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The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine Winter/Spring 2014 Studio Magazine Board of Trustees This Issue of Studio Is Underwritten, Editor-In-Chief Raymond J Winter/Spring 2014 Winter/Spring The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine in Harlem The Studio Museum The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine Winter/Spring 2014 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- Thelma Golden ported, in part, with public funds provided Jacqueline L. Bradley Managing Editor by the following government agencies and Valentino D. Carlotti Jamillah James elected representatives: Kathryn C. Chenault Joan S. Davidson Copy Editor The New York City Department of Cultural Gordon J. Davis, Esq. Samir Patel Affairs; New York State Council on the Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Arts, a state agency; National Endow- Design Sandra Grymes ment for the Arts; Council Member Inez Pentagram Arthur J. Humphrey, Jr. E. Dickens, 9th Council District, Speaker George L. Knox Printing Christine Quinn and the New York City Nancy L. Lane Allied Printing Services Council; Manhattan Borough President Dr. Michael L. Lomax Scott M. Stringer; and New York Council Original Design Concept Bernard Lumpkin on the Humanities. 2X4, Inc. Tracy Maitland Dr. Amelia Ogunlesi Studio is published two times a year The Studio Museum in Harlem is deeply Corine Pettey by The Studio Museum in Harlem, grateful to the following institutional Ann G. Tenenbaum 144 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027. donors for their leadership support: John T. Thompson Reginald Van Lee Copyright ©2014 Studio Magazine. Bloomberg Philanthropies Hon. Kate D. Levin, ex-officio Booth Ferris Foundation All rights, including translation into other Karen A. Phillips, ex-officio Ed Bradley Family Foundation languages, are reserved by the publisher. Ford Foundation Nothing in this publication may be Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust reproduced without the permission of the The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation publisher. Lambent Foundation Cover Image: Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Wanuri Kahiu Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Pumzi (video still), 2009 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Courtesy Focus Features Africa MetLife Foundation First Short Film Program Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inside Back Cover Image: Surdna Foundation Joe Minter Target Housewife, 1998 The Andy Warhol Foundation for Courtesy Souls Grown Deep Foundation the Visual Arts Joyce and George Wein Foundation Wells Fargo The Winston Foundation Letter from the Director I’ve long been fascinated by the ways It’s no coincidence, then, that as in which Harlem exists as both a we begin a new year—fresh with a physical place and a space of imagi- new set of goals and dreams—the nation. Every street in Harlem holds Studio Museum will present three many stories—stories about what is exhibitions that take the imagination happening now, what happened in of a place and time as a central the past and what we hope will theme. The Shadows Took Shape, happen in the future. For centuries, our critically-acclaimed examination this neighborhood has sparked the of Afrofuturism, takes a look at the imaginations of people around the fascinating use of science fiction and world, including millions who have fantasy by artists determined to push never even had the chance to visit. the boundaries of what is possible. At the Studio Museum, we’ve Our eagerly anticipated Spring 2014 explored the broad reach of Harlem in exhibition, When the Stars Begin to the global imagination through a variety Fall: Imagination and the American of exciting programs. We have created South considers the lasting influence Photo: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders exhibitions such as Harlemworld and of another iconic place in American books such as Harlem: A Century in geography, history and myth. We’re Images, challenged artists from around also thrilled to present Carrie Mae the world to interpret the neighborhood Weems: The Museum Series, an in Harlem Postcards and invited our art- exhibition in which one of the great ists in residence to view their surround- imaginations of our times (and the ings as a point of departure for their subject of a major retrospective cur- own artistic explorations. This fall, we rently on view at the Guggenheim) had the privilege of hosting First Lady questions, through a series of self- Michelle Obama and the spouses of portraits created since 2007, the international heads of state, where she role that museums and institutions referred to Harlem as a community across America and Europe have "infused with the kind of energy and played in shaping cultural myths. passion that is quintessentially As spring is a time for renewal American, but has also touched so and reinvention, we are continually many people around the world." imagining and reimagining what Forty-five