Whitfield Lovell - All Things In Time

Whitfield Lovell - All Things In Time

Whitfield Lovell will be presented at the Hudson River Museum as a large-scale survey exhibition showcasing the work of one of the contemporary art world’s finest interpreters of lost or contested history. Born in the Bronx in 1959, Lovell has become internationally recognized for his large-scale tableaux and room-sized installations that combine evocative found historical objects with exquisitely rendered life-sized charcoal portraits, frequently based on historic photographs. These elements are combined to strikingly picturesque effect and create a dramatic situation or “scene” which is left to the viewer to interpret.

Lovell finds the raw materials for his art in tag sales, flea markets, and architectural salvage yards. His work focuses on the lives of African Americans in the United States from the span of Reconstruction through World War II, and his work subtly suggests this period’s intense societal and political changes. Many of the photographs that inspire Lovell’s art are of anonymous individuals, the biographical details of their lives lost to time. The imaginary narratives that Lovell constructs gives them a sense of agency and provides arresting contrasts, which attest to the artist’s great creativity in transforming everyday objects into powerful commentary on society.

Admissions: Adult - $5; Seniors and Children - $3; Members - Free