Fred J. Wilson

Dinaburg Arts, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Venice, 50th Biennale di Venezia, Speak of Me as I Am, June - November 2003, p. 29, illustrated in color
Ridgefield, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Fred Wilson: Black Like Me, July 2005 - January 2006, pp. 50-51 and cover (detail), illustrated in color
New York, Pace Gallery, Fred Wilson: My Echo, My Shadow and Me, March - April 2006
Culver City, Royal/T, All of This is Melting Away, August - December 2008
Culver City, Royal/T, I Can't Feel My Face, Curated by KAWS, February - September 2009
Culver City, Royal/T, The Warholian, September 2010 - January 2011

David Spalding, "Re: Making History, An Interview with Fred Wilson," Art Papers, January - February 2003, illlustrated
Benjamin Genocchio, "Art Review: Hidden Inside the Glass, a Message," The New York Times, August 14, 2005, illustrated
Exh. Cat., New York, Pace Wildenstein Gallery, Fred Wilson: A Conversation with K. Anthony Appiah, 2006, fig. 17, p. 24, illustrated

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of very light wear and handling to the pieces, with some surface dust and fingerprints. There scattered scratches and abrasions to the undersides of the elements.
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"I wanted to use black glass because it looks like a liquid. It represents ink, oil, tar, and a lot of the titles in this series refer to what liquid does. I hope some of these images come through for people because that’s how I’m thinking about them. Some have cartoony eyes that bring it back to the social and historical, relating to my own experiences as a child. For me, because of 1930s cartoons that were recycled in my childhood in the 1960s, these cartoon eyes on a black object represent African Americans in a very derogatory way. Any material that was black could be made into something that represents an African-American. That, to me, is an extremely sad commentary. So I sort of view them as black tears." - Fred Wilson