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Jamal Cyrus: Currents & Currencies

Past exhibition
November 8, 2019 - January 11, 2020
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Jamal Cyrus, Remembrance (For H. Freeman), 2019
Jamal Cyrus, Remembrance (For H. Freeman), 2019
Jamal Cyrus, Remembrance (For H. Freeman), 2019
Jamal Cyrus, Remembrance (For H. Freeman), 2019

Jamal Cyrus

Remembrance (For H. Freeman), 2019
digital print on vinyl over wooden stretcher, neon, shelf
78 x 78 x 12 in (198.1 x 198.1 x 30.5 cm)
JCY 86
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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Jamal Cyrus, Sargassum, 2019
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Jamal Cyrus, Sargassum, 2019
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Jamal Cyrus, Sargassum, 2019
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Jamal Cyrus, Sargassum, 2019
'Remembrance (For H. Freeman)' is an alternate take on one of the most quintessential albums in the history of jazz, while simultaneously serving as a touching tribute to one of...
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"Remembrance (For H. Freeman)" is an alternate take on one of the most quintessential albums in the history of jazz, while simultaneously serving as a touching tribute to one of the artist's mentors. Cyrus explores the theory or notion posited by jazz aficionados that John Coltrane had wished his 1964 album "A Love Supreme" to be titled "Allah Supreme." To make the work, the artist digitally scanned the album, which was in Freeman's collection, and then substituted his own alternate Arabic title. Cyrus here is exploring the influence of Islam on black American culture by mining the relationships between jazz and Islam. The work also serves as a fitting tribute to the artist's mentor, Haroon Freeman, who was one of the first black students to attend Rice University and who taught Cyrus about jazz.

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Exhibitions

Jamal Cyrus "The End of My Beginning", Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, Houston, TX June 5 – September 29, 2021; Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February 5 – May 29, 2022; Mississippi Museum of Art, October 29, 2022- March 5, 2023

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