FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kori Newkirk: 1997-2007
June 1-September 14, 2008
Opening Reception:
May 31, 2008, 7-9pm
$5 admission
Free For Members
Wine and Beer
Also opening:
Tales From the Strip: The Hot Rod Comics & Drag Racing Cartoon of Pete Millar
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$7 Admission, $7 Seniors, Students
Kori Newkirk, Still from Bixel, 2005, DVD Projection, TRT 05:00.
Courtesy of the artist and The Project , New York
Kori Newkirk’s artistic practice is startlingly diverse in media, subjects and themes, but all share his unique perspective on identity and African American cultural politics. The Pasadena Museum of California Art is proud to present Kori Newkirk: 1997-2007, the first major retrospective of the Los Angeles-based artist’s work. Using popular culture and personal experiences as a foundation, Newkirk’s oeuvre is both visually stunning and intellectually challenging. His early work focuses on themes of black masculinity, but later begins to encompass wider notions of gender, race and social geography. In particular, Newkirk has earned acclaim for a set of works—his pony-bead curtains—that anchor this exhibition, which is comprised of more than thirty works completed since Newkirk received his MFA from UC Irvine.
This exhibition is organized by the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. It is generously supported by the Peter Norton Family Foundation on behalf of Eileen Harris Norton, and the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation.
