The Book of Violette: Invisible Vegetation of Desire
Artist
Kelly Sinnapah Mary(Guadeloupean, born 1981)Guadeloupean, born 1981
CultureGuadeloupean
Titles
- The Book of Violette: Invisible Vegetation of Desire
Date2025
MediumAcrylic on canvas
DimensionsCanvas (overall): 39 3/8 × 80 3/4 × 7/8 in. (100 × 205.1 cm)
Canvas (.A, left): 39 3/8 × 39 1/2 × 7/8 in. (100 × 100.3 × 2.2 cm)
Canvas (.B, right): 39 3/8 × 39 3/8 × 7/8 in. (100 × 100 × 2.2 cm)
Canvas (.A, left): 39 3/8 × 39 1/2 × 7/8 in. (100 × 100.3 × 2.2 cm)
Canvas (.B, right): 39 3/8 × 39 3/8 × 7/8 in. (100 × 100 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment and the African American Art Advisory Association
Object number2025.250.A,.B
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryKelly Sinnapah Mary: The Book of Violette, New York: James Cohan Gallery, February 14–March 22, 2025.
Published References Macaya, Cristina, “In Her Latest Works, Artist Kelly Sinnapah Mary Invents New Futures for Her Grandmother and the Planet,” Cultured (March 6, 2025): https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2025/03/06/artist-kelly-sinnapah-mary-painting Rodney, Seph, “The Shapeshifting Paintings of Kelly Sinnapah Mary,” Hyperallergic (March 18, 2025): https://hyperallergic.com/997002/the-shapeshifting-paintings-of-kelly-sinnapah-mary/ White, Katie, “Rising Artist Kelly Sinnapah Mary’s Magic Realist Vision Takes Center Stage,” ArtNet (March, 7, 2025): https://news.artnet.com/art-world/rising-artist-kelly-sinnapah-marys-spellbinding-works-take-center-stage-2616158 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Signed and dated in felt-tip pen, top left corner: Kelly Sinnapah Mary [cursive] / 2025
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Catalogue raisonnéN.A.
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Hew Locke
2019
Acrylic on wood with metal, plastic, textile, enamel, and found objects
2025.413.1,.2
