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Winter/Spring 2015 Winter/Spring The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine Harlem in Museum Studio The The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine Winter/Spring 2015 Studio Magazine Board Of Trustees This issue of Studio is underwritten, Editor-in-Chief Raymond J. McGuire, Chairman in part, with support from Elizabeth Gwinn Carol Sutton Lewis, Vice-Chair Rodney M. Miller, Treasurer Creative Director Teri Trotter, Secretary The Studio Museum in Harlem is sup- The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine Winter/Spring 2015 The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine Winter/Spring 2015 Thelma Golden ported, in part, with public funds provided Dr. Anita Blanchard Managing Editor by the following government agencies and Jacqueline L. Bradley Dana Liss elected representatives: Valentino D. Carlotti Kathryn C. Chenault Copy Editor The New York City Department of Cultural Joan S. Davidson Samir Patel Affairs; New York State Council on the Gordon J. Davis, Esq. Arts, a state agency; National Endowment Design Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for the Arts; the New York City Council; Pentagram Sandra Grymes and the Manhattan Borough President. Arthur J. Humphrey Jr. Printing George L. Knox Allied Printing Services The Studio Museum in Harlem is deeply Nancy L. Lane grateful to the following institutional do- Original Design Concept Dr. Michael L. Lomax nors for their leadership support: 2X4, Inc. Bernard I. Lumpkin Dr. Amelia Ogunlesi Studio is published two times a year Bloomberg Philanthropies Corine Pettey by The Studio Museum in Harlem, Booth Ferris Foundation Ann G. Tenenbaum 144 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027. Ed Bradley Family Foundation John T. Thompson The Ralph and Fanny Ellison Reginald Van Lee Copyright ©2015 Studio Magazine. Charitable Trust Ford Foundation All rights, including translation into other Hon. Bill de Blasio, ex-officio The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation languages, are reserved by the publisher. Hon. Tom Finkelpearl, ex-officio Jerome Foundation Nothing in this publication may be Lambent Foundation reproduced without the permission of the The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation publisher. MetLife Foundation Surdna Foundation 1 2 Target Titus Kaphar Trenton Doyle Hancock The Andy Warhol Foundation for Jerome IV, 2014 …And Then It All Came Back to Me, 2011 the Visual Arts Courtesy the artist and Jack Collection KAWS, New York Shainman Gallery, New York Courtesy the artist and James Cohan Gallery, Joyce and George Wein Foundation ©Titus Kaphar New York Wells Fargo The Winston Foundation Letter from the Director Kerry James Marshall, Wangechi Mutu and Me and Sam Gilliam at the U.S. Department of Glenn Ligon at his opening at the Camden Arts Hank Willis Thomas in London, October 2014 State Medal of Arts award ceremony in January Centre, London, October 2014 We publish Studio magazine twice a opening celebrations for high- of these challenges; I am truly year, and each time we prepare to profile exhibitions celebrating some impressed by artists who are on go to print I like to take a moment of the most prominent artists work- the front lines of social change to reflect on the prior six months. ing today, including Kerry James and artists who offer moments of A half-year can encompass a lot, but Marshall, Wangechi Mutu, David quiet contemplation in a compli- it’s especially incredible how much Hammons, Glenn Ligon and Steve cated world. has happened—in the arts and the McQueen—all of whom have deep The life of the Studio Museum world as a whole—since our last ties to the Studio Museum and all to date has spanned an incredibly issue was published in summer 2014. of whom are of African descent. meaningful, complex and difficult In the same vein, it’s amazing how And on January 22, 2015, I had the time in history. I hope that our much has changed since the Studio great honor to be present as Secre- existence, exhibitions and activi- Museum was founded in 1968 by a tary of State John Kerry awarded ties—and, especially, the artists diverse group of artists, philanthro- the U.S. Department of State Medal that we support—have in some pists and civic leaders. These vision- of Arts award to a selection of bril- way played a part in the progress aries drafted a proposal for an alto- liant artists, once again including we have made, and can offer us gether new model of museum, one many names familiar to Studio hope and inspiration for the work “with the ability to respond more Museum audiences: Mark Bradford, that is yet to be done. And thanks directly and immediately to the cre- Sam Gilliam, Maya Lin, Julie Mehretu, to all of you for your help along ative climate.” Committed to expand- Pedro Reyes, Kehinde Wiley and the way. ing the resources, opportunities and Xu Bing. All this exciting activity institutional attention paid to black exemplifies the great progress the artists, the Museum’s founders wrote, art world has made in the past “We have chosen Harlem as the half-century. place for this more experimental, But as we all know, our