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From Now: A Collection in Context
From Now: A Collection in Context is a dynamic, shifting installation of thematic exchanges drawn entirely from The Studio Museum in Harlem’s collection and installed throughout the building. Featuring a call-and-response of regular rotations of works, the exhibition is organized in sections that will unfold and evolve over the course of the year. Altogether, the installation presents a plurality of voices and explores motifs that have preoccupied artists of African descent across generations.
With works from the nineteenth century appearing alongside those of the present, From Now demonstrates the myriad ways artworks from disparate times, locations, and genres—and the artists who make them—can be in dialogue. Works that have rarely, if ever, been on view are displayed with those both newly acquired and long synonymous with the institution. The exhibition thus follows in the lineage of past collection shows committed to revealing the many perspectives, identities, and forms of art making by Black artists.
Although the Studio Museum was initially founded in 1968 as a non-collecting institution, our community of artists quickly recognized the need for the Museum to collect, steward, and preserve the work of Black artists. The collection now comprises thousands of objects made by over eight hundred artists working across all media, attesting to the vitality of Black culture and the significance of the Museum’s mission. From Now is a tribute to these early, monumental efforts to establish and build a collection. Though only a fraction of works in our care will be on view, the exhibition is also an invitation for current and future engagement with the living history and limitless possibilities of works by artists of African descent.
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From Now: A Collection in Context is a dynamic, shifting installation of thematic exchanges drawn entirely from The Studio Museum in Harlem’s collection and installed throughout the building. Featuring a call-and-response of regular rotations of works, the exhibition is organized in sections that will unfold and evolve over the course of the year. Altogether, the installation presents a plurality of voices and explores motifs that have preoccupied artists of African descent across generations.
With works from the nineteenth century appearing alongside those of the present, From Now demonstrates the myriad ways artworks from disparate times, locations, and genres—and the artists who make them—can be in dialogue. Works that have rarely, if ever, been on view are displayed with those both newly acquired and long synonymous with the institution. The exhibition thus follows in the lineage of past collection shows committed to revealing the many perspectives, identities, and forms of art making by Black artists.
Although the Studio Museum was initially founded in 1968 as a non-collecting institution, our community of artists quickly recognized the need for the Museum to collect, steward, and preserve the work of Black artists. The collection now comprises thousands of objects made by over eight hundred artists working across all media, attesting to the vitality of Black culture and the significance of the Museum’s mission. From Now is a tribute to these early, monumental efforts to establish and build a collection. Though only a fraction of works in our care will be on view, the exhibition is also an invitation for current and future engagement with the living history and limitless possibilities of works by artists of African descent.
Artists on show
- Alison Saar
- Allison Janae Hamilton
- Alma Woodsey Thomas
- Barbara Chase-Riboud
- Barkley Hendricks
- Beauford Delaney
- Betye Saar
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Dana Chandler
- David Hammons
- Dawoud Bey
- Deana Lawson
- Deborah Roberts
- Deborah Willis
- Elizabeth Catlett
- Elle Pérez
- Emma Amos
- Faith Ringgold
- Glenn Ligon
- Gordon Parks
- Hank Willis Thomas
- Isaac Julien
- Jack Whitten
- Jacob Lawrence
- James van der Zee
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Jennie C. Jones
- Jennifer Packer
- Jordan Casteel
- Juliana Huxtable
- Kara Walker
- Karon Davis
- Kerry James Marshall
- Kori Newkirk
- Kwame Brathwaite
- LaToya Ruby Frazier
- Lauren Halsey
- Leonardo Drew
- Lorna Simpson
- Lorraine O'Grady
- Lyle Ashton Harris
- Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
- Malick Sidibe
- Maren Hassinger
- Martine Syms
- Mel Edwards
- Ming Smith
- Nikita Gale
- Ralph Lemon
- Raymond Jennings Saunders
- Romare Bearden
- Rosana Paulino
- Roy DeCarava
- Sam Gilliam
- Sanford Biggers
- Senga Nengudi
- Seydou Keïta
- Simone Leigh
- Stanley Whitney
- Texas Isaiah
- Titus Kaphar
- Wangechi Mutu
- William Pope.L
- William T. Williams
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