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As a winner of the \u201922-\u201923 Rome Prize, photographer Todd Gray<\/a> spent six months in Rome absorbing the city\u2019s contrasting ancient and contemporary architecture and translating those time shifts into complex images.\u00a0 Already known for sculptural, photo-based artwork juxtaposing African landscapes with European architecture built with wealth extracted from its colonies, Gray\u2019s new work at Lehmann Maupin Gallery<\/a> showcases the extravagant beauty of Rome\u2019s built environment, troubled by symbols of exploitative practice.\u00a0 Here, a ceiling from an early 19th<\/sup> century Neoclassical villa decorated with cavorting nude figures is punctuated by the mast of a slave ship model in the Maison des Esclaves (House of Slaves) museum on Goree Island in Senegal.\u00a0 An image from the Hubble Scape Telescope acts as portal between the two places, allowing a kind of passage between locations and back in time. (On view through March 22nd<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Todd Gray, Blues Ship (makes me wanna holla), 3 pigment ink prints on Dibond in artist\u2019s frames, 41 x 61 1\/8 x 2 \u00be inches, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a winner of the \u201922-\u201923 Rome Prize, photographer Todd Gray spent six months in Rome absorbing the city\u2019s contrasting ancient and contemporary architecture and translating those time shifts into complex images.\u00a0 Already known for sculptural, photo-based artwork juxtaposing African landscapes with European architecture built with wealth extracted from its colonies, Gray\u2019s new work at … <\/p>\n

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