RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK - Samuel Levi Jones

January 19, 2020

RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK - Samuel Levi Jones

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton

Malcolm X from '48 Portraits (underexposed)', 2012 Ink jet print on pulped encyclopedic paper 22 × 24 1/2 in 55.9 × 62.2 cm Edition 2/2

We met Samuel Levi Jones, a major star in contemporary art on Thursday at an Indianapolis public school where he installed his striking "48 Portraits (Underexposed)." The work is a direct response to Gerhard Richter's "48 Portraits" (1971) that depicts only white males. Trained as a photographer, Jones is best known for reconstructing historical texts into patchwork paintings of equality. Samuel Levi Jones talked with kids at Edison School of the Arts, and that makes him, our artist of the week.

Samuel Levi Jones' "48 Portraits (Underexposed)" (2012); Inkjet Prints on Recycled Encyclopedia Britannica Paper

NEWS OF 2008-2019 from across the USA, and around the world:

Buddhist Art of Week: Four Pieces by Artist Tatsuo Miyajima [More News]
Christian Art of Week: Phillip K. Smith III's "10 Columns" at Bridge Projects [More News]
Hindu Art of Week: Shaji N Jaleel's B&W stories from Fort Kochi, India [More News]
Islamic Art of Week: Goshar Dashti at Museum of Fine Arts Boston [More News]
Jewish Art of Week: Rachel Feinstein's Retrospective at Jewish Museum [More News]

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Artist Samuel Levi Jones and school board member Ernest Disney-Britton standing in front of "48 Portraits (underexposed)" hung vertically at Edison School of the Arts.