Thursday Trio:

Elegies: Still Lifes in Contemporary Art is a group exhibition bringing together an international collection of artists who have disrupted or extended the traditional presentation of still lifes. The artists have appropriated the genre in order to create works within a framework of Black diasporic identities, histories, and collective experiences. Their works are expressed through various mediums, including painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, performance, and installation. Many of the artists are primarily known for portraiture, making these still lifes compelling outliers in their practices. A central discourse in this exhibition considers Blackness in relation to the existential question, “How does an artist create work about the body without the body being present?” resulting in political, historical, and art historical interventions. Elegies is a thematic exhibition that presents two parallel narratives: one is an art historical examination of still lifes, and the other is how that history is connected to Black figuration.

3 – Well placed chairs on a stage.

3 – Bottles of water on table.

3 – Lecture microphones in chairs. Do you see them?

3 – Women, A curator and two still-life artists.

Talented women, one brings together works for a larger narrative, two present powerful themes in their art.

Three artists from ‘Elegies’ discussed the autobiographical elements in their work in relationship to land and personal narrative. Elizabeth Colomba and David Antonio Cruz live and work in New York City. Brittney Leeanne Williams lives and works in Los Angeles. Monique Long, curator.

“a framework of Black diasporic identities, histories, and collective experiences.”

“A central discourse in this exhibition considers Blackness in relation to the existential question, “How does an artist create work about the body without the body being present?” resulting in political, historical, and art historical interventions.”

a panel discussion with three noted contemporary artists featured in ‘Elegies: Still Lifes in Contemporary Art,’ Brittney Leeanne Williams, David Antonio Cruz, and Elizabeth Colomba, in conversation with Monique Long, the show’s curator.

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