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Black Is, Black Ain't

April 20 – June 08, 2008

 
Thomas Johnson - A White Man Listens To Himself
Thomas Johnson
A White Man Listens To Himself, 2008
Live performance
April 20 - May 10, 2008
Wed-Fri: 10 am - 5 pm, Sat-Sun: 12 - 5 pm
with two 20 minute breaks daily
 
Glenn Ligon - Warm Broad Glow
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Paul D'Amato - 624 W. Division
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
David Levinthal - Untitled, from the Blackface series
David Levinthal - Untitled, from the Blackface series
David Levinthal - Untitled, from the Blackface series
David Levinthal - Untitled, from the Blackface series

David Levinthal - Untitled, from the Blackface series
Hank Willis Thomas - The Johnson Family (from the Unbranded series) 1981/
Jason Lazarus - Standing at the grave of Emmet Till, day of exhumation, May 31st, (Alsip, IL)
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Randy Regier - Impending Future Bus
Andres Serrano - The Interpretation of Dreams (White Nigger)

Andres Serrano - Woman with Infant
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Jonathan Calm - Baruch Runoff #2
Johathan Calm - Isaacs Runoff #1
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Deborah Grant - Capsizing the Niggerati

Deborah Grant - Capsizing the Niggerati
Deborah Grant - Capsizing the Niggerati
Deborah Grant - Capsizing the Niggerati
Terry Adkins - Darkwater Record
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Daniel Roth - Cabrini Green Forest (Portal)
Daniel Roth - Cabrini Green Forest (Portal)
Carl Pope - Exhibition poster

Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Virginia Nimarkoh - Untitled #1 (After Gerhard Richter, Betty, 1988)
Virginia Nimarkoh - Nubian Queen
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Sze Lin Pang - Fetichito
Sze Lin Pang - Fetichito, detail
Mickalene Thomas - Lovely Six Foota
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society

Elizabeth Axtman - Still from "American Classics"
Elizabeth Axtman - Still from "American Classics"
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Todd Gray - Horse
Todd Gray - 7-34-08.5.26.05
Todd Gray - 5-26-05.12.33.38
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Paul D'Amato - Bedroom Door
Paul D'Amato - Tashma

Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Black Is, Black Ain't - Installation View,<br>The Renaissance Society
Thomas Johnson - What a Black Man Feels Like
Thomas Johnson - What a Black Man Feels Like
Thomas Johnson - A White Man Listens To Himself
William Pope.L - One Substance, Eight Supports, One Situation
William Pope.L - One Substance, Eight Supports, One Situation
William Pope.L - One Substance, Eight Supports, One Situation

William Pope.L - Skin Set Drawings
William Pope.L - Skin Set: Red People Are The Tip For Which The Iceberg Has Been Waiting
William Pope.L - Skin Set: Black People Are For Rent
   

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