Frequency

Published in conjunction with the 2005 exhibition, Frequency reflects a current creative moment among 35 emerging artists. Living and working in the United States and ranging in age from 25 to 46, the artists’ influences vary from folktales to hip-hop, from non-western aesthetics to abstract painting, from tattoo design to Black athletes, among others. With more than 85 new works in diverse media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, digital animation and mixed media, Frequency exemplifies the non-thematic, non-linear climate of contemporary art today.

Co-curated by Thelma Golden and former Associate Curator Christine Y. Kim, there are no prevailing themes in this exhibition, except perhaps an overwhelming sense of individuality. As its title suggests, Frequency pinpoints divergent sounds, situations and phenomena. The uses of imagery and materials in this exhibition are wide-ranging and experimental: rhinestones, sand, matches, cowrie shells, handmade set designs, appropriated sports footage, family snapshots, found objects from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and black contemporary and historical icons such as Harriet Tubman, Paul Robeson, Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze, John Coltrane and Terrell Owens. In each work, aspects of American culture are re-imagined and refined for new purposes.

Curators
Thelma Golden
Christine Y. Kim

Publication date
2005

Size
12.5 x 9.5 inches

Binding
Softcover

Language
English

ISBN
0942949307