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Big Butch Synergy: Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio ,

Jan 27 - Jun 11, 2023

Big Butch Synergy: Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio

Past exhibition
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    Nina Chanel Abney uses a unique language of coded icons, numbers, and figures in paintings and collages that communicate urgent messages about resistance, love, and hope. For this exhibition, she debuts a new body of work presented in two shows, one at ICA Miami, Big Butch Energy, and one at moCa Cleveland, Big Butch Synergy. The series explores and celebrates expressions of Black masculine women and those who resist hetero- or cis-normative gender roles. In moCa’s multi-space presentation, Abney will create a site-responsive monumental artwork on the museum’s ground floor and a new series of gallery-installed large-scale paintings that all teem with her bold, pictorial language and characteristically impactful expressions.

  • Works
    • Courtney, 2023 (2022 on PDF) spray paint on canvas 72 x 54 x 1 1/2 inches
      Courtney, 2023 (2022 on PDF)
      spray paint on canvas
      72 x 54 x 1 1/2 inches
    • Jackie, 2023 Spray paint on canvas 72 x 54.5”
      Jackie, 2023
      Spray paint on canvas
      72 x 54.5”
    • Jordan, 2023 Spray paint on canvas 72 x 54.5”
      Jordan, 2023
      Spray paint on canvas
      72 x 54.5”
    • Keisha, 2023 Spray paint on canvas 72 x 54.5”
      Keisha, 2023
      Spray paint on canvas
      72 x 54.5”
    • Mary, 2023 Spray paint on canvas 72 x 54.5”
      Mary, 2023
      Spray paint on canvas
      72 x 54.5”
    • Sheila, 2023 Spray paint on canvas 72 x 54.5”
      Sheila, 2023
      Spray paint on canvas
      72 x 54.5”
    • Light-Footed, 2022 Collage on panel Paper size: 71 3/4 x 78 inches Framed size: 73 1/4 x 79 1/2 inches
      Light-Footed, 2022
      Collage on panel
      Paper size: 71 3/4 x 78 inches
      Framed size: 73 1/4 x 79 1/2 inches
    • Pump, 2022 Diptych collage on panel Paper size: 96 x 72 inches, each Framed size: 97 1/2 x 72 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches, each
      Pump, 2022
      Diptych collage on panel
      Paper size: 96 x 72 inches, each
      Framed size: 97 1/2 x 72 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches, each
    • Day party, Gay party, 2022 Triptych collage on panel Paper size: 96 x 72 inches, each Framed size: 97 1/2 x 72 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches, each
      Day party, Gay party, 2022
      Triptych collage on panel
      Paper size: 96 x 72 inches, each
      Framed size: 97 1/2 x 72 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches, each
    • Dance 1, 2022 Collage on panel Paper size: 57 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches Framed size: 59 x 40 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
      Dance 1, 2022
      Collage on panel
      Paper size: 57 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches
      Framed size: 59 x 40 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches
    • Dance 2, 2022 collage on panel 57 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches (paper) 59 x 40 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches (framed)
      Dance 2, 2022
      collage on panel
      57 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches (paper)
      59 x 40 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches (framed)
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