Sotheby’s revealed that an intergenerational group of prominent artists, with close ties to the mission and history of The Studio Museum in Harlem, will in May donate important works for auction at Sotheby’s New York to benefit the institution. Sotheby’s say, “Artists including Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Mark Bradford, Sam Gilliam, Rashid Johnson, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, Lorna Simpson and LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE will participate in ‘Creating Space: Artists for The Studio Museum in Harlem: An Auction to Benefit the Museum’s New Building,’ supporting the campaign to construct the museum’s new home designed by Adjaye Associates in collaboration with Cooper Robertson.” The donated works are on public exhibition in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries from 4 May. The works will be offered for auction in New York on May 16 and May 17. “The artists participating in ‘Creating Space: Artists for The Studio Museum in Harlem’ have relationships with the Studio Museum that span virtually all of the institution’s five-decade history. All were significantly impacted at some stage in their careers by the work of the Studio Museum. Sam Gilliam first presented work at the Studio Museum in Harlem Artists ’69 (1969), less than a year after the Museum opened to the public in September 1968. Glenn Ligon’s long relationship with the Museum began with an internship in the 1980s, and his site-specific work Give Us a Poem has greeted Museum visitors since 2007 and will be installed in the new building,” Sotheby's said. Other artists associated with The Studio Museum including the likes of Lorna Simpson whose work was first shown at the Studio Museum in “Constructed Images: New Photography” (1989). Museum’s iconic “F-show” series of emerging artists titled “Freestyle” in 2001 marked the New York debut of Mark Bradford and Rashid Johnson. LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE was featured in another “F-show,” Flow (2008); her first solo museum exhibition. Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Mehretu participated in the Museum’s signature Artist-in-Residence program in 2000–01 and 2011–12. Many contributing artists are represented in The Studio Museum’s collection and all have long exhibition histories at the Museum.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder Louise Blouin
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