Artist
David Alekhuogie(American, born 1986)American, born 1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
- inglewood, CA 33.9582° N, 118.3419° W
- from the series To Live and Die in LA
Date2018
PlaceInglewood, California, United States
MediumInkjet print on canvas with artist's frame
DimensionsImage: 19 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (49.6 × 38.7 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (49.6 × 38.7 cm)
Frame: 23 1/4 × 18 9/16 × 1 15/16 in. (59 × 47.1 × 5 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (49.6 × 38.7 cm)
Frame: 23 1/4 × 18 9/16 × 1 15/16 in. (59 × 47.1 × 5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Anne Tucker and Clint Willour Young Photographers Endowment
Object number2021.396
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
Exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
David Alekhuogie uses beauty to contradict stereotypes about sites of violence—both specific geographic locations, and more broadly, the violence assigned to the Black male body. Body-based landscapes, works in Alekhuogie’s series To Live and Die in LA present black-and-white photographs of the hips and waists of Black men, re-photographed with the flora and fauna found on particular street corners in Los Angeles where violence has occurred. Presented in carefully constructed, handmade frames, the photographs in this series celebrate the mortal beauty present within the body and city.
ProvenanceThe artist; [Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
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