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Caption : Thank you for your eternal brilliance, integrity and guidance brothers. Rest in power and peace💔🖤
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Caption : Thank you for your eternal brilliance, integrity and guidance brothers. Rest in power and peace💔🖤
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Caption : Thank you for your eternal brilliance, integrity and guidance brothers. Rest in power and peace💔🖤
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Caption : Thank you for your eternal brilliance, integrity and guidance brothers. Rest in power and peace💔🖤
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Caption : Thank you for your eternal brilliance, integrity and guidance brothers. Rest in power and peace💔🖤
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Caption : Thank you for your eternal brilliance, integrity and guidance brothers. Rest in power and peace💔🖤
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Caption : The Oracle emerges @hammer_museum March 26th 🙏🏿 Via @marianneboeskygallery “Sanford Biggers’s (@sanfordbiggers) monumental sculpture Oracle (2021) will be the inaugural work for the Hammer Musem at UCLA’s (@hammer_museum) outdoor sculpture pedestal. The work will be on view near the museum’s entrance at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Glendon Avenue March 26, 2023 – March 24, 2024. Part of Biggers’s Chimera series, Oracle combines elements from African masks with aspects of classical European statues to explore historical depictions of bodies and their attendant myths, narratives, and perceptions. Oracle was installed at Rockefeller Center in New York in 2021. The New York and Los Angeles installations are presented in partnership with the Art Production Fund. @artproductionfund @caseyfremont 💖🔥” Sanford Biggers Oracle, 2021 Bronze Dimensions: 282 5/8 x 84 1/4 x 122 1/8 inches, 717.9 x 214 x 310.1 cm Edition of 2 plus 1 AP 📸 @daniel_greer #studiosanfordbiggers #MarianneBoeskyGallery #hammermuseum #losangeles #wilshire #sculpture #futureethnography #sculpture
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Caption : The Oracle emerges @hammer_museum March 26th 🙏🏿 Via @marianneboeskygallery “Sanford Biggers’s (@sanfordbiggers) monumental sculpture Oracle (2021) will be the inaugural work for the Hammer Musem at UCLA’s (@hammer_museum) outdoor sculpture pedestal. The work will be on view near the museum’s entrance at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Glendon Avenue March 26, 2023 – March 24, 2024. Part of Biggers’s Chimera series, Oracle combines elements from African masks with aspects of classical European statues to explore historical depictions of bodies and their attendant myths, narratives, and perceptions. Oracle was installed at Rockefeller Center in New York in 2021. The New York and Los Angeles installations are presented in partnership with the Art Production Fund. @artproductionfund @caseyfremont 💖🔥” Sanford Biggers Oracle, 2021 Bronze Dimensions: 282 5/8 x 84 1/4 x 122 1/8 inches, 717.9 x 214 x 310.1 cm Edition of 2 plus 1 AP 📸 @daniel_greer #studiosanfordbiggers #MarianneBoeskyGallery #hammermuseum #losangeles #wilshire #sculpture #futureethnography #sculpture
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Caption : The Oracle emerges @hammer_museum March 26th 🙏🏿 Via @marianneboeskygallery “Sanford Biggers’s (@sanfordbiggers) monumental sculpture Oracle (2021) will be the inaugural work for the Hammer Musem at UCLA’s (@hammer_museum) outdoor sculpture pedestal. The work will be on view near the museum’s entrance at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Glendon Avenue March 26, 2023 – March 24, 2024. Part of Biggers’s Chimera series, Oracle combines elements from African masks with aspects of classical European statues to explore historical depictions of bodies and their attendant myths, narratives, and perceptions. Oracle was installed at Rockefeller Center in New York in 2021. The New York and Los Angeles installations are presented in partnership with the Art Production Fund. @artproductionfund @caseyfremont 💖🔥” Sanford Biggers Oracle, 2021 Bronze Dimensions: 282 5/8 x 84 1/4 x 122 1/8 inches, 717.9 x 214 x 310.1 cm Edition of 2 plus 1 AP 📸 @daniel_greer #studiosanfordbiggers #MarianneBoeskyGallery #hammermuseum #losangeles #wilshire #sculpture #futureethnography #sculpture
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Caption : So excited to share this project with you all! Thank you @chazenartuw, University of WI Madison, Amy Gilman, @maskconsortium, @keyonharrold, @pharoahemonch, @wildcatebonybrown, @lynoregalore, @richmedina @debtcullen @siddarthamitter 🙏🏿: @nytimes 📸: @mary.kang
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Caption : So excited to share this project with you all! Thank you @chazenartuw, University of WI Madison, Amy Gilman, @maskconsortium, @keyonharrold, @pharoahemonch, @wildcatebonybrown, @lynoregalore, @richmedina @debtcullen @siddarthamitter 🙏🏿: @nytimes 📸: @mary.kang
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Caption : So excited to share this project with you all! Thank you @chazenartuw, University of WI Madison, Amy Gilman, @maskconsortium, @keyonharrold, @pharoahemonch, @wildcatebonybrown, @lynoregalore, @richmedina @debtcullen @siddarthamitter 🙏🏿: @nytimes 📸: @mary.kang
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Caption : So excited to share this project with you all! Thank you @chazenartuw, University of WI Madison, Amy Gilman, @maskconsortium, @keyonharrold, @pharoahemonch, @wildcatebonybrown, @lynoregalore, @richmedina @debtcullen @siddarthamitter 🙏🏿: @nytimes 📸: @mary.kang
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Caption : 👁️ ‘Fools Gambit’ @skirball_la as part of their current exhibition “Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories.” On view through March 12, 2023. 📸: @grantalexandra Fool’s Gambit, 2019. Antique quilt, birch plywood, gold leaf. 39.75h x 35.75w. #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history #quiltart
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Caption : Welcome to LA @sanfordbiggers! We are thrilled to be bringing Biggers’ monumental sculpture “Oracle” to the @hammer_museum as part of the inaugural sculpture garden installation! Stay tuned for more details on this exciting opening… @marianneboeskygallery 🤍 #SanfordBiggers #PublicArt #Sculpture #HammerMuseum #Bronze #Oracle
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Caption : ‘Lifting The Veil’ (2023) White Carrara marble, antique quilt H: 45.5 in x W: 30.38 in x D: 28.95 📸 3: ‘Booker T. Washington Lifting The Veil of Ignorance’ Inscription: “He lifted the veil of ignorance from his people and pointed the way to progress through education and industry.” #studiosanfordbiggers #remancipationproject #history #frederickdouglass #abrahamlincoln #bookertwashington
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Caption : ‘Lifting The Veil’ (2023) White Carrara marble, antique quilt H: 45.5 in x W: 30.38 in x D: 28.95 📸 3: ‘Booker T. Washington Lifting The Veil of Ignorance’ Inscription: “He lifted the veil of ignorance from his people and pointed the way to progress through education and industry.” #studiosanfordbiggers #remancipationproject #history #frederickdouglass #abrahamlincoln #bookertwashington
