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THE S T UDIO MUS UDIO E UM IN HARLE IN UM The Studio Museum in Harlem M W INTER/SP R IN G 2011 G WHERE BLACK ART ART BLACK WHERE THE CONVERSATION ISSUE Featuring Perspectives from: Mark Bradford Stephen Burks 2010-11 Artists in Residence Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts And more! WINTER/SPRING 2011 THE S T UDIO MUS UDIO E UM IN IN UM HARLE The Studio Museum in Harlem M W IN TER/ SP R IN G 2011 G WHERE BLACK ART ART BLACK WHERE THE CONVERSATION ISSUE Featuring Perspectives from: Mark Bradford Stephen Burks 2010-11 Artists in Residence Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts And more! WINTER/SPRING 2011 STUDIO MAGAZINE ON THE COVER Editor-in-chief BOARD OF TRUSTEES This issue of Studio is underwritten, in Elizabeth Gwinn Chairman part, with support from Bloomberg Raymond J. McGuire Creative Director Thelma Golden Vice-Chair The Studio Museum in Harlem is Carol Sutton Lewis supported, in part, with public funds Managing Editor provided by the following government Treasurer agencies and elected representatives: Allison Channing Jones The New York City Department of Rodney M. Miller Cultural Affairs; Assemblyman Keith L. Associate Editor T. Wright, 70th A.D.; New York State Dominic Hackley Secretary Council on the Arts, a state agency; Teri Trotter Institute of Museum and Library Editor-at-Large Services; National Endowment for the Arts; The City of New York; Council Lea K. Green Jacqueline L. Bradley Member Inez E. Dickens, 9th C.D. and Valentino D. Carlotti Speaker Christine Quinn and the New Contributing Editors Kathryn C. Chenault York City Council. Lauren Haynes Joan Davidson Thomas J. Lax Gordon J. Davis The Studio Museum in Harlem is deeply grateful to the following Reginald E. Davis institutional donors for their Fiction Editor Susan Fales-Hill leadership support: Ginger Co!eld Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Bloomberg Sandra Grymes Deutsche Bank Copy Editors Joyce K. Haupt Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Ford Foundation Jessica Lott, Samir Patel Arthur J. Humphrey, Jr. The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation George L. Knox The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Editorial Intern Nancy L. Lane Charitable Trust Shahrazad A. Shareef Dr. Michael L. Lomax Robert Lehman Foundation Tracy Maitland Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Design Dr. Amelia Ogunlesi MetLife Foundation Nimoy Foundation Emily CM Anderson Corine Pettey Target for Project Projects Ann Tenenbaum Upper Manhattan Empowerment John T. Thompson Zone Development Corporation Printing Reginald Van Lee The Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation Mirror NYC Joyce and George Wein Foundation The Winston Foundation mirrornyc.com 1 2 ex-offico Original Design Concept Hon. Kate D. Levin 2x4, Inc. ex-officio Studio is published two Karen A. Phillips times a year by The Studio Museum in Harlem, 144 W. 125th St., New York, NY 10027. IT TAKES TWO! Copyright © 2011 Studio Every issue of Studio is de"ned by other offers a look at some of the Magazine. All rights, including its cover image. Even within our quirky and innovative products translation into other office, we hardly ever refer to the designed by Stephen Burks (many languages, are reserved “Summer 2007” or “Fall/Winter of which will be in Man Made, by the publisher. Nothing in this publication may be 2008-09” issue— on view March 31—June 26, reproduced without the they are “David Adjaye” or “Barkley 2011). Whichever cover you hold permission of the publisher. Hendricks.” So it’s not surprising in your hands, we hope you’ll that one of the hardest parts about enjoy the Winter/Spring 2011 publishing Studio is deciding what issue and let us know what you 1 Stephen 2 Mark to put on the cover. As this issue think! Email comments, questions Burks Bradford spans our Fall/Winter 2010-11 and and suggestions to studio@ Prototypes & Untitled (A-Z), Material 2010 Spring 2011 seasons, we wanted to studiomuseum.org. Compositions Courtesy the feature exhibitions from both. So, (Pile Up) artist while the inside content is exactly Including Basket Lamps and the same, one cover reproduces Basket Low every letter from Mark Bradford: Tables, 2010 Alphabet (on view November 11, Photo: Daniel Hakansson 2010—March 13, 2011) while the MUSEUM FEATURE WHAT’S UP: EXHIBITION SCHEDULE 5 GLOBAL AFRICA: A CONVERSATION CATALOGUE EXCERPT: WITH DR. LOWERY STOKES SIMS 50 LYNETTE YIADOMBOAKYE 6 ABDI ON THE RISE 54 STEPHEN BURKS: MAN MADE 8 IN CONVERSATION: IN CONVERSATION: MARK BRADFORD 2010!11 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 58 AND THELMA GOLDEN 10 EXCERPT: HARLEM: BENJAMIN PATTERSON: BORN IN A CENTURY IN IMAGES 62 THE STATE OF FLUX/US: SCORES 12 EXCERPT: RE:COLLECTION 67 VIDEOSTUDIO: CHANGING SAME 14 THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE 16 COLLECTED. BLACK & WHITE 17 HARLEM, USA: THEN AND NOW 18 UNTITLED LEVEL: LESLIE HEWITT IN COLLABORATION WITH BRADFORD YOUNG 20 STUDIO FICTION: COME SUNDAY BY AMINA GAUTIER 68 FELLOW TO FELLOW 72 HARLEM POSTCARDS FALL/WINTER 201011 22 PUBLIC PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 74 STUDIOSOUND: MATANA ROBERTS 25 STUDIO JUNIOR! BEYOND DIY ART ACTIVITY: IMAGINARY PORTRAIT! 