Revelations: Masterworks by African American Artists

Through May 7, 2017

Located in the

Revelations: Masterworks by African American Artists

Through May 7, 2017

Located in the

In celebration of Black History Month and throughout the spring, the McNay highlights collection works by Radcliffe Bailey, Chakaia Booker, Leonardo Drew, and Sam Gilliam in the Frost Octagon in conjunction with Rashid Johnson’s films The New Black Yoga and Samuel in Space.

Leonardo Drew (American, born 1961). Number 29A, 1999. Dirt, paper, string, wool, fiber, paper, and found objects. Jeane and Irving Matthews Collection.

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