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Caption : ‘Lifting The Veil’ (2023) White Carrara marble, antique quilt H: 45.5 in x W: 30.38 in x D: 28.95 📸 3: ‘Booker T. Washington Lifting The Veil of Ignorance’ Inscription: “He lifted the veil of ignorance from his people and pointed the way to progress through education and industry.” #studiosanfordbiggers #remancipationproject #history #frederickdouglass #abrahamlincoln #bookertwashington
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Caption : 🙏🏿 to the @chazenartuw @remancipationproject @maskconsortium for an incredible week! @richmedina @keyonharrold @pharoahemonch @lynoregalore @wildcatebonybrown @nurihazzard @moonmedicin @wideawakes @visualeyz #remancipation #quilting #history #blackhistory #remancipationproject
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Caption : 🙏🏿 to the @chazenartuw @remancipationproject @maskconsortium for an incredible week! @richmedina @keyonharrold @pharoahemonch @lynoregalore @wildcatebonybrown @nurihazzard @moonmedicin @wideawakes @visualeyz #remancipation #quilting #history #blackhistory #remancipationproject
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Caption : 🙏🏿 to the @chazenartuw @remancipationproject @maskconsortium for an incredible week! @richmedina @keyonharrold @pharoahemonch @lynoregalore @wildcatebonybrown @nurihazzard @moonmedicin @wideawakes @visualeyz #remancipation #quilting #history #blackhistory #remancipationproject
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Caption : I’m delighted to share this article from @artnews! A big thanks to ✏️ @tessa.sol, 📸 @christophergarciavalle, and to all of you have come out to support my shows at @moniquemeloche and @marianneboeskygallery these last few weeks 🙏🏿
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Caption : I’m delighted to share this article from @artnews! A big thanks to ✏️ @tessa.sol, 📸 @christophergarciavalle, and to all of you have come out to support my shows at @moniquemeloche and @marianneboeskygallery these last few weeks 🙏🏿
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Caption : I’m delighted to share this article from @artnews! A big thanks to ✏️ @tessa.sol, 📸 @christophergarciavalle, and to all of you have come out to support my shows at @moniquemeloche and @marianneboeskygallery these last few weeks 🙏🏿
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Caption : “Nesting Venus” is bringing the ❤️ to Aspen. Currently on view @marianneboeskygallery 📸: (3) @saraharison Nesting Venus, 2022 Maple 60 1/2 × 13 1/4 x 13 in 153.7 × 33.7 × 33 cm #studiosanfordbiggers #venus #hybrid #history
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Caption : “Nesting Venus” is bringing the ❤️ to Aspen. Currently on view @marianneboeskygallery 📸: (3) @saraharison Nesting Venus, 2022 Maple 60 1/2 × 13 1/4 x 13 in 153.7 × 33.7 × 33 cm #studiosanfordbiggers #venus #hybrid #history
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Caption : “Nesting Venus” is bringing the ❤️ to Aspen. Currently on view @marianneboeskygallery 📸: (3) @saraharison Nesting Venus, 2022 Maple 60 1/2 × 13 1/4 x 13 in 153.7 × 33.7 × 33 cm #studiosanfordbiggers #venus #hybrid #history
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Caption : Another one around the sun. Deep gratitude to everyone who’s been along for the ride and for the birthday wishes ☀️🙏🏿✨ 🕴🏿 @artcomesfirst @armando_cabral
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Caption : Thanks to eveyone who made this past weekend such a heartfelt homecoming ❤️ Cheers to all the good friends in attendance and the people who made the magic happen @abby1ill @viktorduplaix @23andme @mirrordigital #BreakingBread&GivingFlowers @hammer_museum @artproductionfund @marianneboeskygallery @gucci @eriking @moonmedicin @jahisundance @jasminshokrian @martinluther #Markbradford @chinatowntaylor @nicoleariparker @paulapattonofficial @solaponte @caseyfremont @aranajoi and many more 🥂
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Caption : Thanks to eveyone who made this past weekend such a heartfelt homecoming ❤️ Cheers to all the good friends in attendance and the people who made the magic happen @abby1ill @viktorduplaix @23andme @mirrordigital #BreakingBread&GivingFlowers @hammer_museum @artproductionfund @marianneboeskygallery @gucci @eriking @moonmedicin @jahisundance @jasminshokrian @martinluther #Markbradford @chinatowntaylor @nicoleariparker @paulapattonofficial @solaponte @caseyfremont @aranajoi and many more 🥂
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Caption : Thanks to eveyone who made this past weekend such a heartfelt homecoming ❤️ Cheers to all the good friends in attendance and the people who made the magic happen @abby1ill @viktorduplaix @23andme @mirrordigital #BreakingBread&GivingFlowers @hammer_museum @artproductionfund @marianneboeskygallery @gucci @eriking @moonmedicin @jahisundance @jasminshokrian @martinluther #Markbradford @chinatowntaylor @nicoleariparker @paulapattonofficial @solaponte @caseyfremont @aranajoi and many more 🥂
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Caption : Thanks to eveyone who made this past weekend such a heartfelt homecoming ❤️ Cheers to all the good friends in attendance and the people who made the magic happen @abby1ill @viktorduplaix @23andme @mirrordigital #BreakingBread&GivingFlowers @hammer_museum @artproductionfund @marianneboeskygallery @gucci @eriking @moonmedicin @jahisundance @jasminshokrian @martinluther #Markbradford @chinatowntaylor @nicoleariparker @paulapattonofficial @solaponte @caseyfremont @aranajoi and many more 🥂
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Caption : Thanks to eveyone who made this past weekend such a heartfelt homecoming ❤️ Cheers to all the good friends in attendance and the people who made the magic happen @abby1ill @viktorduplaix @23andme @mirrordigital #BreakingBread&GivingFlowers @hammer_museum @artproductionfund @marianneboeskygallery @gucci @eriking @moonmedicin @jahisundance @jasminshokrian @martinluther #Markbradford @chinatowntaylor @nicoleariparker @paulapattonofficial @solaponte @caseyfremont @aranajoi and many more 🥂
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Caption : Thanks to eveyone who made this past weekend such a heartfelt homecoming ❤️ Cheers to all the good friends in attendance and the people who made the magic happen @abby1ill @viktorduplaix @23andme @mirrordigital #BreakingBread&GivingFlowers @hammer_museum @artproductionfund @marianneboeskygallery @gucci @eriking @moonmedicin @jahisundance @jasminshokrian @martinluther #Markbradford @chinatowntaylor @nicoleariparker @paulapattonofficial @solaponte @caseyfremont @aranajoi and many more 🥂
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Caption : Thanks to eveyone who made this past weekend such a heartfelt homecoming ❤️ Cheers to all the good friends in attendance and the people who made the magic happen @abby1ill @viktorduplaix @23andme @mirrordigital #BreakingBread&GivingFlowers @hammer_museum @artproductionfund @marianneboeskygallery @gucci @eriking @moonmedicin @jahisundance @jasminshokrian @martinluther #Markbradford @chinatowntaylor @nicoleariparker @paulapattonofficial @solaponte @caseyfremont @aranajoi and many more 🥂
