Identity

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Alfredo Jaar, A Logo for America

Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps By Gayle Clemans Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, 2005, oil paint on canvas, 274.3 x 274.3 cm (108 x 108 in) (Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York) — […]

Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army over ...

Michel Tuffery, Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000), 1994, flattened cans of corned beef (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Collection) ©Michael Tuffery — […]

Michel Tuffery, Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef ...

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21 (detail) — […]

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #21

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Horn Players, 1983, acrylic and oilstick on three canvas panels mounted on wood supports, 243.8 x 190.5 cm (The Broad Art Foundation) © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat (zoomable image here) — […]

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Horn Players

Cindy Sherman, Untitled #228, from the History portraits series, 1990, chromogenic color print, 6' 10 1/16" x 48" (208.4 x 122 cm) (The Museum of Modern Art) — […]

Cindy Sherman, Untitled #228

Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Earth’s Creation, 1994, synthetic polymer paint on linen mounted on canvas, four panels (private collection) — […]

Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Earth’s Creation

El Anatsui, Untitled (detail) — […]

El Anatsui, Untitled

Doris Salcedo, Shibboleth — […]

Doris Salcedo, Shibboleth

Wangechi Mutu, Preying Mantra (detail) — […]

Wangechi Mutu, Preying Mantra

El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth (detail) — […]

El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth

Yinka Shonibare MBE, The Swing (After Fragonard), 2001 (Tate, London) © Yinka Shonibare — […]

Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard)

Chris Ofili, The Holy Virgin Mary, 1996, paper collage, oil paint, glitter, polyester resin, map pins & elephant dung on linen, 243.8 x 182.9 cm © Chris Ofili — […]

Chris Ofili, The Holy Virgin Mary

Shirin Neshat, Rebellious Silence, Women of Allah series, 1994, B&W RC print & ink, photo by Cynthia Preston ©Shirin Neshat (courtesy Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels) — […]

Shirin Neshat, Rebellious Silence, Women of Allah ...

Kiki Smith, Lying with the Wolf, 2001, ink and pencil on paper 88 x 73 in (Centre Pompidou, Paris) © Kiki Smith — […]

Kiki Smith, Lying with the Wolf

Pepón Osorio, En la barbaria no se llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop), 1994 Installation at Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, mixed media installation with barbers' chairs, photographs, objects and videos (Collection of the Museum de Arte de Puerto Rico) (photo by Pepón Osorio) — […]

Pepón Osorio, En la barberia no se ...

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People), 1992, oil paint and mixed media, collage, objects, canvas, 152.4 x 431.8 cm (Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia) © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith — […]

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Trade (Gifts for Trading ...

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (billboard of an empty bed) 1991, printed billboard, dimensions variable © The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation — […]

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “Untitled” (billboard of an empty ...

Faith Ringgold, Dancing at the Louvre, 1991, acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric border, 73.5 x 80", from the series, The French Collection, part 1; #1 (private collection) — […]

Ringgold, Dancing at the Louvre

Byron Kim, Synecdoche, 1991–present, oil and wax on 275 panels, each 25.4 x 20.32 cm. Courtesy the artist and Max Protetch Gallery, New York © 2008 Byron Kim (The Museum of Modern Art) — […]

Identity Politics: From the Margins to the ...

Kara Walker, Darkytown Rebellion, 2001, cut paper and projection on wall, 4.3 x 11.3m, (Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg) © Kara Walker — […]

Kara Walker, Darkytown Rebellion