Jamal Cyrus: The End of My Beginning

June 05 - September 19,2021

To register for the artist talk on September 1, 2021, go here. From the Blaffer Art Museum: "Blaffer Art Museum, in partnership with Texas Southern University (TSU), is proud to present the first survey exhibition of artist Jamal Cyrus, which will span fifteen years of this artist’s prodigious career. As a singular maker, a former member of the pioneering collective Otabenga Jones & Associates, a current professor at TSU, the recipient of the 2020 David C. Driskell Prize, an occasional curator, and steadfast mentor, Cyrus and his influence reverberate throughout his native city of Houston. And while he has participated in a number of national contemporary art biennials, Cyrus’s work has not yet had the platform to be comprehensively studied and celebrated on its own terms. Over the past 15 years his work has increased significantly in depth, and this survey provides an unparalleled opportunity to trace the trajectory of Cyrus’s practice across multiple eras of history. The End of My Beginning will include approximately 50 objects, images, and installations produced from 2005-2020 that demonstrate the breadth of Cyrus’s consistently cross-disciplinary practice from his MFA studies to the present. In doing so, this show culminates the emerging period of his practice, provides a mid-career reflection, and lays the foundation for the future. The broadly spanning exhibition will include paintings, drawings, and works on paper, papyrus, and grits as well as textile-based pieces, sculpture, assemblage, installations, and a program of performances and events."

On View: June 06, 2021 | 12-2 pm

Artist talk: September 01, 2021 | 6-8 pm
Dudley Recital Hall, 4173 Elgin St, Houston, TX 77004

Blaffer Art Museum 120 University of Houston Fine Arts Building
Houston, TX 77204-4018
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