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Caption : Thanks to eveyone who made this past weekend such a heartfelt homecoming ❤️ Cheers to all the good friends in attendance and the people who made the magic happen @abby1ill @viktorduplaix @23andme @mirrordigital #BreakingBread&GivingFlowers @hammer_museum @artproductionfund @marianneboeskygallery @gucci @eriking @moonmedicin @jahisundance @jasminshokrian @martinluther #Markbradford @chinatowntaylor @nicoleariparker @paulapattonofficial @solaponte @caseyfremont @aranajoi and many more 🥂
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Caption : It’s out! Thank you @wmag @maxinesleep @meghanmarin 🙏🏿🔥 “Back to the Stars” opens this Thursday @moniquemeloche ✨ 📸 by @meghanmarin for @wmag 🖼️Detail of Furrow (2023) @daniel_greer #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history #moniquemelochegallery
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Caption : It’s out! Thank you @wmag @maxinesleep @meghanmarin 🙏🏿🔥 “Back to the Stars” opens this Thursday @moniquemeloche ✨ 📸 by @meghanmarin for @wmag 🖼️Detail of Furrow (2023) @daniel_greer #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history #moniquemelochegallery
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Caption : It’s out! Thank you @wmag @maxinesleep @meghanmarin 🙏🏿🔥 “Back to the Stars” opens this Thursday @moniquemeloche ✨ 📸 by @meghanmarin for @wmag 🖼️Detail of Furrow (2023) @daniel_greer #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history #moniquemelochegallery
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Caption : It’s out! Thank you @wmag @maxinesleep @meghanmarin 🙏🏿🔥 “Back to the Stars” opens this Thursday @moniquemeloche ✨ 📸 by @meghanmarin for @wmag 🖼️Detail of Furrow (2023) @daniel_greer #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history #moniquemelochegallery
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Caption : 👁️ The Soothsayer (2019-2023) on view at @marianneboeskygallery’s 509 W 24th Street location ✨ “The latest work in Biggers’s Chimera series, The Soothsayer juxtaposes Classical western statuary with African masks, revealing the complexities, contradictions, and affinities between diverging cultural traditions.” @marianneboeskygallery #studiosanfordbiggers #sculpture #Chimera #Soothsayer #marianneboeskygallery
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Caption : 👁️ The Soothsayer (2019-2023) on view at @marianneboeskygallery’s 509 W 24th Street location ✨ “The latest work in Biggers’s Chimera series, The Soothsayer juxtaposes Classical western statuary with African masks, revealing the complexities, contradictions, and affinities between diverging cultural traditions.” @marianneboeskygallery #studiosanfordbiggers #sculpture #Chimera #Soothsayer #marianneboeskygallery
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Caption : 👁️ “Phantasos” at Booth B12 @marianneboeskygallery #artbaselmiami2022 Phantasos, 2022 Antique quilt, birch plywood, gold leaf. 53 3/4 × 54 1/2 x 26 in 136.5 × 138.4 × 66 cm #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history
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Caption : 👁️ “Phantasos” at Booth B12 @marianneboeskygallery #artbaselmiami2022 Phantasos, 2022 Antique quilt, birch plywood, gold leaf. 53 3/4 × 54 1/2 x 26 in 136.5 × 138.4 × 66 cm #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history
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Caption : 👁️ “Phantasos” at Booth B12 @marianneboeskygallery #artbaselmiami2022 Phantasos, 2022 Antique quilt, birch plywood, gold leaf. 53 3/4 × 54 1/2 x 26 in 136.5 × 138.4 × 66 cm #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history
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Caption : 👁️ “Phantasos” at Booth B12 @marianneboeskygallery #artbaselmiami2022 Phantasos, 2022 Antique quilt, birch plywood, gold leaf. 53 3/4 × 54 1/2 x 26 in 136.5 × 138.4 × 66 cm #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history
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Caption : Can’t wait to see the real OG @nickcaveart “Forothermore” exhibition opening this week @guggenheim (great party btw!) @tavaresstrachan @oteroso @rashidjohnson #guggenheim #tomford #fam
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Caption : Can’t wait to see the real OG @nickcaveart “Forothermore” exhibition opening this week @guggenheim (great party btw!) @tavaresstrachan @oteroso @rashidjohnson #guggenheim #tomford #fam
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Caption : Can’t wait to see the real OG @nickcaveart “Forothermore” exhibition opening this week @guggenheim (great party btw!) @tavaresstrachan @oteroso @rashidjohnson #guggenheim #tomford #fam
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Caption : ✨🙏🏿✨ @natalieelizabethweis @hyperallergic ‘Codeswitch’ is on view @speedartmuseum until June 26th. Blossom Study (2014), antique quilt, assorted textiles, acrylic, spray paint, 86 1/2 x 84 1/2 inches #studiosanfordbiggers #codeswitch #quilting #history #blackhistory #juneteenth #quiltart
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Caption : ✨🙏🏿✨ @natalieelizabethweis @hyperallergic ‘Codeswitch’ is on view @speedartmuseum until June 26th. Blossom Study (2014), antique quilt, assorted textiles, acrylic, spray paint, 86 1/2 x 84 1/2 inches #studiosanfordbiggers #codeswitch #quilting #history #blackhistory #juneteenth #quiltart
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Caption : 🌱Spring offerings ✨ Via @hammer_museum “Starting this weekend, the Hammer will have new exhibition spaces spanning an entire city block along Wilshire Boulevard–starting with Sanford Biggers’ @sanfordbiggers Oracle, inaugurating our outdoor sculpture pedestal at Wilshire and Glendon Avenue. This 25 feet tall, 7+ ton bronze figure is part of Biggers’s “Chimera” series, which combines the classic figures and movements of Greco-Roman sculpture with a variety of iconic African objects from the 14th to the 20th centuries. For the next year, Oracle be seen every day by a wide range of people who walk or drive through one of the busiest corridors in the country. Viewers are invited by the artist to leave an offering at the base of the sculpture. Starting this weekend, feel free to bring an offering of whatever speaks to your heart. Oracle’s presentation at the Hammer is supported by Marianne Boesky Gallery (@marianneboeskygallery) and is co-presented by the Hammer and Art Production Fund (@artproductionfund). For more information on Biggers and Oracle, click the link in our bio. ___ 📸 Sanford Biggers, Oracle, 2021. Bronze. 282 5/8 x 84 1/8 x 122 1/8 in. (717.93 x 213.97 x 310.13 cm). Courtesy of the artist, Marianne Boesky Gallery, and Art Production Fund. Installation view, Sanford Biggers: Oracle, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, March 26, 2023 – March 24, 2024. Photo: Joshua White.
