Houston Conwill
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Houston Eugene Conwill (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli April dabaa ayi dali yuuni 1947 ka daa kpi silimiin goli November biɛɣ'pinaanahi dali yuuni 2016) daa nyɛla Americanima nucheeni baŋda ka niriba pam daa mi o ka di nyɛla o sculptural installations zuɣu.[1] Studio Museum in Harlem nyɛla ban daa nya o kpaŋmaŋ ni o tuma "lasting monument to black culture."[2]
Maŋmaŋ biɛhigu
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Conwill nyɛla ŋun daa niŋ Karen Holman (shɛba lahi mi o la Kinshasha Holman Conwill) amiliya ka be daa niŋ li Ghananima Metropolitan Baptist Church din be Washington D.C. yuuni 1971.[3] Conwill nyɛla ŋun daa kpi silimiin goli November biɛɣ'pinaanahi dali yuuni 2016.
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List of selected works
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- The Joyful Mysteries (1984–2034 A.D.), (1984) at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
- Arc (1986) at York College, CUNY, New York
- The Open Secret, (1986) mezzanine of 125th Street, New York [4][5][6]
- The Cakewalk Humanifesto: A Cultural Libation (1989) at MOMA, New York
- Poets Rise (1989) exterior of Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building, Jamaica, Queens, New York [7]
- Rivers (1992) at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York
- Du Sable’s Journey (1991), with Estella Majoza and Joseph De Pace, in the Harold Washington Library, Chicago [8]
- Revelation (1993), also known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, with Estella Majoza and Joseph De Pace, at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco
- New Calypso (1994), with Estella Conwill Majoza and Joseph De Pace, in Park West Station, Miami [9]
- The New Ring Shout (1995), in the Ted Weiss Federal Building (near the African Burial Ground National Monument), New York, New York [10]
Selected exhibitions
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- 1976 JuJu, The Gallery, Los Angeles
- 1980 Passages: Earth/Space H3, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta
- 1981 Easter Shout!, PS1, New York
- 1982 Afro-American Abstraction, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles [11]
- 1986 Houston Conwill: The Passion of St. Matthew—Painting and Sculpture, Alternative Museum, New York
- 1990 Houston Conwill: Project Series, Museum of Modern Art, New York
- 1990 Hirshhorn WORKS 89: Daniel Buren, Buster Simpson, Houston Conwill, Matt Mullican / Sidney Lawrence, Ned Rifkin, and Phyllis Rosenzweig, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
- 1990 The Decade Show: Frameworks of Identity in the 1980s, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, and Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
- 2013 Now Dig This! Art and Black, Los Angeles 1960–1980, MOMA PS1, New York [12]
Awards and honours
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- 1982 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship [13]
- 1984 Rome Prize (USA)
- 1987 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation award [14]
Kundivihira
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- ↑ Notable Kentucky African Americans Database. University of Kentucky Libraries.
- ↑ Remembering Houston Conwill (en) (January 11, 2018).
- ↑ (20 Jan 1972) "Gerri Major's Society World". Jet.
- ↑ MTA - Arts & Design | NYCT Permanent Art (en).
- ↑ "Transit Agency Creates Art Havens in Subways" (en). The New York Times. November 6, 1989. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/06/nyregion/transit-agency-creates-art-havens-in-subways.html.
- ↑ Open Secret (Houston Conwill) (en).
- ↑ "Sculpture "Poets Rise" exterior of Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building, Jamaica, Queens, New York" (en). The Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010720134/.
- ↑ City of Chicago :: Harold Washington Library (en).
- ↑ Services, Miami-Dade County Online. Art en Route - Miami-Dade County (en).
- ↑ "Architectural art "The New Ring Shout" at Ted Weiss Federal Building, New York, New York" (en). The Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010720135/.
- ↑ Afro-American Abstraction | MoMA (en).
- ↑ Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980 | MoMA (en).
- ↑ Houston Conwill Arc, 1986 – Metals and Concrete, span 26 feet. York College, City University of New York (2008).
- ↑ Houston Conwill | Now Dig This! digital archive | Hammer Museum (en).