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Jamal Cyrus: Currents & Currencies

Past exhibition
November 8, 2019 - January 11, 2020
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Jamal Cyrus, Captured Letter From Paris, 2019

Jamal Cyrus

Captured Letter From Paris, 2019
denim, thread, ink, wax, bleach
40 x 30 1/2 in (101.6 x 77.5 cm)
47 1/4 x 37 1/4 x 2 in (120 x 94.6 x 5.1 cm) frame
JCY 80
Image: Jessi Bowman
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The title of this piece, “Captured Letter from Paris,” refers to the African-American author Richard Wright, one of many artist-activists who was targeted by the FBI because of their communist...
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The title of this piece, “Captured Letter from Paris,” refers to the African-American author Richard Wright, one of many artist-activists who was targeted by the FBI because of their communist affiliations in the 1950s and 60s. Wright’s transatlantic written correspondence from Paris was intercepted by the bureau, and Cyrus takes this as the source material for making the work. Using torn denim strips that are glued together, Cyrus deconstructs the document, resulting in a quilt-like composition that is restructured around the redactions within the FBI memo. As the artist has stated, the technique is similar to how children take things apart and reassemble them in order to gain a better understanding or a new point of view.

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Provenance

From the artist's studio; Private Collection

Exhibitions

Jamal Cyrus: "The End of My Beginning", Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, Houston, TX, June 6 - September 19, 2021

 

Jamal Cyrus: Currents and Currencies, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX, November 8, 2019-January 11, 2020

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