We’re proud to report that Kwaku Alston, who has previously exhibited personal series such as “Volkslivin” and “Horizon Court” at his space in Venice Beach, California, has just celebrated his first museum show. The exhibition, titled “Harlem Postcards: Fall/Winter 2010–11,” opened last week at the Studio Museum in Harlem and also includes work by Deana Lawson, Petra Richterova, and Lewis Watts.
From the Studio Museum’s website: “Harlem Postcards, an ongoing project, invites contemporary artists of diverse backgrounds to reflect on Harlem as a site of cultural activity, political vitality, visual stimuli, artistic contemplation and creative production. Representing intimate and dynamic perspectives of Harlem, the images reflect each artist’s oeuvre with an idiosyncratic snapshot taken of, or representing, this historic locale. Each photograph has been reproduced as a limited-edition postcard available free to visitors.”
There’s also a nifty interactive component—you can send an image from the show to a friend as an e-postcard.
Here’s Kwaku’s contribution to “Harlem Postcards: Fall/Winter 2010–11,” which will be on view through March 13…
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"Spring Time in Harlem," by Kwaku Alston. Courtesy of the Studio Museum, Harlem.
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Bill and Maureen were there opening night to show their support of Kwaku. Here are some photos from the reception, courtesy of the Studio Museum by way of Lea K. Green, the museum’s director of special projects, and Liz Gwinn, the museum’s head of PR. (Thank you, Lea and Liz!)
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From let: Kwaku Alston, photographer Derrel Todd, and Lea K. Green, Esq., the museum's director of special projects, at the opening of "Harlem Postcards: Fall/Winter 2010–11." All photos by Ray A. Llanos; courtesy of the Studio Museum, Harlem.
From left: Citigroup exec Raymond J. McGuire, artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, and Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum.
From left: Artist Leslie Hewitt, filmmaker Bradford Young, and a friend.
Photographer Petra Richterova and a friend.
From left: Artist Jessica Rankin, photographer Dawoud Bey, Leslie Hewitt, and artist Julie Mehretu.
From left: Naomi Beckwith, associate curator at the Studio Museum, with art consultant Pippa Cohen, Thelma Golden, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
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Related:
• Kwaku Alston captures Venice Beach’s “Horizon Court”
• Art: Artist/filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu, artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and photographer Kwaku Alston are all showing at Studio Museum in Harlem –right now…
• Josephine and Langston and Malcolm
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