years after our founding, we the Studio Museum is and can be. continue to treasure this institution’s Thank you for joining us on this role in igniting the imaginations of our exciting journey. visitors, young and old, local and inter- I’ll see you around—and defi- national, physical and virtual. nitely uptown. Thelma Golden Director and Chief Curator Museum Features What’s Up: Exhibition Schedule 5 Project Row Houses at Twenty 41 Introducing the 2013–14 Artists 6 Lauren’s London Seen 46 in Residence Artist × Artist: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye 50 Harlem Postcards Summer 2013 12 and Jennifer Packer and Fall/Winter 2013–14 Mind Matters: Conversations with 56 Carrie Mae Weems: 16 Arts & Minds Teaching Artists A World of Her Own Mothership Connections: Zoë Whitley 58 Spring 2014: When the Stars 20 in Conversation with Harold Offeh Begin to Fall Living History: Narratives of the South 61 Beyond Studio Jr. In Memoriam: Albert Murray 23 ArtLooks: Keeping an Eye 64 on the Future Elsewhere 24 Coloring Page by Stacey Robinson 66 Studio Visit: Oscar Murillo 30 Kids Book Picks 68 A Beautiful Thing: Saya Woolfalk 33 Tote Bag DIY: Abstract Afrofuturistic Sculpture 70 Back to the (Afro)Future: 34 Neighborly Interventions: 72 Sci-Fi Film Picks The Laundromat Project RAMM:�LL:Z��: The Armed Equation 36 Lesson Plan: Moments in Movement 74 My Harlem: Daniel Tisdale 39 Education in the Community: 76 Spotlight on Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School Friends 2013 Joyce Alexander Wein 79 Artist Prize Gala 2013 81 Members 85 Supporters 89 Membership Info and Form 93 Visitor Information 95 In Memoriam: Ann Jackson 96 Museum Features What’s Up: Exhibition Schedule 5 Project Row Houses at Twenty 41 Introducing the 2013–14 Artists 6 Lauren’s London Seen 46 in Residence Artist × Artist: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye 50 Harlem Postcards Summer 2013 12 and Jennifer Packer and Fall/Winter 2013–14 Mind Matters: Conversations with 56 Carrie Mae Weems: 16 Arts & Minds Teaching Artists A World of Her Own Mothership Connections: Zoë Whitley 58 Spring 2014: When the Stars 20 in Conversation with Harold Offeh Begin to Fall Living History: Narratives of the South 61 Beyond Studio Jr. In Memoriam: Albert Murray 23 ArtLooks: Keeping an Eye 64 on the Future Elsewhere 24 Coloring Page by Stacey Robinson 66 Studio Visit: Oscar Murillo 30 Kids Book Picks 68 A Beautiful Thing: Saya Woolfalk 33 Tote Bag DIY: Abstract Afrofuturistic Sculpture 70 Back to the (Afro)Future: 34 Neighborly Interventions: 72 Sci-Fi Film Picks The Laundromat Project RAMM:�LL:Z��: The Armed Equation 36 Lesson Plan: Moments in Movement 74 My Harlem: Daniel Tisdale 39 Education in the Community: 76 Spotlight on Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School Friends 2013 Joyce Alexander Wein 79 Artist Prize Gala 2013 81 Members 85 Supporters 89 Membership Info and Form 93 Visitor Information 95 In Memoriam: Ann Jackson 96 Winter/Spring 2014 4 Museum 5 What’s Up Exhibition Schedule Museum Winter/Spring 2014 Check studiomuseum.org for the latest on our exhibitions and programs November 14, 2013–March 9, 2014 The Shadows Took Shape Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art July 18, 2013–January 23, 2014 Body Language January 30–June 29, 2014 Carrie Mae Weems: The Museum Series March 27–June 29, 2014 When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South Always on View Harlem Postcards Glenn Ligon: Give Us a Poem Adam Pendleton: Collected (Flamingo George) Winter/Spring 2014 4 Museum 5 What’s Up Exhibition Schedule Museum Winter/Spring 2014 Check studiomuseum.org for the latest on our exhibitions and programs November 14, 2013–March 9, 2014 The Shadows Took Shape Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art July 18, 2013–January 23, 2014 Body Language January 30–June 29, 2014 Carrie Mae Weems: The Museum Series March 27–June 29, 2014 When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South Always on View Harlem Postcards Glenn Ligon: Give Us a Poem Adam Pendleton: Collected (Flamingo George) Winter/Spring 2014 6 Museum 7 Introducing the 2013–14 Artists in Residence Organized by Dana Liss, Curatorial Intern In October 2013, the Studio Museum welcomed Kevin Beasley, Bethany Collins and Abigail DeVille as the 2013–14 artists in residence. A core component of the Museum’s mission and history, the Artist-in-Residence program provides each artist with on-site studio space, a stipend and the opportunity to exhibit his or her work at the end of the year-long residency. Kevin Beasley creates sculptures, installations and sound works that are invested in the physicality of the body, objects and the space surrounding them. Bethany Collins examines the ambiguities of language, memory and identity in her painting. Abigail DeVille is a multidisciplinary artist who often uses found objects to explore material culture in urban settings. We asked Kevin, Bethany and Abigail to introduce their work and share a little bit about what inspires them.
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