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Caption : Few experiences in life have shaped me as much as my years at Morehouse College @morehouse1867. And even fewer are as powerful as being in a room of 1000+ of some of the US’s most exemplary individuals who collectively with our alumni, have and continue to change the world, both above and below the radar, daily. I am humbled and still floating from being acknowledged, exalted, and honored with the Bennie Award from the ONLY institution worldwide solely dedicated to the upliftment and excellence of Brothers at scale. Thank you to all my Brothers, and special thanks to the brilliant presenters @artbykamahl and @chakajhan 🙌🏿 #Moreohusecollege #thehouse #Spelhouse #HBCU #ATL #IYKYK #fubu
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Caption : 🙏🏿to @cmonstah for the beautiful interview for @latimes. Thanks to @dania_maxwell for capturing the moment 📸 and @ocmamuseum for the invitation. #studiosanfordbiggers #ocma #latimes #sculpture
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Caption : 🙏🏿to @cmonstah for the beautiful interview for @latimes. Thanks to @dania_maxwell for capturing the moment 📸 and @ocmamuseum for the invitation. #studiosanfordbiggers #ocma #latimes #sculpture
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Caption : 🙏🏿to @cmonstah for the beautiful interview for @latimes. Thanks to @dania_maxwell for capturing the moment 📸 and @ocmamuseum for the invitation. #studiosanfordbiggers #ocma #latimes #sculpture
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Caption : 👑 @fordjourstudio 🙏🏿 Repost from @studiomuseum “Join us on December 5, 2022, at 6:00 pm EST at Columbia University for the seventh annual Lea K. Green Artist Talk, honoring artist Sanford Biggers, who will be in conversation with friend, artist, and educator Derek Fordjour.⠀ ⠀ A 1999–2000 Studio Museum Artist-in-Residence program alum, Biggers (@sanfordbiggers) is a multimedia artist who works in sculpture, performance, painting, textiles, installation, and video. In this conversation, Biggers and Fordjour will delve into the artist’s creative inspiration, process, and practice, as well as the importance of art programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).⠀ ⠀ The Lea K. Green Artist Talk brings together exceptional artists and cultural luminaries annually for critical dialogues on art and society. Previous honorees for the Lea K. Green Artist Talk include Carrie Mae Weems (2016), Jordan Casteel (2017), Amy Sherald (2018), Dawoud Bey (2019), Hank Willis Thomas (2020), and vanessa german (2021).”⠀ ⠀ Learn more and RSVP at the link in bio.
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Caption : 👑 @fordjourstudio 🙏🏿 Repost from @studiomuseum “Join us on December 5, 2022, at 6:00 pm EST at Columbia University for the seventh annual Lea K. Green Artist Talk, honoring artist Sanford Biggers, who will be in conversation with friend, artist, and educator Derek Fordjour.⠀ ⠀ A 1999–2000 Studio Museum Artist-in-Residence program alum, Biggers (@sanfordbiggers) is a multimedia artist who works in sculpture, performance, painting, textiles, installation, and video. In this conversation, Biggers and Fordjour will delve into the artist’s creative inspiration, process, and practice, as well as the importance of art programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).⠀ ⠀ The Lea K. Green Artist Talk brings together exceptional artists and cultural luminaries annually for critical dialogues on art and society. Previous honorees for the Lea K. Green Artist Talk include Carrie Mae Weems (2016), Jordan Casteel (2017), Amy Sherald (2018), Dawoud Bey (2019), Hank Willis Thomas (2020), and vanessa german (2021).”⠀ ⠀ Learn more and RSVP at the link in bio.
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Caption : Find me at booth A1 with @massimodecarlogallery for Frieze NYC 🙏🏿 “Soft Geometries, is the presentation of a solo project by New York-based conceptual artist Sanford Biggers. At Frieze New York, Biggers unveils a survey of new vibrant sculptural quilts that defy traditional artistic boundaries. The new works included in Soft Geometries are part of Biggers’ Codex series, which are infused with a lexicon of layered histories and symbols drawn on an expansive array of references. The Codex series include mixed media paintings and sculptures done directly on or made from pre-1900 antique quilts. This process, like linguistic code-switching, recognizes language plurality, as the quilts signal their original creator’s intent and the new layers of meaning given to them through Biggers’ artistic intervention. Biggers uses history as a malleable material, which he repurposes and reinterprets, connecting temporalities of the past and future in homage to the stories of objects while allowing for new conceptual possibilities – what the artists call “future ethnographies.” Materializing history, Biggers positions himself as a collaborator of the past while also examining the current sociopolitical landscape. Biggers repurposes antique quilts to explore their iconographic importance as a kind of secret language, delving into the long-debated historical narrative that such quilts signaled safe spaces along the Underground Railroad.” – @massimodecarlogallery 📸: @daniel_greer 1: Fire Flower, 2023 Antique quilt, assorted textiles Approx. 63 × 63 × 5 in 160 × 160 × 12.7 cm 3: Soft Geometry, 2023 Antique quilts, assorted textiles Approx. 38 x 38 in 96.5 × 96.5 cm 5: Boogie Down (BX Boogie Woogie), 2023 Antique quilts, birch plywood, gold leaf 59 3/8 x 31 1/2 x 14 7/8 in #StudioSanfordBiggers #FriezeNY #NewYork #MASSIMODECARLO
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Caption : Find me at booth A1 with @massimodecarlogallery for Frieze NYC 🙏🏿 “Soft Geometries, is the presentation of a solo project by New York-based conceptual artist Sanford Biggers. At Frieze New York, Biggers unveils a survey of new vibrant sculptural quilts that defy traditional artistic boundaries. The new works included in Soft Geometries are part of Biggers’ Codex series, which are infused with a lexicon of layered histories and symbols drawn on an expansive array of references. The Codex series include mixed media paintings and sculptures done directly on or made from pre-1900 antique quilts. This process, like linguistic code-switching, recognizes language plurality, as the quilts signal their original creator’s intent and the new layers of meaning given to them through Biggers’ artistic intervention. Biggers uses history as a malleable material, which he repurposes and reinterprets, connecting temporalities of the past and future in homage to the stories of objects while allowing for new conceptual possibilities – what the artists call “future ethnographies.” Materializing history, Biggers positions himself as a collaborator of the past while also examining the current sociopolitical landscape. Biggers repurposes antique quilts to explore their iconographic importance as a kind of secret language, delving into the long-debated historical narrative that such quilts signaled safe spaces along the Underground Railroad.” – @massimodecarlogallery 📸: @daniel_greer 1: Fire Flower, 2023 Antique quilt, assorted textiles Approx. 63 × 63 × 5 in 160 × 160 × 12.7 cm 3: Soft Geometry, 2023 Antique quilts, assorted textiles Approx. 38 x 38 in 96.5 × 96.5 cm 5: Boogie Down (BX Boogie Woogie), 2023 Antique quilts, birch plywood, gold leaf 59 3/8 x 31 1/2 x 14 7/8 in #StudioSanfordBiggers #FriezeNY #NewYork #MASSIMODECARLO
