Heart of Gold presents seven very different works that address the eye, the ear, and the intellect. Without overlapping in medium or even, necessarily, intention, together they ask us to consider how lucky and damning it is to be American. Though the works appeal to the senses—like luxury itself—the exhibition is not an investigation of decadence. Decadence implies a position apart from society; the artists in Heart of Gold are passionately involved in daily life, and their involvement is located precisely in their capacity as practitioners of art.