world, Thelma Golden less institutionalized Museum because our country, our city and our neigh- Director and Chief Curator of the sense of newness, strength borhood continue to face many and change which is present there.” challenges. I am continually inspired Last fall, I had an incredibly ener- by the ability of artists to draw our All photos from my Instagram. gizing trip to London for a spate of attention to and help us make sense Follow me: @thelmagolden Winter/Spring 2015 2 The Studio Museum in Harlem is at the forefront of black contemporary art and culture and we want you to join us! Follow us on online, share your experience and be a part of the conversation! facebook.com/studiomuseum twitter.com/studiomuseum instagram.com/studiomuseum Museum Features What's Up: Exhibition Schedule 5 Artist × Artist: Mark Bradford 46 Winter/Spring 2015 and Samuel Levi Jones Introducing the 2014–15 6 125th Street: Time in Harlem 50 Artists in Residence My Harlem: Amanda Hunt 54 Kianja Strobert: Of This Day in Time 10 Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey 56 Titus Kaphar: The Jerome Project 11 Studio Art × Studio Museum = 58 Harlem Postcards: Summer 2014 12 Studio Squared and Fall/Winter 2014–15 Trenton Doyle Hancock: 16 Skin and Bones, 20 Years of Drawing Salon Style 20 Studio Jr. In Profile: Portraits from 22 Art Work, Two Ways: Godfried Donkor 61 the Permanent Collection DIY: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow 64 Concealed: Selections from 24 the Permanent Collection Coloring Page by 66 Trenton Doyle Hancock ETW Spotlight 68 Beyond Book Picks: Walter Dean Myers 70 Hamer Time 71 Maya Angelou: Harlem Hopscotch 27 Mini Curator! Maya Evans × 73 Toyin Odutola Elsewhere 28 Talk Back! #MyStudio 75 In Memoriam: Geoffrey Holder 34 Studio Visit: niv Acosta 36 Shout Out to Africa! Film Picks 38 William Greaves: 40 A Documentary Revolutionary Friends Studio Visit: Tony Lewis 41 2014 Joyce Alexander Wein 77 Remembering Gilda Snowden 43 Artist Prize Gala 2014 78 Members 82 Member Spotlight: 88 Sarah and Derek Irby Supporters 89 Membership Info and Form 93 Visitor information 95 Lea Kari Green (1974–2014) 96 Museum Museum 5 What’s Up Exhibition Schedule Winter/Spring 2015 Check studiomuseum.org for the latest on our exhibitions and programs. Through March 8, 2015 Speaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art Kianja Strobert: Of This Day in Time Titus Kaphar: The Jerome Project Under Another Name March 26–June 28, 2015 Trenton Doyle Hancock: Skin and Bones, 20 Years of Drawing Concealed: Selections from the Permanent Collection Salon Style In Profile: Portraits from the Permanent Collection Samuel Levi Jones: Unbound Always on View Harlem Postcards Glenn Ligon: Give Us a Poem Adam Pendleton: Collected (Flamingo George) Winter/Spring 2015 6 Introducing the 2014–15 Artists in Residence Organized by Alani Bass, Communications Assistant In October 2014, the Studio Museum was thrilled to welcome Sadie Barnette, Lauren Halsey and Eric Mack as our 2014–15 artists in residence. During their year-long residency, these bright young artists will immerse themselves in the legacy of Harlem and the Studio Museum, cultivate their unique visions and join a lineage of more than a hundred participants of the Artist-in-Residence program. We’ve asked Sadie, Lauren and Eric to introduce us to their creative processes and give a little insight into the work they will be making in the coming months. Sadie Barnette My artwork is not based in any one medium or output, Midwestern kindness, dearly protected optimism and but instead conforms to and absorbs many formats. I use humor. I am the Oakland 1980s-baby celebration of drawing, photography, installations, West Coast vernacu- the radical and armed movement of love, revolutionary lar, subcultural codes, text and abstractions to construct vision, the interracial and disco idealism. I am the a visual language system. What is at stake here, for me, daughter of a Black Panther, of a Vietnam vet, of politi- is the gravity of the urban as fantasy, extralegal econo- cized factory workers. The soundtrack is amazing. mies, luxury as drug, counterfeit capitalism, glitter as I make art from a place of humble urgency. My hypnotic, outer space as head space, the everyday as artistic endeavors are moments of criticality, multiplicity, gold, family and lived-identity experience, and the party. transcendence, addiction . little exponential art I am named for those my parents lost along the way, actions unfolding in The Now, The Living Room, digital and I am named for those who named my parents, and space, from Oakland to Compton and now (with love so it goes. I am here as the improbable evidence of my and thanks to the Studio Museum) Harlem! parents’ acts of resistance, gender-defiant grace, fierce Sadie Barnette Sadie Barnette Untitled collage, 2013 From Here, 2010 Courtesy Sadie Courtesy Sadie Barnette Barnette Museum 7 Sadie Barnette Untitled photograph, 2013 Courtesy Sadie Barnette Winter/Spring 2015 8 Introducing the 2014–15 Artists in Residence Eric Mack Lauren Halsey Currently, in the studio, I am working on a piece with “Kingdom Splurge” is an infinite project of endless accumulated value.