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Caption : Find me at booth A1 with @massimodecarlogallery for Frieze NYC 🙏🏿 “Soft Geometries, is the presentation of a solo project by New York-based conceptual artist Sanford Biggers. At Frieze New York, Biggers unveils a survey of new vibrant sculptural quilts that defy traditional artistic boundaries. The new works included in Soft Geometries are part of Biggers’ Codex series, which are infused with a lexicon of layered histories and symbols drawn on an expansive array of references. The Codex series include mixed media paintings and sculptures done directly on or made from pre-1900 antique quilts. This process, like linguistic code-switching, recognizes language plurality, as the quilts signal their original creator’s intent and the new layers of meaning given to them through Biggers’ artistic intervention. Biggers uses history as a malleable material, which he repurposes and reinterprets, connecting temporalities of the past and future in homage to the stories of objects while allowing for new conceptual possibilities – what the artists call “future ethnographies.” Materializing history, Biggers positions himself as a collaborator of the past while also examining the current sociopolitical landscape. Biggers repurposes antique quilts to explore their iconographic importance as a kind of secret language, delving into the long-debated historical narrative that such quilts signaled safe spaces along the Underground Railroad.” – @massimodecarlogallery 📸: @daniel_greer 1: Fire Flower, 2023 Antique quilt, assorted textiles Approx. 63 × 63 × 5 in 160 × 160 × 12.7 cm 3: Soft Geometry, 2023 Antique quilts, assorted textiles Approx. 38 x 38 in 96.5 × 96.5 cm 5: Boogie Down (BX Boogie Woogie), 2023 Antique quilts, birch plywood, gold leaf 59 3/8 x 31 1/2 x 14 7/8 in #StudioSanfordBiggers #FriezeNY #NewYork #MASSIMODECARLO
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Caption : Find me at booth A1 with @massimodecarlogallery for Frieze NYC 🙏🏿 “Soft Geometries, is the presentation of a solo project by New York-based conceptual artist Sanford Biggers. At Frieze New York, Biggers unveils a survey of new vibrant sculptural quilts that defy traditional artistic boundaries. The new works included in Soft Geometries are part of Biggers’ Codex series, which are infused with a lexicon of layered histories and symbols drawn on an expansive array of references. The Codex series include mixed media paintings and sculptures done directly on or made from pre-1900 antique quilts. This process, like linguistic code-switching, recognizes language plurality, as the quilts signal their original creator’s intent and the new layers of meaning given to them through Biggers’ artistic intervention. Biggers uses history as a malleable material, which he repurposes and reinterprets, connecting temporalities of the past and future in homage to the stories of objects while allowing for new conceptual possibilities – what the artists call “future ethnographies.” Materializing history, Biggers positions himself as a collaborator of the past while also examining the current sociopolitical landscape. Biggers repurposes antique quilts to explore their iconographic importance as a kind of secret language, delving into the long-debated historical narrative that such quilts signaled safe spaces along the Underground Railroad.” – @massimodecarlogallery 📸: @daniel_greer 1: Fire Flower, 2023 Antique quilt, assorted textiles Approx. 63 × 63 × 5 in 160 × 160 × 12.7 cm 3: Soft Geometry, 2023 Antique quilts, assorted textiles Approx. 38 x 38 in 96.5 × 96.5 cm 5: Boogie Down (BX Boogie Woogie), 2023 Antique quilts, birch plywood, gold leaf 59 3/8 x 31 1/2 x 14 7/8 in #StudioSanfordBiggers #FriezeNY #NewYork #MASSIMODECARLO
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Caption : Find me at booth A1 with @massimodecarlogallery for Frieze NYC 🙏🏿 “Soft Geometries, is the presentation of a solo project by New York-based conceptual artist Sanford Biggers. At Frieze New York, Biggers unveils a survey of new vibrant sculptural quilts that defy traditional artistic boundaries. The new works included in Soft Geometries are part of Biggers’ Codex series, which are infused with a lexicon of layered histories and symbols drawn on an expansive array of references. The Codex series include mixed media paintings and sculptures done directly on or made from pre-1900 antique quilts. This process, like linguistic code-switching, recognizes language plurality, as the quilts signal their original creator’s intent and the new layers of meaning given to them through Biggers’ artistic intervention. Biggers uses history as a malleable material, which he repurposes and reinterprets, connecting temporalities of the past and future in homage to the stories of objects while allowing for new conceptual possibilities – what the artists call “future ethnographies.” Materializing history, Biggers positions himself as a collaborator of the past while also examining the current sociopolitical landscape. Biggers repurposes antique quilts to explore their iconographic importance as a kind of secret language, delving into the long-debated historical narrative that such quilts signaled safe spaces along the Underground Railroad.” – @massimodecarlogallery 📸: @daniel_greer 1: Fire Flower, 2023 Antique quilt, assorted textiles Approx. 63 × 63 × 5 in 160 × 160 × 12.7 cm 3: Soft Geometry, 2023 Antique quilts, assorted textiles Approx. 38 x 38 in 96.5 × 96.5 cm 5: Boogie Down (BX Boogie Woogie), 2023 Antique quilts, birch plywood, gold leaf 59 3/8 x 31 1/2 x 14 7/8 in #StudioSanfordBiggers #FriezeNY #NewYork #MASSIMODECARLO
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Caption : Outtakes from the weekend @petermarinoartfoundation 🙏🏿 @bobcolacello for “Brunch With Bob” 🍪 by @sweethaze.cakes 📸: @baldwingallery @petermarinoartfoundation On view through August 13, 2022. #studiosanfordbiggers #petermarinoartfoundation #sculptureart #quilting #history
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Caption : Outtakes from the weekend @petermarinoartfoundation 🙏🏿 @bobcolacello for “Brunch With Bob” 🍪 by @sweethaze.cakes 📸: @baldwingallery @petermarinoartfoundation On view through August 13, 2022. #studiosanfordbiggers #petermarinoartfoundation #sculptureart #quilting #history
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Caption : Outtakes from the weekend @petermarinoartfoundation 🙏🏿 @bobcolacello for “Brunch With Bob” 🍪 by @sweethaze.cakes 📸: @baldwingallery @petermarinoartfoundation On view through August 13, 2022. #studiosanfordbiggers #petermarinoartfoundation #sculptureart #quilting #history
