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TAMECA COLETAMECA COLE

TAMECA COLE: FADE OUT

MARCH 15 - MAY 3, 2024

 

Art and writing allow me to address my personal demons in a way that doesn’t hurt others. It gives me an outlet to express how the cruelty of my incarceration, injustice, and experience with racism has affected me. It gives me the power to show other human beings how degrading it feels to be Black in America and still live under systemic racism.

I consider my art to be an educator, a weapon, and a thought-provoking conversation about change.

 

 

Maus Contemporary is delighted to present Tameca Cole's first one-person exhibition in the US and the artist's first with the gallery, showcasing a selection of works created over the past four years.

 

Cole gained nationwide recognition through her work's inclusion in the groundbreaking MoMA PS1 traveling exhibition Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, and the subsequent inclusion of her work Locked in a Dark Calm in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York.

 

 

 

Tameca Cole "Locked in a Dark Calm", collection of the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New YorkTameca Cole "Locked in a Dark Calm", collection of the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York

Tameca Cole

Locked in a Dark Calm

2016

cut-and-pasted printed paper, charcoal, and graphite on paper

8.5 by 11 in.  (approx. 21,6 by 27,9 cm)

 

permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tameca Cole "Dark Chaos / The Aftermath"Tameca Cole "Dark Chaos / The Aftermath"

Tameca Cole

Dark Chaos / The Aftermath

2020

cut-and-pasted printed paper, charcoal, and graphite on paper

14 by 17 in.  (approx. 35,6 by 43,2 cm)

 

 

 

 

 

Tameca Cole "The Ghost Summons"Tameca Cole "The Ghost Summons"

Tameca Cole

The Ghost Summons

2020

cut-and-pasted printed paper, charcoal, and graphite on paper

14 by 17 in.  (approx. 35,6 by 43,2 cm)

 

 

 

 

 

Tameca Cole "Spirits Song"Tameca Cole "Spirits Song"

Tameca Cole

Spirits Song

2020

cut-and-pasted printed paper, charcoal, and graphite on paper

14 by 17 in.  (approx. 35,6 by 43,2 cm)

 

 

 

 

 

Tameca Cole "The Ghost Returns"Tameca Cole "The Ghost Returns"

Tameca Cole

The Ghost Returns

2020

cut-and-pasted printed paper, charcoal, and graphite on paper

14 by 17 in.  (approx. 35,6 by 43,2 cm)

 

private US collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tameca Cole "Mary, Mary, Don't You Weep"Tameca Cole "Mary, Mary, Don't You Weep"

Tameca Cole

Mary, Mary, Don't You Weep

2022

acrylic, graphite, collaged paper, tree bark, and rope on canvas

49 by 48 in.  (approx. 124,5 by 121,9 cm)

 

 

 

 

click thumbnail mage on right to access a document on Tameca Cole's work "Mary, Mary, Don't You Weep"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tameca Cole "The Evolution of Black Torture"Tameca Cole "The Evolution of Black Torture"

Tameca Cole

The Evolution of Black Torture

2022

acrylic, charcoal, graphite, electrical tape, and burn marks on paper

27 by 33 in.  (approx. 68,6 by 83,8 cm)

 

 

 

 

 

Tameca Cole "Special Delivery"Tameca Cole "Special Delivery"

Tameca Cole

Special Delivery

2024

acrylic, papier mâché, cut-and-pasted printed paper, and rope on paper

36 by 24 in.  (approx. 91,4 by 61 cm)

 

 

Tameca Cole "Special Delivery" (detail)Tameca Cole "Special Delivery" (detail) Tameca Cole "Special Delivery" (detail)Tameca Cole "Special Delivery" (detail)
   

Tameca Cole

Special Delivery  (details)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tameca Cole "Kobe Reigns"Tameca Cole "Kobe Reigns"

Tameca Cole

Kobe Reigns

2023

cut-and-pasted printed paper, acrylic, charcoal, and graphite on paper

30 by 22.5 in.  (approx. 76,2 by 57,2 cm)