The work of mixed -
media artist Ebony G. Patterson investigates the complex relationships between gender, politics, beauty, race, and ritual in contemporary Jamaican culture.
The work of mixed -
media artist Ebony G. Patterson investigates identity in contemporary society, particularly ideas concerning visibility and invisibility of those who are deemed disenfranchised.
Last spring, the department hosted mixed -
media artist Ebony Patterson, whose work pulls the viewer in and forces them to bear witness to the violence and social injustices imposed upon those deemed invisible.
The artists, who represent a wide range of styles and ideals, include visual and performance artist Nick Cave, contemporary artist Rob Pruitt, artist collective Studio Job, mixed
media artist Ebony G. Patterson, and Trey Parker and Matt Stone of Comedy Central's South Park.
In her work, the Jamaica - born mixed -
media artist Ebony G. Patterson recontextualizes gender norms and explores Jamaican dancehall culture.
Not exact matches
Also at Newcomb are Jamaican
artist Ebony G Patterson and her dazzling, vividly coloured, metamorphic, mixed
media floral works on paper that suggest beaded textiles, nonagenarian Monir Farmanfarmaian, whose faceted, mirrored sculptures shape modernist geometric forms out of Persian designs, melding her Iranian heritage with that of her adopted city, New York and Andrea Fraser, with her tall mound of discarded costumes collected from Rio's Carnevale, remnants of their wearers» dreams.
Cassils — Multidisciplinary & Performance
Artist — Los Angeles, CA Abigail DeVille — Installation
Artist — Bronx, NY Vanessa German — Sculptor & Citizen
Artist — Pittsburgh, PA Pepón Osorio — Installation
Artist — Philadelphia, PA
Ebony G. Patterson — Painter & Mixed -
Media Artist — Lexington, KY Dread Scott — Multidisciplinary
Artist — Brooklyn, NY Cauleen Smith — Multidisciplinary
Artist — Los Angeles, CA
Ebony G. Patterson cotton, velvet, lace, plastic, and mixed
media Courtesy of the
artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, IL Photo: John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Jamaican
artist Ebony G. Patterson explores visibility in terms of class, gender, race, and the
media in her exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design.
A detail of «Strange Fruitz» 2013 (mixed
media on paper) by Jamaican - born
Ebony G. Patterson appears on the April 2014 cover of Frieze magazine, complementing a survey of «Island Life» inside, which asks curators, writers and
artists about the role of contemporary art in the Caribbean.
Ebony G. Patterson cotton, metal, glitter, plastic, glass, and mixed
media Courtesy of the
artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, IL Commissioned by the John Michael Kohler Arts Center Photo: John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Ebony G. Patterson is a world - renowned contemporary
artist from Jamaica known for her mixed
media works, who has also been teaching painting and mixed
media at University of Kentucky's School of Arts and Visual Studies since 2007.