76 OFF/SITE: XAVIERA SIMMONS 29 COLORING PAGE BY ABDI FARAH 78 STUDIO LAB: INTRODUCTION 30 STUDIO UNFRAMED 31 FRIENDS THE JOYCE ALEXANDER WEIN ARTIST PRIZE 81 GALA 2010 82 SUPPORTERS 86 MEMBERS 89 ELSEWHERE: ART BEYOND THE STUDIO MUSEUM 32 IN THE STUDIO: VISITS WITH DINEO SESHEE BOPAPE, NARCISSISTER, PAMELA PHATSIMO SUNSTRUM 36 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: KENNETH MONTAGUE 92 DANCE Q&A: TRAJAL HARRELL 40 JOIN US!/MEMBERSHIP FORM 94 REMEMBERING EVELYN CUNNINGHAM GENERAL INFO/MEMBER SHOPPING DAYS 96 AND MARGARET BURROUGHS 42 STUDIO BLOG SPOTLIGHT 44 BOOK PICKS 45 EXCERPT: HARLEM IS NOWHERE 46 2 STUDIO # W I NTER / SPRING Harell, along with several artists and museum sta". We’re also making some exciting forays into the digital conversation, improving our on-site visitor experience with electronic signage and information kiosks, ramping up our social media e"orts (you can now !nd us on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and more!) and utilizing the new Studio During my tenure at the Studio Blog to communicate the latest Museum we’ve made several happenings in the world of art exciting forays into the !eld and culture. Even I’m blogging! of architecture, notably with Check it out at studiomuseum.org/ harlemworld: Metropolis as studio-blog. While our expanded Metaphor (2004) and David Adjaye: Thursday and Friday evening Making Public Buildings (2007). hours make it more convenient Architecture and art are deeply to visit the Museum on your own intertwined, and these projects schedule, the depth of information have been a wonderful addition on the web means you can access to our exhibition program. I am so Studio Museum programs 24/7. pleased that with Stephen Burks: These are just a few of the ways Man Made we are expanding into we are committed to making the the world of design as well. Museum an accessible, enjoyable While I am eagerly anticipating and educational space for all. what is sure to be a beautiful Whether at a family workshop on exhibition, Stephen Burks will be Target Free Sunday or at a Friday the !rst to tell you that design night tour, I look forward to seeing is not just about making good- you around, and de!nitely uptown! looking objects. Instead, design is a way to solve problems. Burks’s THELMA GOLDEN approach to problem solving DIRECTOR AND CHIEF CURATOR embraces not only the potential for an object to address a speci!c concern, but for design as a whole to have a role in positive social change. Much of his work involves sustainability, collaboration and economic development in countries ranging from Peru to Senegal. Speaking with artists about their work is one of my favorite parts of my job, and so I am thrilled that this issue of Studio features a number of conversations. I had the great pleasure of conversing with Mark Bradford about his Alphabet. You’ll also !nd interviews with Dr. Lowery Stokes Sims, dancer Trajal Thelma’s Photo: Timothy Green!eld- Sanders Studio Highlights Winter/Spring 2011 STEPHEN BURKS: MAN MADE 8 IN CONVERSATION: MARK BRADFORD AND THELMA GOLDEN 10 DAWOUD BEY’S HARLEM, USA: THEN AND NOW 18 4 STUDIO W I NTER / SPRING RECENT ACQUISITION Mequitta Ahuja World, 2010 Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisition Committee 10.17.4 MUSEUM 5 WHAT’S UP EXHIBITION SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 11, 2010 MARCH 31, 2011 WINTER / SPRING 2011 MARCH 13, 2011 JUNE 26, 2011 LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE: STEPHEN BURKS: Man Made Any Number of Preoccupations BENJAMIN PATTERSON: Check studiomuseum.org In the State of FLUX/us: Scores for the latest on our MARK BRADFORD: Alphabet VIDEOSTUDIO: Playback exhibitions and programs VIDEOSTUDIO: Changing Same SCULPTED, ETCHED AND CUT: THE PRODUCTION OF SPACE Metal Works from the Permanent Collection DAWOUD BEY’S HARLEM, USA COLLECTED. Vignettes UNTITLED (LEVEL) ALWAYS ON VIEW Benjamin COLLECTED. HARLEM POSTCARDS Patterson String Music, BLACK & WHITE GLENN LIGON: 1960 Give Us a Poem Collection ADAM PENDLETON: Getty Research Institute, Collected (Flamingo George) Los Angeles STUDIOSOUND 6 STUDIO W I NTER / SPRING LYNETTE YIADOMBOAKYE: ANY NUMBER OF PREOCCUPATIONS / ON VIEW NOVEMBER 11, 2010 M ARCH 13, 2011 EXCERPT It is clear from the size and style departure has created a vacancy in Lynette of their country mansion that the Hecuba's bed which Carl is happy Yiadom-Boakye TREATMENT FOR Sympathies Bromley-Rutherfords are not short to occupy. Elsewhere, 2007 A LOWBUDGET of money. Old English money. Moreover, this is not the $rst Courtesy Elizabeth Witten TELEVISION The best kind, as it only ever runs time that Carl has married for out when the family is headed by money. And he is a seasoned HORROR WITH the blackest of sheep: a gambler, professional when it comes to THE WORKING whoremonger or lover of $nery charming future in-laws.