Continuing the Art of Play
June 12, 2024
Artist: Jeffrey Gibson
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Jeffrey A. Gibson is an American Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee painter and sculptor. He has lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York; Hudson, New York; and Germantown, New York.
Warm-up + Project
After reading about what has inspired and informed Jeffrey Gibson's artwork, you may wish to explore one of the following directions.
1. Consider a current political issue you may wish to explore. What is your point of view?
2. Is there a moment in US history, past or current, that you would like to respond to with a visual piece to remember or honor that event?
3. You may want to bring visual joy to your artmaking using Gibson’s alphabet of shapes, exploding colors, and mixed media to play and create a work of your own.
Whatever direction you choose, keep in mind this quote in Jill Steinhauer's NYT article, "(Gibson's) ..choice represents one of his artistic strengths: taking a point of pain and turning it into a kind of celebration, without losing its critcal edge."
BECAUSE ONCE YOU ENTER MY HOUSE IT BECOMES OUR HOUSE, 2018
Acrylic on canvas, glass beads and artificial sinew inset into wood frame
82 × 74 × 2 1/2 in
THE FUTURE IS PRESENT, 2019
Digital print, silkscreen, collage, gloss varnish, custom color frame
38 × 34 in
KNOW YOU'RE MAGICK BABY, 2019
Digital print, silkscreen, collage, gloss varnish, custom color frame
38 × 34 in
MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC, 2019
Acrylic on canvas, glass beads and artificial sinew inset into wood frame
72 × 64 in | 182.9 × 162.6 cm
Believe Believe!, 2014
Mixed Media
Stars In Their Eyes, 2022
Abalone, druzy crystal, nylon thread, glass beads, plastic beads, bone pipe beads, steel, acrylic felt
27 × 26 × 15 in
TO FEEL MYSELF BELOVED ON THE EARTH, 2020
Found Punching Bag, Expanding Foam, Acrylic Felt, Plastic Beads, Glass Beads, Artificial Sinew
57 × 15 × 15 in
Born to Be Alive, 2023
Acrylic on canvas, glass beads, hematite, obsidian arrowhead, amethyst, nylon thread, artificial sinew, inset to custom wood frame
27 3/5 × 25 2/5 × 2 3/5 in
Untitled Figure 2, 2022
Plastic bone pipe beads, glass beads, plastic beads, artificial sinew, acrylic felt, steel armature and powder coat varnish
78 × 28 7/10 × 19 1/2 in
Untitled Figure 1, 2022
Plastic bone pipe beads, fringe, glass beads, artificial sinew, tin cones, sea glass, acrylic felt, steel armature and powder coat varnish
71 1/2 × 46 1/2 × 32 7/10 in | 181.5 × 118 × 83 cm
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