Jamal Cyrus: The End of My Beginning

The first full-length monograph of visual artist Jamal Cyrus, this publication features an overview of Cyrus’ practice of cobbling modern artefacts that trace the evolution of Black identity as it migrates across the African Diaspora, Middle Passage, jazz age and civil rights movements from the 1960s to now. These multidisciplinary artworks demonstrate Cyrus’ commemoration, translation and reactivation of sociopolitical struggles in African American history.Published to accompany Cyrus’ first career survey exhibition at the Blaffer Art Museum, the catalogue includes materially diverse and conceptually charged textile-based pieces, assemblages, performances, installations, paintings and works on paper produced in the past two decades, including his ongoing 'Pride Records' installation series.
ISBN 9781941753446. Inventory Press/Blaffer Art Museum. hb. 128 pages. 50 colour ills. 26.7 x 21 cm.
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