Now Hear Me Out…: Now Hear Me Out…
Don’t feel completely comfortable with contemporary art? Art is better with friends. Join Assistant Curator Andrea Alvarez and local teacher and comedian Kevin Thomas, Jr. as they playfully discuss what they see, what they think they see, and what it all means.
Featured voices:
• Kevin Thomas, Jr., Comedian
• Andrea Alvarez, Assistant Curator
Theaster Gates
American, born 1973
Civil Tapestry 5, 2012
Decommissioned fire hoses on oil cloth mounted on wood panel
58 x 104 x 4 inches (147.32 x 264.2 x 10.2 cm)
Bequest of Arthur B. Michael, by exchange, 2014
2014:3a-b
© Theaster Gates
Ed Clark
American, 1926-2019
Untitled (New York Series), 1991
Decommissioned fire hoses on oil cloth mounted on wood panel
58 x 104 x 4 inches (147.32 x 264.2 x 10.2 cm)
Bequest of Arthur B. Michael, by exchange, 2014
2014:3a-b
© Theaster Gates
Haim Steinbach
American, born Israel, 1944
ultra red #1, 1986
Plastic laminated wood shelf, seventeen red enameled cast iron pots, six plastic and metal digital clocks and four glass, metal and red colored oil "Lava Lites"
2/2
65 x 76 x 19 inches (165.1 x 193 x 48.3 cm)
Purchased jointly by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum with funds provided by the Bequest of Arthur B. Michael, by exchange and Albert H. Tracy Fund, by exchange and by Carnegie Museum of Art with funds provided by the A.W. Mellon Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2019
2014:3a-b
© Haim Steinbach
Doris Salcedo
Colombian, born 1958
Untitled, 1998
Wood, cement, and metal
74 x 44 x 21 1/2 inches (188 x 111.8 x 54.6 cm)
Sarah Norton Goodyear Fund, 1999
1999:9
© Doris Salcedo
Eva Hesse
American, born Germany, 1936-1970
[no title], 1970
Fiberglass over wire mesh, latex over cloth over wire
74 x 44 x 21 1/2 inches (188 x 111.8 x 54.6 cm)
Box: 12 x 9 x 4 1/2 inches (30.5 x 22.9 x 11.4 cm); Cord: 78 inches (198.1 cm)
Elisabeth H. Gates and Sherman S. Jewett Funds, 1978
1978:5
© Estate of Eva Hesse
Tiffany Chung
American, born Vietnam, 1969
reconstructing an exodus history: flight routes from camps and of ODP cases, 2017
Embroidery on fabric
2/2
53 5/8 x 134 inches (136.2 x 340.4 cm)
Albert H. Tracy Fund, by exchange, 2020
2020:3
© Tiffany Chung
Simone Leigh
American, born 1967
Village Series, 2021
Glazed stoneware, metal, and raffia
77 1/8 x 88 x 67 1/8 inches (195.9 x 223.5 x 170.5 cm)
George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, by exchange, 2021
2021:20a-b
Vaughn Spann
American, born 1992
Strength in Numbers, 2020
Polymer paint and mixed media on canvas mounted on wood panel
84 x 84 inches (213.4 x 213.34 cm)
Gift from a Private Collection, 2020
2020:16
© Vaughn Spann
Agnes Martin
American, born Canada, 1912-2004
The Tree, 1965
Acrylic and graphite on canvas
72 x 72 inches (182.9 x 182.9 cm)
Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1976
K1976:2
© Estate of Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Mark Rothko
American, born Daugavpils, Russia (now Latvia), 1903-1970
Orange and Yellow, 1956
Oil on canvas
91 x 71 inches (231.1 x 180.3 cm)
Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1956
K1956:8
© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
Helen Frankenthaler
American, 1928-2011
Tutti-Fruitti, 1966
Acrylic on canvas
116 3/4 x 69 inches (296.6 x 175.3 cm)
Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1976
K1976:8
© Estate of Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Chaim Soutine
Carcass of Beef, ca. 1925
Carcass of Beef, ca. 1925
Oil on canvas
51 9/16 x 38 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches (131 x 98.1 x 3.8 cm)
Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1939
RCA1939:13.2