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Caption : Outtakes from the weekend @petermarinoartfoundation 🙏🏿 @bobcolacello for “Brunch With Bob” 🍪 by @sweethaze.cakes 📸: @baldwingallery @petermarinoartfoundation On view through August 13, 2022. #studiosanfordbiggers #petermarinoartfoundation #sculptureart #quilting #history
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Caption : Outtakes from the weekend @petermarinoartfoundation 🙏🏿 @bobcolacello for “Brunch With Bob” 🍪 by @sweethaze.cakes 📸: @baldwingallery @petermarinoartfoundation On view through August 13, 2022. #studiosanfordbiggers #petermarinoartfoundation #sculptureart #quilting #history
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Caption : 👁 Glitch 🧩 “Glitch” is part of the group exhibition “Fragile Crossings” presented by @marianneboeskygallery and @goodman_gallery. “Fragile Crossings” is on view through August 5, 2022 @marianneboeskygallery Glitch, 2022 Assorted textile, acrylic 50 7/8 x 33 x 4 inches 129.2 x 83.8 x 10.2 cm #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #glitch #quiltart
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Caption : Feeling immense gratitude after a week full of travel, spirit-enriching conversation and communion with those who make everything I do joyful and possible. Thank you to @amfedarts, @toschoon, @artinembassies, ambassador Randi Levine @usambportugal, @norahalpern, curator Welmoed laanstra and everyone who came out in support 🙏🏿 📸 1&2: @toschoon 3: @joshua_decter 4: @asherald
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Caption : Feeling immense gratitude after a week full of travel, spirit-enriching conversation and communion with those who make everything I do joyful and possible. Thank you to @amfedarts, @toschoon, @artinembassies, ambassador Randi Levine @usambportugal, @norahalpern, curator Welmoed laanstra and everyone who came out in support 🙏🏿 📸 1&2: @toschoon 3: @joshua_decter 4: @asherald
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Caption : Feeling immense gratitude after a week full of travel, spirit-enriching conversation and communion with those who make everything I do joyful and possible. Thank you to @amfedarts, @toschoon, @artinembassies, ambassador Randi Levine @usambportugal, @norahalpern, curator Welmoed laanstra and everyone who came out in support 🙏🏿 📸 1&2: @toschoon 3: @joshua_decter 4: @asherald
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Caption : Feeling immense gratitude after a week full of travel, spirit-enriching conversation and communion with those who make everything I do joyful and possible. Thank you to @amfedarts, @toschoon, @artinembassies, ambassador Randi Levine @usambportugal, @norahalpern, curator Welmoed laanstra and everyone who came out in support 🙏🏿 📸 1&2: @toschoon 3: @joshua_decter 4: @asherald
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Caption : The “Oracle” is now in 🌀 @andersonranchartscenter this summer. #studiosanfordbiggers #oracle #cosmic #sculpture #hybrid #history #afrofuturism
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Caption : 🚨Slow Murder… coming soon🚨 Via @marianneboeskygallery “Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present Meet Me on the Equinox, a solo exhibition of new work by New York-based conceptual artist Sanford Biggers. Biggers’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, Meet Me on the Equinox features new works from the artist’s quilt-based Codex series, sculptural Chimera series, and a site-specific anamorphic drawing. A foray into the origin of myth and the malleability of historical narrative, the exhibition blurs the boundaries between seemingly disparate elements of Biggers’s practice as the convergence of pattern, material, and allegory sets the stage for the creation of novel, discordant, and subjective mythologies. Sanford Biggers: Meet Me on the Equinox will be on view in New York September 7 – October 14.” Slow Murder, 2023, antique quilts, assorted textiles, mixed media #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history #codex #equinox #MarianneBoeskyGallery
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Caption : 🚨Slow Murder… coming soon🚨 Via @marianneboeskygallery “Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present Meet Me on the Equinox, a solo exhibition of new work by New York-based conceptual artist Sanford Biggers. Biggers’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, Meet Me on the Equinox features new works from the artist’s quilt-based Codex series, sculptural Chimera series, and a site-specific anamorphic drawing. A foray into the origin of myth and the malleability of historical narrative, the exhibition blurs the boundaries between seemingly disparate elements of Biggers’s practice as the convergence of pattern, material, and allegory sets the stage for the creation of novel, discordant, and subjective mythologies. Sanford Biggers: Meet Me on the Equinox will be on view in New York September 7 – October 14.” Slow Murder, 2023, antique quilts, assorted textiles, mixed media #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history #codex #equinox #MarianneBoeskyGallery
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Caption : 🚨Slow Murder… coming soon🚨 Via @marianneboeskygallery “Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present Meet Me on the Equinox, a solo exhibition of new work by New York-based conceptual artist Sanford Biggers. Biggers’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, Meet Me on the Equinox features new works from the artist’s quilt-based Codex series, sculptural Chimera series, and a site-specific anamorphic drawing. A foray into the origin of myth and the malleability of historical narrative, the exhibition blurs the boundaries between seemingly disparate elements of Biggers’s practice as the convergence of pattern, material, and allegory sets the stage for the creation of novel, discordant, and subjective mythologies. Sanford Biggers: Meet Me on the Equinox will be on view in New York September 7 – October 14.” Slow Murder, 2023, antique quilts, assorted textiles, mixed media #studiosanfordbiggers #quilting #history #codex #equinox #MarianneBoeskyGallery
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Caption : The last day for Apollo at Expo Chicago @moniquemeloche 👁☁️ Apollo, 2022 White marble. 19 1/2 x 19 x 11 3/4 in 49.5 x 48.3 x 29.8 cm #studiosanfordbiggers #apollo #sculpture #mythology
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Caption : 👁 Quilt 16 (Buddha Bless), 2013. Antique quilt, assorted textiles, acrylic, spray paint, silkscreen on muslin, 94.5 x 78.5 in. On view @speedartmuseum until June 26! #codeswitch #quilting #blackhistory #history #quiltart #studiosanfordbiggers
