February 14 – April 6, 2025
Hello Sailor!
Childs Gallery
In Person Viewing:
169 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
Online Viewing:
https://childsgallery.com/exhibition/hello-sailor/
The visage of the able-bodied mariner is prevalent throughout art history canon, from ancient reliefs of naval warfare to modern propaganda posters. Our contemporary image of the uniformed sailor becomes more ubiquitous from the 18th century onwards with dashing portraits of sea captains, handsome wartime heroes, and cavorting seamen on shore leave. Hello Sailor! celebrates these many iterations of mariner imagery, across various media including prints, paintings, photography, and sculpture. Works in the exhibition span from the early 19th century to the present, capturing the evolving sailor imagery of the past two hundred years.
