#CrossingBrooklyn features 100+ works from 35 artists who work in virtually every medium,

#CrossingBrooklyn features 100+ works from 35 artists who work in virtually every medium, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, installation, video, and performance, linked only by place and by an engagement with the modern world. Over the next several weeks, Brooklyn Magazine will be rolling out profiles of ten artists who appear in the exhibit.Pablo Helguera’s installation pays tribute to one of the oldest living Americans: Susannah Mushatt Jones, a Brooklyn woman whose life has spanned three centuries. Born in 1899 to Alabama sharecroppers, Jones moved to New York in 1923. She is the oldest living resident of New York, the fourth-oldest person in the world, and one of only six living supercentenarians—people who have lived more than 110 years—born in the nineteenth century.Helguera’s exhibit collects personal photographs and other artifacts from Ms. Jones’s past, such as her high school graduation photo, in a loving tribute to her extraordinary life. It’s a straightforward work, with an uncomplicated artistic motive.More on Pablo Helguera and his installation featured in #CrossingBrooklyn here. -- source link
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