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Soundsuit

Created on : January 21, 2021

Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2011
Found rugs and mixed media
109 x 32 x 24” (276.86 x 81.28 x 60.96 cm)
Gift of Richard D. Cohen, 2013
The Cooper Gallery Permanent Collection

 

"The individual body has a memory, and so do collective bodies...

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Zulu Hat

Created on : January 21, 2021

South Africa, Zulu Hat, Ca. 1950s
Fabric, human hair, red pigment
Width: 18” (46 cm)
The Cooper Gallery Permanent Collection

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Man’s Prestige Hat

Created on : January 21, 2021

Cameroon Grasslands, Man’s Prestige Hat, 20th Century
Woven cotton
8 x 8.75 x 8.75” (20 x 22 x 22 cm)
The Cooper Gallery Permanent Collection

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Six by Six (Slaver Logbook)
Peter Sacks, Six by Six (Slaver Logbook) , 2013 18th and 19th Century European fabrics (linens, shroud materials, prison shirt, fishnet, lacework), African fabrics, manual typewritten Ink, handwritten ink, oil paint, acrylic, archival adhesives 72 x 72”...
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Food Faerie

Created on : January 21, 2021

Yinka Shonibare, Food Faerie, 2010
Mixed media: mannikin, Dutch wax
46.47 x 47.25 x 38.13” (118.03 x 120.02 x 96.85 cm)
Gift of Richard Cohen, August 2012
The Cooper Gallery Permanent Collection
 

 

The Food Fairy is a winged child...

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Announcement from the Cooper Gallery about COVID-19
To our visitors, We continue to monitor the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and prioritize the safety of our visitors, staff, students and volunteers. In the interests of reducing the number of people on campus and slowing the opportunity for...

The Connect: A Black History Month Panel & Networking Mixer
In celebration of Black History Month, Mullen Lowe is hosting a community based panel discussion called 'The Connect' at the Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art. We will explore a variety of issues that we face as black creatives through our...

Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness
Curated by Renée Mussai An Autograph Traveling Exhibition In more than 80 self-portraits, celebrated visual activist Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972), uses their body as a canvas to confront the deeply personal politics of race and representation in...
Somnyama Ngonyama exhibition poster

Gordon Parks: Selections from the Dean Collection
Consulting curator Maurice Berger “I chose my camera as a weapon against all the things I dislike about America— poverty, racism, discrimination.” — Gordon Parks A career-spanning exhibition of Gordon Parks photographs from the Dean Collection will debut...
Eldridge Cleaver and His Wife, Kathleen, Algiers, Algeria, 1970

The Sound of My Soul: Frank Stewart's Life in Jazz
Fall 2019 The Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art presents a thorough retrospective of the jazz photography of Frank Stewart for our Fall exhibition, curated by Ruth Fine. Frank Stewart’s deep investigation of his African American roots...
The Sound of My Soul