Sentences with phrase «black monolith works»

The mosaic - tile painting is part of Whitten's series of Black Monolith works paying tribute to African American visionaries — intellectuals, jazz musicians, and visual artists.

Not exact matches

Jack Whitten's first exhibition with Hauser & Wirth presents works from several series — «Quantum Walls», «Portals», lenticular works from the «Third Entity», one piece from the continuing Black Monolith Project, and a sculpture (all dated 2015 — 17)-- continuing a five - decade - long investigation of passions vis - à - vis a testing exploration of painting itself.

In recent years, Whitten's best known body of work has been the ongoing Black Monoliths series, begun in the 90s, which uses acrylic and mixed medium to create mosaics of black artists, writers, and political thinkers such as Jacob Lawrence and MalcoBlack Monoliths series, begun in the 90s, which uses acrylic and mixed medium to create mosaics of black artists, writers, and political thinkers such as Jacob Lawrence and Malcoblack artists, writers, and political thinkers such as Jacob Lawrence and Malcolm X.

WHITTEN OFTEN GAVE REVERANCE to African American intellectuals and cultural figures in his work, including his mentors for whom he made «A Salute To Norman Lewis in Red, Black, Green» (1980), «Spiral: A Dedication to R. Bearden» (1988), and «Black Monolith IV For Jacob Lawrence» (2001).

A well know series of work is called «Black Monoliths» which are «mosaic paintings.»

Also included in the show, which travels to the Metropolitan Museum of Art later this year, are works from Whitten's «Black Monoliths» paintings series, which pay homage to Ralph Ellison, W. E. B. DuBois, and others through abstract portraits.

In Black Monolith V: Full Circle (2014), Whitten honors the writer Amiri Baraka, whose work addresses topics like black liberation and white raBlack Monolith V: Full Circle (2014), Whitten honors the writer Amiri Baraka, whose work addresses topics like black liberation and white rablack liberation and white racism.

Kara Walker's racially charged gouaches in sepia tinged hues act as a sarcastically delicate counterbalance to Terence Koh's white chocolate monoliths; Tino Sehgal's harmonic narrative «This Is Propaganda,» performed by a female guard, adds an air of the ethereal to an otherwise politically heavy - handed section of the exhibition; artist team Tim Noble and Sue Webster's «Black Narcissus» (2006) draws us back into the corporeal with their penile and phalange inflected shadow - cast portraiture; and Cindy Sherman's work from the early 80s shocks with its carnal ferocity.

IN ADDITION TO SHOWCASING HIS SCULPTURES, «Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963 - 2016» will unite for the first time the artist's celebrated Black Monolith series, works that pay tribute to black cultural figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, John Coltrane, Ralph Ellison, and fellow artist Jacob LawrBlack Monolith series, works that pay tribute to black cultural figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, John Coltrane, Ralph Ellison, and fellow artist Jacob Lawrblack cultural figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, John Coltrane, Ralph Ellison, and fellow artist Jacob Lawrence.

Some works» physical presence, color and tactility appear ominous such as John Isaacs» The Cyclical Development of Stasis which presents itself as an oily black stone that may or may not be recognized as its actual source of the iconic seat of The Thinker and Sterling Ruby's massive white minimalist - inspired Formica Inscribed Monolith smudged with dirt and scrawled with gang graffiti.

Meanwhile, one of his most recognized bodies of work is his Black Monolith series, which honors friends and pivotal figures with whom he shares an intellectual connection, such as Lawrence, W.E.B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Barbara Jordan and Amiri Baraka.

The ticketed exhibition includes 40 works inspired by the materials and traditions of Africa and ancient Greece, plus Whitten's Black Monolith paintings honoring prominent African Americans such as Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, and James Baldwin.