From the series "Paper Quilt and Collage"In his “Paper Quilt and Collage” series, John Paradiso explores “growing old as a gay man.” He combines techniques of quilting, inspired in part by the AIDS Memorial Quilt, with seductive images of the male…
Recent work by Titus Kaphar addresses the human and civil rights crisis currently underway in the United States criminal justice system. This work responds, in particular, to the persistent, deadly assault of unarmed black men by law enforcement in…
From the series "Lovely Pink"For this series, Wafaa Bilal reproduced a dozen of the most recognizable sculptures in Western art history—here you see replicas of Michelangelo’s David (1501–1504) and Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus with the Head of Medusa…
From the series "Lovely Pink"For this series, Wafaa Bilal reproduced a dozen of the most recognizable sculptures in Western art history—here you see replicas of Michelangelo’s David (1501–1504) and Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus with the Head of Medusa…
From the series "Game Changing"Derrick Adams’s Game Changing transforms familiar “face cards” from a standard deck of playing cards into images of black royalty. They remix and interrogate the symbolic codes underlying coats of arms and other…
From the series "Game Changing"Derrick Adams’s Game Changing transforms familiar “face cards” from a standard deck of playing cards into images of black royalty. They remix and interrogate the symbolic codes underlying coats of arms and other…
From the series "Game Changing"Derrick Adams’s Game Changing transforms familiar “face cards” from a standard deck of playing cards into images of black royalty. They remix and interrogate the symbolic codes underlying coats of arms and other…
Ellington Robinson, who earned his MFA in painting and mixed media at the University of Maryland in 2008, repurposes once-functional objects to explore ongoing histories of global imperialism. His work makes palpable connections between contemporary…
From the series "The Outliers"“The Outliers” series began when photographer Elle Pérez visited a “Faerie” sanctuary in rural Tennessee for seekers of radical queer community. Pérez was inspired there by people freely embracing identities between and…
From the series "The Outliers"“The Outliers” series began when photographer Elle Pérez visited a “Faerie” sanctuary in rural Tennessee for seekers of radical queer community. Pérez was inspired there by people freely embracing identities between and…