Julia Betts: The Dams are Broken

May 6, 2026 — September 20, 2026
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art
221 N. Main Street
Greensburg, PA 15601

In this work, Julia Betts approaches portraiture through the lens of personal possessions. She visits each subject’s home to document the objects that populate their daily lives and then translates them into poured rubber forms that she then paints. These fragments of domestic life do not remain peripheral; they merge with the human figure, collapsing the boundary between person and possession. What begins as a portrait becomes something more unstable, revealing how the things we accumulate can gradually begin to consume us. The Dams are Broken is presented in partnership with the Westmoreland Museum of American Art,Radiant Hall, and Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.

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