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Caption : 🚨 Impeach The Precedent – re:mancipation Workshop Week, April 11-14, 2022 Participant Profile: Sanford Biggers. The award-winning, multidisciplinary artist, professor and scholar is co-founder of re:mancipation – a collaborative project with the Chazen Museum of Art (University of Wisconsin-Madison) @chazenartuw and MASK Consortium. The re:mancipation project will engage with a sculpture in the museum collection, “Emancipation Group,” by American sculptor Thomas Ball, which depicts Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling freed man. Using the sculpture as its central focus, re:mancipation will seek to explore, dissect, and better understand racism in America. Follow @remancipationproject to stay connected. 📸 @matthew_morrocco @chazenartuw @moonmedicin @wideawakes @hankwillisthomas #Andrewmellonfoundation #MASK @neatoday @blackholocaustmuseum #remancipation #ImpeachThePrecedent #1863 #SanfordBiggers #ChazenArtUW #MASKConsortium #BlackArt #AmericanHistory #ArtIsAWeapon #Sculpture #Statues #AndrewMellonFoundation
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Caption : Join me at @bronxmuseum’s Gala and Art Auction on March 18th where I am honored to be celebrated by community and presented with the Art + Social Justice Award by my dear friend @juliemehretu 🙏🏿 Tickets are linked in my bio 🔗 This event is more than a full circle moment. The “Mandala of the B-Bodhisattva II” (made in collaboration with @davidellisstudio, 2000) was first showcased at the Bronx museum in their 2001 exhibition, ‘One Planet Under a Groove’, curated by @franklinsirmans and #LydiaYee. It returned to the museum in 2020 during my solo show ‘Codeswitch’ and holds so much of my personal history and spiritual journey. My three years in Japan (1992–95) were a serious spiritual awakening—something that spoke directly and profoundly to me. I grew up in Los Angeles going to a Methodist church, so religion and spirituality weren’t new for me, but the immersion in a Buddhist culture was a paradigm shift. When I returned to the U.S., I was working with mandala forms partly because of my interest in Buddhism (I practiced with Buddhist monks when I was living in Japan), but I was also looking at the circle and all that it means—its physical and bodily references in many different cultures. Some monks perform a ritualistic dance in which the circles they create with their bodies end up being a mandala. I grew up break-dancing, which is also a circle-based body gesture. #studiosanfordbiggers #bronxmuseum #bboy #bboying #mandala #hiphop
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Caption : Join me at @bronxmuseum’s Gala and Art Auction on March 18th where I am honored to be celebrated by community and presented with the Art + Social Justice Award by my dear friend @juliemehretu 🙏🏿 Tickets are linked in my bio 🔗 This event is more than a full circle moment. The “Mandala of the B-Bodhisattva II” (made in collaboration with @davidellisstudio, 2000) was first showcased at the Bronx museum in their 2001 exhibition, ‘One Planet Under a Groove’, curated by @franklinsirmans and #LydiaYee. It returned to the museum in 2020 during my solo show ‘Codeswitch’ and holds so much of my personal history and spiritual journey. My three years in Japan (1992–95) were a serious spiritual awakening—something that spoke directly and profoundly to me. I grew up in Los Angeles going to a Methodist church, so religion and spirituality weren’t new for me, but the immersion in a Buddhist culture was a paradigm shift. When I returned to the U.S., I was working with mandala forms partly because of my interest in Buddhism (I practiced with Buddhist monks when I was living in Japan), but I was also looking at the circle and all that it means—its physical and bodily references in many different cultures. Some monks perform a ritualistic dance in which the circles they create with their bodies end up being a mandala. I grew up break-dancing, which is also a circle-based body gesture. #studiosanfordbiggers #bronxmuseum #bboy #bboying #mandala #hiphop
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Caption : Join me at @bronxmuseum’s Gala and Art Auction on March 18th where I am honored to be celebrated by community and presented with the Art + Social Justice Award by my dear friend @juliemehretu 🙏🏿 Tickets are linked in my bio 🔗 This event is more than a full circle moment. The “Mandala of the B-Bodhisattva II” (made in collaboration with @davidellisstudio, 2000) was first showcased at the Bronx museum in their 2001 exhibition, ‘One Planet Under a Groove’, curated by @franklinsirmans and #LydiaYee. It returned to the museum in 2020 during my solo show ‘Codeswitch’ and holds so much of my personal history and spiritual journey. My three years in Japan (1992–95) were a serious spiritual awakening—something that spoke directly and profoundly to me. I grew up in Los Angeles going to a Methodist church, so religion and spirituality weren’t new for me, but the immersion in a Buddhist culture was a paradigm shift. When I returned to the U.S., I was working with mandala forms partly because of my interest in Buddhism (I practiced with Buddhist monks when I was living in Japan), but I was also looking at the circle and all that it means—its physical and bodily references in many different cultures. Some monks perform a ritualistic dance in which the circles they create with their bodies end up being a mandala. I grew up break-dancing, which is also a circle-based body gesture. #studiosanfordbiggers #bronxmuseum #bboy #bboying #mandala #hiphop
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Caption : Cheshire (Janus) (2023) is currently on view from the High Line- between the 23rd and 26th street entrances 🙏🏿 “This wide grin—a Cheshire Cat smile-is a frequent motif in Biggers’s oeurve. Employed throughout his work in sculpture, his video practice, and in his quilt-based Codex works-and presented at varying levels of legibility— the work makes reference to Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire cat as well as the racist caricatures of 19th-century minstrel shows. Biggers complicates and questions these signifiers, ultimately offering new understandings of collective mythologies and traditions.” – @marianneboeskygallery Cheshire (Janus), 2023. Unique within a series. Aluminum, plexiglass, LEDs, timer. 30 1/2 × 51 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches, 77.5 x 155.6 x 32.4 #studiosanfordbiggers #janus #cheshirecat #coded #history
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Caption : Cheshire (Janus) (2023) is currently on view from the High Line- between the 23rd and 26th street entrances 🙏🏿 “This wide grin—a Cheshire Cat smile-is a frequent motif in Biggers’s oeurve. Employed throughout his work in sculpture, his video practice, and in his quilt-based Codex works-and presented at varying levels of legibility— the work makes reference to Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire cat as well as the racist caricatures of 19th-century minstrel shows. Biggers complicates and questions these signifiers, ultimately offering new understandings of collective mythologies and traditions.” – @marianneboeskygallery Cheshire (Janus), 2023. Unique within a series. Aluminum, plexiglass, LEDs, timer. 30 1/2 × 51 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches, 77.5 x 155.6 x 32.4 #studiosanfordbiggers #janus #cheshirecat #coded #history
