
The Studio Museum in Harlem is the nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally and internationally and for work that has been inspired and influenced by black culture. It is a site for the dynamic exchange of ideas about art and society.
The Studio Museum in Harlem: 144 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027
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Deborah Grant
The Birth of a Genius in the Midnight Sun, 2012.
Mixed media on wood panel, 75 x 154 1/2 inches
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Tom Lloyd working on one of his magnificent light sculptures! Tom Lloyd’s work was on view in the Studio Museum’s first exhibition in 1968!
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Ellen Gallagher (b. 1965)
DeLuxe (2004–05)
Portfolio of 60 etchings with photogravure, spitbite, collage, laser cutting, silkscreen,offset lithography, hand painitng, and plasticine sculptural additions
13 x 10 1/2 inches each, hung in grid of 5 high by 12 long
The Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum Purchase made possible by a gift from Thomas H. Lee and Ann Tenenbaum, New York
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Adam Pendleton (b. 1980)
History (LAB 02 Grey), 2005
Silkscreen on canvas
30 x 22 inches
The Studio Museum in Harlem; Gift of the artist and Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles 06.3.1
We <3 Caitlin!
One of her painting installations, The Federal Reserve Bank of New Yawk (2012) was featured in Fore, our Fall/Winter 2012–13 exhibition! Congrats Caitlin!
An exhibition featuring three related painting and sculpture installations created by Brooklyn artist Caitlin Cherry for the Brooklyn Museum is the latest in the continuing Raw/Cooked series of work by under-the-radar Brooklyn artists.
The exhibition, Hero Safe, will be on view June 7 through September 1, 2013.
Photo caption: Caitlin Cherry in her studio. Photo by Pierce Jackson (photo courtesy Brookly Museum)