Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage
Jul 06, 2024 - Sep 22, 2024
Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage is the first large-scale exhibition dedicated to exploring collage by contemporary Black American artists such as Mark Bradford, Kerry James Marshall, Tschabalala Self, and Kara Walker. Featuring nearly 60 works by 49 artists, this exhibition celebrates the broad variety and complexity of Black identity in art. Building on a technique that has roots in European and American traditions, the diverse, intergenerational group of artists have created innovative works with pieces of paper, photographs, fabrics, and/or other salvaged materials. The bold compositions, created with an array of experimental techniques, offer poignant expressions of human experience, including fragmentation and reconstruction, shared history and memory, cultural hybridity, gender fluidity, and notions of beauty.
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Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage is the first large-scale exhibition dedicated to exploring collage by contemporary Black American artists such as Mark Bradford, Kerry James Marshall, Tschabalala Self, and Kara Walker. Featuring nearly 60 works by 49 artists, this exhibition celebrates the broad variety and complexity of Black identity in art. Building on a technique that has roots in European and American traditions, the diverse, intergenerational group of artists have created innovative works with pieces of paper, photographs, fabrics, and/or other salvaged materials. The bold compositions, created with an array of experimental techniques, offer poignant expressions of human experience, including fragmentation and reconstruction, shared history and memory, cultural hybridity, gender fluidity, and notions of beauty.
Artists on show
- Andrea Chung
- Brittney Boyd Bullock
- David Shrobe
- Deborah Roberts
- Derek Fordjour
- Derrick Adams
- Devan Shimoyama
- Devin N. Morris
- Didier William
- Ebony G. Patterson
- Genevieve Gaignard
- Helina Metaferia
- Howardena Pindell
- Jamal Cyrus
- Jamea Richmond-Edwards
- Joiri Minaya
- Kahlil Irving
- Kandis Williams
- Kara Walker
- Kerry James Marshall
- Lanecia A. Rouse
- Lauren Halsey
- Lester Julian Merriweather
- Lorna Simpson
- Lovie Olivia
- M. Florine Démosthène
- Mark Bradford
- McArthur Binion
- Mickalene Thomas
- Narcissister
- Nina Chanel Abney
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
- Nyugen Smith
- Paul Anthony Smith
- Radcliffe Bailey
- Rashaad Newsome
- Rashid Johnson
- Rod McGaha
- Rontaye Butler
- Sanford Biggers
- Shinique Amie Smith
- Tay Butler
- Tomashi Jackson
- Troy Michie
- Tschabalala Self
- Wangechi Mutu
- Wardell Milan
- Yashua Klos
- YoYo Lander
- Zoë Charlton
Contact details
Sunday
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday - Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Friday - Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
1600 21st Street NW Washington D.C., DC, USA 20009
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