Collection of Hendrik Vermeire and Arne Notebaert. ©Darrel Ellis Estate and Candice Madey, New York.
Darrel Ellis, Family Party, 1983. Pen and brush and black ink, wash, and charcoal on paper 30½ ×40 in.
New York, Bronx Museum: first comprehensive exhibition by Darrel Ellis
Unfinished
»Only the Good Die Young« goes the song by Billy Joel (1977). Whether this is a euphemistic phrase for a tragic fate or an effort at an optimistic perspective, visitors to the Bronx Museum may answer for themselves with a look at the unfinished life's work of artist Darrel Ellis (1958 - 1992) beginning May 24. Darrel Ellis: Regeneration presents Ellis' work along with its challenges.
May 24, 2023
The Bronx Museum in New York is finally giving Darrel Ellis' (1958 - 1992) lost vision of Black self-image and domesticity the space it deserves beginning May 24 - Darrel Ellis: Regeneration is the artist's first comprehensive and scholarly survey exhibition. His work had challenged curators and scholars alike for thirty years. At the age of 33, the young man succumbed to AIDS, leaving behind an unfinished body of work.
While Ellis was still alive, his work was already featured in important contemporary exhibitions-such as Witnesses: Against Their Vanishing, organized by Nan Goldin. Ellis skillfully fused painting, printmaking, and photography - sparking current artistic interest in archives, (cultural) appropriation, and personal narratives. For three months, those interested can view the unfinished, challenging life's work of the artist who died much too soon. The Bronx Museum is co-organizing the exhibition with the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Courtesy of Candice Madey, New York and The Darrel Ellis Estate. ©Darrel Ellis Estate and Candice Madey, New York.
Darrel Ellis, Untitled (Self-Portrait), ca.1981-85. Graphite, ink, and ink wash on paper, 11⅝ x 8¼ in.
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