Trenton Doyle Hancock
Bye and Bye

Bye and Bye

© Trenton Doyle Hancock/Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York/Shanghai

Bye and Bye
Bye and Bye
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Bye and Bye
Date2002
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumAcrylic, mixed media, and collaged canvas on canvas
Dimensions84 × 132 in. (213.4 × 335.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the African American Art Advisory Association
Object number2002.309
Not on view

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DescriptionTrenton Doyle Hancock constructs his work around narratives that weave together autobiography, myth, and popular culture toaddress universal concepts of light and dark, good and evil. Color Flash for Chat and Chew, Paris Texas in Seventy-Two depicts a multihued forest saturated with color, for Hancock the world’s most nurturing substance and an antidote to racism. At the same time, the title pays homage to the “chat and chew” visits his aunt hosted for friends and family in Paris, Texas, in the 1970s.
ProvenanceThe artist; [Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Trenton Doyle Hancock," James Cohan Gallery, New York, February 22–March 23. 2003.

"African-American Art in the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22–May 9, 2004.

"Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 15–October 15, 2005.

"Trenton Doyle Hancock: Bared Bones: Ebb and Sore," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, April 25–July 20, 2014; Akron Museum of Art, Akron,Ohio, September 13, 2014–January 4, 2015; The Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, March 25–June 28, 2015; Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, September 10–December 31, 2015.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on verso bottom center: "TRENTON DOYLE HANCOCK / Bye and Bye"

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