curated-by:

Sam Gilliam, Helles, 1965

(via blackcontemporaryart)

duckfeather:

TOM LLOYD

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blackcontemporaryart:

Deborah Grant
The Birth of a Genius in the Midnight Sun, 2012.
Mixed media on wood panel, 75 x 154 1/2 inches

Collection Highlight

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

Collection Highlight

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! 

hyperallergic:

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)

Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Fatherhood as Described by Paul Beatty, 2011
branded red oak flooring, black soap, wax, books, branding irons, shea butter, oyster shells, space rock, gold paint
96 x 120 x 12.5 inches

Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Installation view of A Message to Our Folks (Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2012)

Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Cosmic Slop, 2011
black soap, wax, 72.5 x 49.5 x 1.75 inches 

Rashid Johnson (b. 1977)
Magic Hour, 2012
mirrored tile, black soap, wax, shea butter, oyster shell, vinyl, book, cb radio
72.5 x 96.5 x 11.75 inches