November 14, 2007-March 9, 2008
Kori Newkirk, Void of Silence, 2001, Courtesy The Project, New York
Kori Newkirk (b. 1970) is a celebrated multidisciplinary artist whose conceptual practice is based on transforming modest materials into loaded signifiers that question both cultural and aesthetic notions of beauty.
Elizabeth Catlett-Mora, Separation, 1954, The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of the artist 72.9.5
Labor, Love, Live: Collection in Context presents an intimate selection of works on paper from The Studio Museum in Harlem’s permanent collection.
April 11, 2007—July 1, 2007
Lorna Simpson, Duet (film still), 2000
For nearly three decades, artist, photographer and filmmaker Lorna Simpson has challenged traditional visual media and how they represent the female African-American body.
April 11, 2007—July 1, 2007
Henry Taylor, Sis and Bra, 2004
After years of working odd jobs-including a ten-year stint as a psychiatric technician-the painter Henry Taylor is finally receiving acclaim as one of today’s most engaging emerging artists.
April 11, 2007—July 1, 2007
Philosophy of Time Travel
What if history had a mind of its own, moving from the past, through the present and into the future? A team of five artists is exploring this idea with a large-scale installation, Philosophy of Time Travel, opening April 11, 2007, at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
July 18, 2007—October 28, 2007
Kikkerland
The Studio Museum Store appeals to the young, the young-at-heart, the art aficionado and the collector of the charming oddity. Kikkerland’s artfully designed gadgets are tongue-in-cheek in their simplicity and vivacity.
April 11, 2007—July 1, 2007
Music for Architecture (Volume 1) by Peter Adjaye
StudioSound invites musicians, producers and musical innovators to create original compositions inspired by the works on view.
July 18, 2007—October 28, 2007
Harlem Postcards
Represented, revered, and recognized by people around the world, Harlem is a continually expanding nexus of black culture, history and iconography.
July 18, 2007—October 28, 2007
Shift in Focus: Expanding the Walls 2007 Student Exhibition
When young photographers turn a conscious eye on the world, mundane moments gain the clarity and beauty of fresh perspective.
July 18, 2007—October 28, 2007
David Adjaye: Making Public Buildings
In London, a cube floats above rows of brick buildings and blends in with the sky on a partly cloudy day. Much like a cake, it is built in layers, though these layers are each composed of vertical beams of color and light. It is the award-winning Idea Store in Whitechapel, a building that represents what the BBC calls “the library of the future.”
July 18, 2007—October 28, 2007
Titus Kaphar
Midnight is the instant when yesterday and tomorrow meet. It is the witching hour, the time of reckoning and-in everything from fairy tales to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists-a moment fraught with equal parts magic and angst.