect Brothers), 2017/2023 is currently on view at the Anchorage Museum in Dog Show through 5 April 2026.

 

Dog Show  is a celebration of human-dog relationships across geography and time. The exhibition considers the histories of dogs in the Circumpolar North, their importance to lifeways and culture in the region, and the role of dogs in contemporary life across the US as pets, helpmates, and family members. Contemporary and historical artworks, cultural belongings, archival images, and ephemera from Canada, Greenland, Norway, and the Lower 48 showcase the ways dogs have shaped our place as well as our society, shedding light on the myriad ways we understand affective and relational bonds between people and animals.

 

LJ Roberts (b.1980 Royal Oak, Michigan, USA) lives and works in Providence, RI. Their practice spans multiple media and addresses queer and trans politics, nomadism, and kinship structures, as well as archives, narrative, and material deviance.  Their work is currently on view in Fantasizing Design at the Center for Architecture, NY and in collection galleries at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. and New York Historical.