Artworks

Harlem World, 2011

  • Artist

    Abigail DeVille

  • Title

    Harlem World

  • Date

    2011

  • Medium

    Found wood panels, latex enamel, tempera, paper pulp, paper, and tape

  • Dimensions

    72 × 96 in. (182.9 × 243.8 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisition Committee

  • Object Number

    2014.12.3

Abigail DeVille’s large-scale sculptures and installations are defined by her commitment to sourcing material from her environment—in this case, Harlem. In Harlem World, she assembles and manipulates a wide variety of colors and textures across the panels of the work, creating a surface so rich as to be a portal into the neighborhood, or perhaps another world. Harlem, which has undergone rapid change in recent years, is preserved in this space as a result of the almost archaeological process DeVille undertakes when collecting materials. The final work becomes a place to care for the history and memory of Harlem held within the materials.


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Artworks

Harlem World, 2011

  • Artist

    Abigail DeVille

  • Title

    Harlem World

  • Date

    2011

  • Medium

    Found wood panels, latex enamel, tempera, paper pulp, paper, and tape

  • Dimensions

    72 × 96 in. (182.9 × 243.8 cm)

  • Credit line

    The Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisition Committee

  • Object Number

    2014.12.3

Abigail DeVille’s large-scale sculptures and installations are defined by her commitment to sourcing material from her environment—in this case, Harlem. In Harlem World, she assembles and manipulates a wide variety of colors and textures across the panels of the work, creating a surface so rich as to be a portal into the neighborhood, or perhaps another world. Harlem, which has undergone rapid change in recent years, is preserved in this space as a result of the almost archaeological process DeVille undertakes when collecting materials. The final work becomes a place to care for the history and memory of Harlem held within the materials.


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