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Artworks
Melvin Edwards
Luanda, 1999Welded steel13 2/8 x 12 x 8 1/2 in
33.66 x 30.48 x 21.59 cmME830Further images
Melvin Edwards’s celebrated series of Lynch Fragments juxtapose agricultural and industrial elements to create nuance narratives that explore wide-ranging themes, including racism, violence, and the African Diaspora. Edwards created Luanda...Melvin Edwards’s celebrated series of Lynch Fragments juxtapose agricultural and industrial elements to create nuance narratives that explore wide-ranging themes, including racism, violence, and the African Diaspora. Edwards created Luanda (1999) the same year he traveled to Luanda, Angola. There, he attended a series of conferences and met artists and thinkers like the tapestry artist Marcela Costa and writer Manuel Rui. After returning to the United States, Edwards created this sculpture as a tribute to his time in Angola and the friends he made there.
Exhibitions
2021: South South, Alexander Gray Associates, Germantown, New York
Publications
Moura, Rodrigo et al. Melvin Edwards: Lynch Fragments. São Paulo: São Paulo Museum of Art, 2018, pp. 168–169.
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