Black Is, Black Ain’t: Works in Exhibition

Edgar Arceneaux, Failed Attempt at Crystallization, 2002, Glass, sugar, crystals, wood, mirror, book, 55 x 18 x 20 inches, Courtesy of Collection of Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

Terry Adkins, Darkwater Record, 2003, Tape recorders, porcelain bust, excerpts from “Socialism and the American Negro” speech by W.E.B. Du Bois, 33 x 12 x 13 inches, Courtesy of the artist.

Elizabeth Axtman, American Classics, 2006, video, 3 minutes 30 seconds, Courtesy of the artist.

Jonathan Calm, Isaacs Runoff #1, 2008, Pigment print, 50 x 40 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Caren Golden Fine Art, NY.

Jonathan Calm, Baruch Runoff #2, 2008, Pigment print, 40 x 50 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Caren Golden Fine Art, NY.

Paul D’Amato, 624 W. Division, 2007, Archival inkjet print, 39 x 47 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago.

Paul D’Amato, Bedroom Door, 2007, Archival inkjet print, 47 x 39 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago.

Paul D’Amato, Tashma, 2007, Archival inkjet print, 39 x 47 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago.

Deborah Grant, Capsizing the Niggerati, 2006, paper, ink, acrylic on Arches W.C. paper, 4 parts, 24 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches each, Courtesy of the artist and Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX.

Todd Gray, 7-34-08.5.26.05, 2005, Archival pigment print, 21 x 16, Courtesy of the artist.

Todd Gray, 5-26-05.12.33.38, 2005, Archival pigment print, 21 x 16, Courtesy of the artist.

Todd Gray, Horse, 2003, Archival pigment print, 34 x 28, Courtesy of the artist.

Shannon Jackson, White Noises, 1993, video, 14 minutes, Courtesy of the artist.

Thomas Johnson, What a Black Man Feels Like, 2004, video, 29 minutes, Courtesy of the artist.

Thomas Johnson, A White Man Listens To Himself, 2008, performance, April 20-May 10, 2008, Wed-Fri: 10am-5pm, Sat-Sun:12-5pm, with 2 20 minute breaks daily, Courtesy of the artist.

Jason Lazarus, Standing at the Grave of Emmitt Till, The Day of Exhumation, June 1, 2005, 2005, Archival inkjet print, 37 x 50 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago.

David Levinthal, Five untitled works from the Blackface series, Polaroids, 24 x 20 inches each, Courtesy of the artist.

Glenn Ligon, Warm Broad Glow, 2005, neon installation, 36 x 192 inches, Courtesy of Sender Collection, Levin Art Group.

David McKenzie, Babel, 2000, video, 13 minutes, 48 seconds, Courtesy of the artist.

Rodney McMillian, Chair, 2003, Found overstuffed chair, 33 x 38 x 33 inches, Courtesy of Collection Gaby and Wilhelm Schuermann.

Rodney McMillian, Untitled (in progress), 2003, Oil on canvas, 27 x 27 inches, Courtesy of Collection Gaby and Wilhelm Schuermann.

Jerome Mosley, Untitled T-Shirts (P.R.O.J.E.C.T.S.), 2006, T-shirts, Courtesy of the artist.

Virginia Nimarkoh, Nubian Queen, 1999, 13 drawings by portrait artists in Leicester Square, London, 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 and smaller, Courtesy of the artist.

Virginia Nimarkoh, Untitled #1 (After Gerhard Richter, Betty, 1988), 2001, C-print, 50 x 39 1/2 inches, Courtesy of the artist.

Demetrius Oliver, Till, 2004, Digital chromogenic print, 27 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches, Courtesy of Private Collection.

Sze Lin Pang, Fetichito, 2006, mixed media, 22 x 16 x 42 inches, Courtesy of the artist.

Carl Pope, Exhibition poster, 2008, 24 x 18 inches.

William Pope.L, Skin Set Drawings, 2003, ink and graphite on paper, 20 parts, 8 1/2 x 11 inches each, Courtesy of the artist.

William Pope.L, One Substance, Eight Supports, One Situation, 2008, 8 pine shelves with flour cones, Dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist.

William Pope.L, A Negro Sleeps Beneath the Susquehanna (son version), 1998, video, 12 minutes, Courtesy of the artist.

Robert A. Pruitt, For Whom the Bell Curves, 2004, 12 gold chains, 47 x 60 inches, Courtesy of Collection Studio Museum in Harlem.

Randy Regier, Impending Future Bus, 2004, mixed media, 56 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, Courtesy of the artist.

Daniel Roth, Cabrini Green Forest (Portal), 2004, Two framed drawings, one black and white photograph, one color photograph, and one fiberglass sculpture with colored water, Small drawing: 37 x 48 1/2 inches, framed; large drawing: 80 x 65 inches, framed; black and white and color photographs: 37 x 48 inches, framed, Courtesy of the artist and Donald Young Gallery, Chicago.

Joanna Rytel, To Think Things You Don’t Want To, 2005, video, 22 minutes, Courtesy of the artist.

Andres Serrano, The Interpretation of Dreams (White Nigger), 2001, Cibachrome, silicone, plexiglas, wood frame, 60 x 49 1/2 inches, framed: 65 1/4 x 54 3/4 inches; Edition 1 of 3, Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, NY.

Andres Serrano, Woman with Infant, 1996, Cibachrome, silicone, plexiglas, wood frame, 60 x 49 1/2 inches, framed: 65 1/4 x 54 3/4 inches; Edition 1 of 3, Courtesy of the artist and Paula Cooper Gallery, NY.

Hank Willis Thomas, The Johnson Family (from the Unbranded series) 1981, Lambda photograph, 42 3/4 x 44 3/4 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Hank Willis Thomas, It’s About Time, 2006, Light-jet prints mounted on foamboard, 84 x 30 x 24 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Mickalene Thomas, Lovely Six Foota, 2007, C-print, 56.25 x 67.25 inches, Courtesy of Rhona Hoffman Gallery.