KORI NEWKIRK

1997–2007

Celebrated multimedia artist Kori Newkirk achieved notoriety by artfully transfiguring pedestrian objects from African-American culture – like beads, basketballs and hair picks – into symbols through which viewers are led to experience and interact with black beauty and life. The first major publication of Newkirk’s compelling work, this softcover exhibition catalog features illustrations and full-color photographs that chart Newkirk’s creative development from 1997 to 2007, as well as a detailed biography, an exhibition history, essays, and a Q+A with the artist himself. Newkirk’s work has refashioned cultural models for himself and his viewers for more than a decade, and there’s not a page of this volume that doesn’t captivate.

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