Tag: malcolm x

Gordon Parks at Jack Shainman Gallery

Joy arises from moments of hope in photos of Harlem rallies shot by Gordon Parks in 1963, now on view at Jack Shainman Gallery.  Elsewhere, a protester’s sign reading ‘Policy brutality must go’ connects powerfully to today’s protests while iconic images from Parks’ series Segregation Story document the lives of Alabama families impacted by discrimination.  (On view at Jack Shainman Gallery’s two Chelsea locations through Feb 20th).

Gordon Parks, Untitled, Harlem, New York, archival pigment print, 20 x 24 inches, 1963.

Barbara Chase-Rimboud at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

Inspired to reconsider Malcolm X’s ideology while participating in an Algerian arts festival in 1969, Barbara Chase-Rimboud began a series of bronze sculptures, titled after the activist, fourteen of which are now on view at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery. Created with a knotted silk base and bronze forms made by casting worked sheets of wax, the mix of materials signals strength and finery. (On view in Chelsea through Oct 28th).

Barbara Chase-Rimboud, Malcolm X #5, polished bronze and silk with steel support, 75 ¾ x 23 ½ x 23 ½ inches, 2003. Private Collection, Pound Ridge, NY.