Pattern ID
The approximately 40 works in Pattern ID include those of:
- Mark Bradford (b. 1961, Los Angeles, CA)
- Iona Rozeal Brown (b. 1966, Washington DC)
- Nick Cave (b. 1959, Jefferson City, MO)
- Willie Cole (b. 1955, Somerville, NJ)
- Lalla Essaydi (b. 1955, Morocco)
- Samuel Fosso (b. 1962, Cameroon)
- James Gobel (b. 1972, Las Vegas, NV)
- Brian Jungen (b. 1970, Fort St. John, British Columbia)
- Bharti Kher (b. 1969, London)
- Takashi Murakami (b. 1962, Tokyo)
- Grace Ndiritu (b. 1976, Birmingham, England)
- Yinka Shonibare MBE (b. 1962, London)
- Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971, Camden, NJ)
- Aya Uekawa (b. 1979, Tokyo)
- Kehinde Wiley (b. 1977, Los Angeles, CA)
Written by Ellen Rudolph with an essay by Cecilia Gunzburger Anderson
Published on the occasion of the exhibition, "Pattern ID", at the Akron Art Museum, January 23 - May 9, 2010
Exhibited at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, January 28 - May 8, 2011
"This visually enthralling exhibition organized by Curator of Exhibitions Ellen Rudolph stands in brilliant contrast to much art of recent generations that has addressed similar concerns. Cultural, gender and ethnic identity issues emerged in conceptual, feminist and performance art during the 1970s and were given an even stronger focus in the 1990s, but those works rarely evinced the visual splendor and reworking of historical precedents so obvious in Pattern ID. Aesthetically, the artists gathered together in Pattern ID perhaps share certain interests with the short-lived Pattern and Decoration movement of the late 1970s, an American reaction against conceptual art that was strongly influenced by feminism.
The new work represented in this exhibition, however, spans global practice, multiple ethnic groups and divergent historical perspectives. It brings those earlier concerns into a complex new century and to the forefront of current artistic practice. The widespread attention to the artists in this exhibition from print media, museums and commercial galleries worldwide makes it clear that these artists are addressing seminal issues in contemporary art and culture. Their chosen vehicles for talking about cultural identity- pattern and dress- speak to the continuing power of some of the most common visual phenomena in all cultures."
Ellen Rudolph at the time of publication was the Curator of Exhibitions at the Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio. Currently, she is the Curator and Senior Director at the Cleveland Clinic Art Collection in Ohio.
Cecilia Gunzburger Anderson is a textile and fashion historian with expertise in European, American, and global textiles and historic textile technologies.
Details
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Publish Date: January 1, 2010
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Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Akron Art Museum
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Trim Size: 11.5" x 0.5" x 9.25"
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Pages: 80
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ISBN: 978-0940665071
