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Carl Hazlewood, American Angel - True Blue. Approximately 65 x 60 x 8 inches, cut-paper, linen paper, cord, pushpins, map pins (2013)
Exhibition
Carl E. Hazlewood: TRAVELER
15 Apr 2017 – 9 Jul 2017
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 14:00 – 19:00
- Sunday
- 14:00 – 19:00
- Thursday
- 14:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 14:00 – 18:00
Address
- 52-19 Flushing Ave
- New York
New York - 11378
- United States
Knockdown Center is pleased to present TRAVELER, a mural by Carl E. Hazlewood, as a part of our Fifty Two Ft series of long-term commissions of wall-based artworks in Knockdown Center’s East Corridor.
About
The mural’s title, TRAVELER, references the way viewers must physically move in order to grasp such a large work in a circumscribed space: essentially a long corridor at Knockdown’s entrance. The title also alludes to the artist’s shifting position, described by Hazelwood as not only that of an immigrant but also as black, poor, older – a boundary-crosser of sorts within a category of persons increasingly problematized (and sometimes demonized) in recent political machinations. While not explicitly a sociopolitical artist, Hazelwood manipulates abstract form and space in an effort to illuminate his personal vision, offering the possibility of poetic revelation.
