Noel W. Anderson: Black Origin at the Hunter Museum I Oct 11, 2019-January 12, 2020

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Noel W. Anderson is known for his explorations into the evolving makeup of black male identity through the me­dium of textiles. Using found imagery from various media and archives, including television and magazine, Anderson adds, subtracts, manipulates and distorts the original pictures, which are then woven into tapestries. Anderson then re-works each tapestry, distressing, dyeing and sometimes dissolving the image until it is only partially legible. This literal blurring of the object metaphorically highlights issues of race and gender, as the artist attempts to dissect the distortion of black males in contemporary culture and media. This exhibition will look at a variety of recent works by Noel Anderson, from his erased Ebony pages to his woven jacquard tapestries. This exhibit is organized by the Hunter Museum of American Art.

ON VIEW OCTOBER 11, 2019 – JANUARY 12, 2020

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