The Drawing Center opens the first museum exhibition dedicated to David Hammons s pivotal early works on paper
Bruce W. Talamon, David Hammons making a body print, Slauson Avenue studio, Los Angeles, 1974. Digital silver gelatin print, 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
NEW YORK, NY
.- The first museum exhibition dedicated to David Hammonss pivotal early works on paper, David Hammons: Body Prints, 19681979 brings together the monoprints and collages in which the artist used the body as both a drawing tool and printing plate to explore performative, unconventional forms of image making. On view from February 5 through May 23, 2021, the exhibition features a significant number of Hammonss large-scale body prints, including Pray for America (1974), as well as two sculptural objects, Black Boys Window (1968) and The Door (Admissions Office) (1969). In addition, the exhibition presents examples of a lesser known, but no less important, series of Hammons
HBO s Black Art: In The Absence of Light debuts February 9
Sanford Biggers. Photo: Courtesy HBO.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Firmly rooted in the history of the Black American experience, Black Art: In The Absence of Light, debuting Tuesday, February 9 (9:00-10:25 p.m. ET/PT), is directed and produced by award-winning documentarian Sam Pollard (HBOs Atlanta Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children). A vital and illuminating introduction to the work of some of the foremost African American visual artists working today, including Theaster Gates, Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Amy Sherald and Carrie Mae Weems, the film is a testament to the indelible contributions of Black American artists in todays contemporary art world. Black Art: In The Absence of Light is executive produced by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Thelma Golden serves as consulting producer. The film will be available on HBO and to stream on HBO Max.
Lewis Hine, Child Labor Investigator opens at The Dorsky Museum
Lewis Hine, Israel April , 1912, The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art 2019.005.047.
NEW PALTZ, NY
.-The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz opened Lewis Hine, Child Labor Investigator,an exhibition featuring Lewis Hines powerful photographs for the National Child Labor Commission, which proved the exploitation of young children working in unsafe conditions and ultimately led to American child labor law reform.
Lewis Hine, Child Labor Investigator is on view from Feb. 6 July 11, 2021, in The Dorskys Sara Bedrick Gallery. The exhibition is co-curated by Anna Conlan, curator and exhibitions manager, and Amy Fredrickson, curatorial and collections assistant.