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Caption : 🚨New work on view @marianneboeskygallery 🚨 📝 via @marianneboeskygallery “This new work by @sanfordbiggers is currently on view at our 509 W 24th Street space. For over two decades, Biggers has been working with antique quilts which echo rumors of their use as signposts on the Underground Railroad. He engages these legends and contributes to their narratives by reimagining these quilts as wall sculptures transformed by direct painting and drawing. Exploring often overlooked cultural and political narratives of American history, Biggers has become a collaborator with the past — combining narrative, perspective, and history to speak to current events. #studiosanfordbiggers #quiltart #quilting #history #marianneboeskygallery
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Caption : New York, New Work! “Meet Me on the Equinox”. Thursday Sept 7, 6-8pm @marianneboeskygallery
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Caption : New 🌚 energy via @ceramicasuro @davidcastillogallery 🙏🏿 #studiosanfordbiggers #sculpture
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Caption : What do you 👁? @speedartmuseum #CodeswitchCloserLook Quilt 30 (Nimbus), 2013. Antique quilt, acrylic, spray paint, 78 x 78 in. #quilting #blackhistory #history #quiltart #studiosanfordbiggers
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Caption : Blessed to be in good company for @cultured_mag ☀️ Editor-in-Chief: Sarah G. Harrelson @sarahgharrelson Guest Editor: Joel Mesler @joelmesler Photography: William Jess Laird @william.jess.laird Special thanks to Maggie Merrell @moodlemags @hankwillisthomas #hankwillisthomas @shereehovsepian #shereehovsepian #joelmesler @maryheilmannstudio #maryheilmann @saraha1200 #sarahaibel @rashidjohnson #rashidjohnson @fischIstudio #ericfischi
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Caption : Blessed to be in good company for @cultured_mag ☀️ Editor-in-Chief: Sarah G. Harrelson @sarahgharrelson Guest Editor: Joel Mesler @joelmesler Photography: William Jess Laird @william.jess.laird Special thanks to Maggie Merrell @moodlemags @hankwillisthomas #hankwillisthomas @shereehovsepian #shereehovsepian #joelmesler @maryheilmannstudio #maryheilmann @saraha1200 #sarahaibel @rashidjohnson #rashidjohnson @fischIstudio #ericfischi
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Caption : Blessed to be in good company for @cultured_mag ☀️ Editor-in-Chief: Sarah G. Harrelson @sarahgharrelson Guest Editor: Joel Mesler @joelmesler Photography: William Jess Laird @william.jess.laird Special thanks to Maggie Merrell @moodlemags @hankwillisthomas #hankwillisthomas @shereehovsepian #shereehovsepian #joelmesler @maryheilmannstudio #maryheilmann @saraha1200 #sarahaibel @rashidjohnson #rashidjohnson @fischIstudio #ericfischi
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Caption : Blessed to be in good company for @cultured_mag ☀️ Editor-in-Chief: Sarah G. Harrelson @sarahgharrelson Guest Editor: Joel Mesler @joelmesler Photography: William Jess Laird @william.jess.laird Special thanks to Maggie Merrell @moodlemags @hankwillisthomas #hankwillisthomas @shereehovsepian #shereehovsepian #joelmesler @maryheilmannstudio #maryheilmann @saraha1200 #sarahaibel @rashidjohnson #rashidjohnson @fischIstudio #ericfischi
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Caption : Blessed to be in good company for @cultured_mag ☀️ Editor-in-Chief: Sarah G. Harrelson @sarahgharrelson Guest Editor: Joel Mesler @joelmesler Photography: William Jess Laird @william.jess.laird Special thanks to Maggie Merrell @moodlemags @hankwillisthomas #hankwillisthomas @shereehovsepian #shereehovsepian #joelmesler @maryheilmannstudio #maryheilmann @saraha1200 #sarahaibel @rashidjohnson #rashidjohnson @fischIstudio #ericfischi
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Caption : Blessed to be in good company for @cultured_mag ☀️ Editor-in-Chief: Sarah G. Harrelson @sarahgharrelson Guest Editor: Joel Mesler @joelmesler Photography: William Jess Laird @william.jess.laird Special thanks to Maggie Merrell @moodlemags @hankwillisthomas #hankwillisthomas @shereehovsepian #shereehovsepian #joelmesler @maryheilmannstudio #maryheilmann @saraha1200 #sarahaibel @rashidjohnson #rashidjohnson @fischIstudio #ericfischi
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Caption : Blessed to be in good company for @cultured_mag ☀️ Editor-in-Chief: Sarah G. Harrelson @sarahgharrelson Guest Editor: Joel Mesler @joelmesler Photography: William Jess Laird @william.jess.laird Special thanks to Maggie Merrell @moodlemags @hankwillisthomas #hankwillisthomas @shereehovsepian #shereehovsepian #joelmesler @maryheilmannstudio #maryheilmann @saraha1200 #sarahaibel @rashidjohnson #rashidjohnson @fischIstudio #ericfischi
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Caption : Blessed to be in good company for @cultured_mag ☀️ Editor-in-Chief: Sarah G. Harrelson @sarahgharrelson Guest Editor: Joel Mesler @joelmesler Photography: William Jess Laird @william.jess.laird Special thanks to Maggie Merrell @moodlemags @hankwillisthomas #hankwillisthomas @shereehovsepian #shereehovsepian #joelmesler @maryheilmannstudio #maryheilmann @saraha1200 #sarahaibel @rashidjohnson #rashidjohnson @fischIstudio #ericfischi
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Caption : Blessed to be in good company for @cultured_mag ☀️ Editor-in-Chief: Sarah G. Harrelson @sarahgharrelson Guest Editor: Joel Mesler @joelmesler Photography: William Jess Laird @william.jess.laird Special thanks to Maggie Merrell @moodlemags @hankwillisthomas #hankwillisthomas @shereehovsepian #shereehovsepian #joelmesler @maryheilmannstudio #maryheilmann @saraha1200 #sarahaibel @rashidjohnson #rashidjohnson @fischIstudio #ericfischi
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Caption : Blessed to be in good company for @cultured_mag ☀️ Editor-in-Chief: Sarah G. Harrelson @sarahgharrelson Guest Editor: Joel Mesler @joelmesler Photography: William Jess Laird @william.jess.laird Special thanks to Maggie Merrell @moodlemags @hankwillisthomas #hankwillisthomas @shereehovsepian #shereehovsepian #joelmesler @maryheilmannstudio #maryheilmann @saraha1200 #sarahaibel @rashidjohnson #rashidjohnson @fischIstudio #ericfischi
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Caption : Today at 5 PM @ocmamuseum officially opens its door🙏🏿✨ “Of many waters…” is the inaugural guardian of the space from October 8, 2022 – August 13, 2023. 📸: @ofphotostudio @heidizuckerman @latimes @gucci #studiosanfordbiggers #ocmamuseum #statue #hybrid #history #blackhistory
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