The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

A Movement In Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration

Institution
Mississippi Museum of Art
Grant Cycle
Spring 2021
Amount
$100,000
Type of Grant
Exhibition Support
Website
www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/a_movement_in_every_direction ↗
Torkwase Dyson, Way Over There Inside Me (A Festival of Inches), 2022. Painted steel, glass, painted aluminum, dry-erase marker. 2 Connectors each 203 x 33 x 93 in. 4 Trapezoids each 83 x 40 x 78 in. 2 units each compromised of 1 Connector and 2 Trapezoids 70 x 364 x 93 in. Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Theaster Gates Jr., The Double Wide, 2022. Spruce framing, armory flooring, metal roofing exterior, Mississippi reliquary, tar, pickled goods, bronze sculpture, two-channel video (color, sound), 2:02 min. (channel one) and 6:18 min. (channel two). Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Zoë Charlton, Permanent Change of Station, 2022. Collage on wood panel, 73 1/8 x 195 3/4 x 120 1/4 in. Courtesy the artist. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Akea Brionne, Reflections in the Grass from the series “An Ode To (You)’all,” 2022. Jacquard tapestry, poly-fil, rhinestones, 47 1/2 x 37 1/2 in. Courtesy the artist. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Mark Bradford, 500, 2022. Mixed media on panel. sixty panels, each 22 x 28 in. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Larry W. Cook, Let My Testimony Sit Next To Yours, 2022. Inkjet print, pigment-based, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta paper. 40 x 50 in. each. Courtesy the artist. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Allison Janae Hamilton, A House Called Florida, 2022. Three-channel film installation (color, sound), 34:46 min. Courtesy the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Robert Pruitt, A Song for Travelers, 2022 (Background) and Leslie Hewitt, Untitled (Imperceptible, Slow Drag, Barely Moving), 2022. Installation view. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Carrie Mae Weems, The North Star, 2022 (background) and Leslie Hewitt, Untitled (Imperceptible, Slow Drag, Barely Moving), 2022. Installation view. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Carrie Mae Weems, Leave! Leave! Now!, 2022. Single-channel digital video (color, sound) installation with mixed media, 25 min. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Jamea Richmond-Edwards, This Water Runs Deep, 2022. mixed-media and collage on canvas with sound, 2:18 min. 96 x 180 in. Courtesy the artist and Kravets Wehby Gallery. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.
Steffani Jemison, A*ray, 2022. Single-channel HD video (color, sound), 29:37 min. Courtesy the artist; Greene Naftali, New York; and Annet Gelink, Amsterdam. Photography by Mitro Hood. Courtesy of the Mississippi Museum of Art and Baltimore Museum of Art.

Co-organized with the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration explores the profound impact of the Great Migration on the social and cultural life of the United States from historical and personal perspectives. The exhibition features newly commissioned works across media by 12 acclaimed Black artists, including Mark Bradford, Akea Brionne, Zoë Charlton, Larry W. Cook, Torkwase Dyson, Theaster Gates, Allison Janae Hamilton, Leslie Hewitt, Steffani Jemison, Robert Pruitt, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, and Carrie Mae Weems. Through the artists’ distinct and dynamic installations, A Movement in Every Direction reveals anew the spectrum of contexts that shaped the Great Migration and explores the ways in which it continues to reverberate today in both intimate and communal experiences.

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