Mel Edwards
African American nuchee ni baŋda
Melvin "Mel" Edwards (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin goli May dabaa anahi dali yuuni 1937)[1][2] nyɛla Americanima nuchee ni baŋda ni karimba. O nuchee ni baŋsim nyɛla din chani ni siyaasa tali ka tooi jɛndiri African-American taarihi.[1][3] O nyɛla ŋun be Upstate New York mini Plainfield, New Jersey.[4]
| Mel Edwards | |
|---|---|
| Houston, Silimin gɔli May 4, 1937 (run 87) | |
| O ya Tiŋgbaŋ | America |
African Americans (en)  | |
| Education | |
| Shikuru shɛli o ni chaŋ | Yale University (en) University of Southern California (en) Los Angeles City College (en) |
| Bala yɛlibu, sabbu bee buɣisibu | Silmiinsili |
| Tuma | |
| Tuma | sculptor (en) , Pɛnta-pɛnta ni drawer (en) |
| Tuma shee | New York |
| Ŋun kpuɣi o tuma | Rutgers University (en) |
| Notable work | Breaking of the Chains (en) |
| Pin' shɛŋa o ni dee | |
| Nira zaŋti | Smokehouse Associates (en) |
| meledwards08.com | |
Exhibitions
mali niŋEdwards nyɛla ŋun daa be "large number of solo shows" din daa niŋ United States mini tiŋduya. O tumanima shɛŋa nyɛ Melvin Edwards (1965), Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; Melvin Edwards: Sculptor (1978), Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; The Sculpture of Melvin Edwards, SculptureCenter, New York; Mel Edwards: Lynch Fragment Series (1985), Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey n-ti pahi Melvin Edwards (2022), Dia Beacon, Beacon, New York.[5]
O tumanima ŋɔ yuuni pihita chuɣu nyɛla din daa niŋ yuuni 1993 ka din daa niŋ luɣ'shɛli nyɛ Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, 50-year retrospective titled Melvin Edwards: Five Decades nyɛla din daa niŋ yuuni 2015 ka di ni daa niŋ luɣ'shɛli nyɛ Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas.[6][7][8][9]
Awards and honors
mali niŋ- 1975 – awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[10]
- 1984 – grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).[8]
- 1988 – Fulbright Fellowship to Zimbabwe from 1988–1989.[8]
- 1992 – elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate, and became a full Academician in 1994.
- 2000 – Lab Grant Artist Residency Program, Dieu Donné, Brooklyn, New York[11]
- He received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) in 2014.[12]
- He is the subject of the 2016 documentary film by Lydie Diakhaté, entitled Some Bright Morning: The Art of Melvin Edwards.[13]
Notable works in public collections
mali niŋ- August the Squared Fire (1965), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[14]
- The Lifted X (1965), Museum of Modern Art, New York[15]
- The Fourth Circle (1966), Los Angeles County Museum of Art[16]
- Curtain (for William and Peter) (1969), Tate, London[17]
- Pyramid Up and Pyramid Down (1969, refabricated 2017), Whitney Museum, New York[18]
- Untitled (Wall Hanging) (1982), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas[19]
- Working Thought (1985), from the series Lynch Fragments, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York[20]
- Justice for Tropic-Ana (dedicated to Ana Mendieta) (1986), from the series Lynch Fragments, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh[21]
- Cup of? (1988), from the series Lynch Fragments, Museum of Modern Art, New York[22]
- Ready Now Now (1988), from the series Lynch Fragments, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[23]
- Takawira - J (1989), from the series Lynch Fragments, Brooklyn Museum, New York[24]
- Good Word from Cayenne (1990), from the series Lynch Fragments, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[25]
- Tomorrow's Wind (1990), Thomas Jefferson Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation[26]
- Off and Gone (1992), from the series Lynch Fragments, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago[27]
- Tambo (1993), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.[28]
- Siempre Gilberto de la Nuez (1994), from the series Lynch Fragments, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[29]
- Deni Malick (1999), from the series Lynch Fragments, Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, Virginia[30]
- Fragments & Shadows (2001), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York;[31] and Museum of Modern Art, New York[32]
- Soba (2002), from the series Lynch Fragments, Detroit Institute of Arts[33]
- Scales of Injustice (2017/year of exhibition), Baltimore Museum of Art[34]
Lihimi m-pahi
mali niŋKundivihira
mali niŋ- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Samella S. Lewis, African American Art and Artists, University of California Press, 2003, p. 210. ISBN 0-520-23935-0
- ↑ Lisa S. Weitzman, "Edwards, Melvin 1937–", encyclopedia.com.
- ↑ Jegede, Dele (2009). Encyclopedia of African American Artists. ABC-CLIO. pp. 77–80. ISBN 9780313080609.
- ↑ Kauffman, Aubrey J. (2015-09-30). Sculptor Mel Edward's 50 Years of Work on View at Zimmerli (en-US).
- ↑ Melvin Edwards CV.
- ↑ Jerome Weeks, "Melvin Edwards At The Nasher: Man of Steel", Art & Seek, January 31, 2015.
- ↑ Lance Esplund, "Review of 'Melvin Edwards: Five Decades' at the Nasher Sculpture Center", The Wall Street Journal, March 31, 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Otfinoski, Steven (2014). African Americans in the Visual Arts. A to Z of African Americans, Facts on File library of American history. New York City, NY: Facts on File, Inc. p. 74. ISBN 9781438107776.
- ↑ Lucinda H. Gedeon; Melvin Edwards; Melvin Edwards sculpture : a thirty-year retrospective, 1963–1993, Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York at Purchase; Seattle: distributed by the University of Washington Press, 1993. World Cat.
- ↑ Fellows Archived Silimin gɔli January 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
- ↑ Melvin Edwards (en-US).
- ↑ "Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts: Melvin Edwards" Archived Silimin gɔli May 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Commencement Honorees 2014, Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
- ↑ "Some Bright Morning: The Art Of Melvin Edwards" at African Film Festival, New York, 2016.
- ↑ August the Squared Fire.
- ↑ The Lifted X.
- ↑ The Fourth Circle.
- ↑ Curtain (for William and Peter).
- ↑ Pyramid Up and Pyramid Down.
- ↑ Untitled (Wall Hanging).
- ↑ Working Thought (August 31, 2017).
- ↑ Justice for Tropic-Ana (dedicated to Ana Mendieta).
- ↑ Cup of?.
- ↑ Ready Now Now. Metropolitan Museum of Art (1988).
- ↑ Takawira - J.
- ↑ Good Word from Cayenne.
- ↑ Thomas Jefferson Park.
- ↑ Off and Gone.
- ↑ Tambo.
- ↑ Siempre Gilberto de la Nuez (January 7, 1994).
- ↑ Deni Malick.
- ↑ Fragments & Shadows.
- ↑ Fragments & Shadows.
- ↑ Soba.
- ↑ Scales of Injustice.
External links
mali niŋ- Melvin Edwards website.
- Carol Kino, "Rediscovering Someone Recognized", The New York Times, October 17, 2012.
- Michael Brenson, "Melvin Edwards", BOMB magazine – Artists in Conversation, November 24, 2014.
- Catherine Craft, "Conversations with Melvin Edwards", Nasher Sculpture Center.
- "NO. 170: Melvin Edwards, Gohar Dashti", The Modern Art Notes Podcast.