Past Exhibitions 2014
Opener 26
Jeff Sonhouse: Slow Motion
Installation view, Jeff Sonhouse: Slow Motion, Tang Teaching Museum, 2014
Jeff Sonhouse, Exhibit A: Cardinal Francis Arinze, 2005, oil and mixed media on wood panel, 78 x 61 inches, Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Installation view, Jeff Sonhouse: Slow Motion, Tang Teaching Museum, 2014
Tougher Than Two Mutha%#@ers Roger Toussaint, 2006, oil and steel wool on panel, 36 x 32 ¼ x 4 inches, The Elliot and Kimberly Perry Collection, Memphis
Installation view of Untitled, 2008, in Jeff Sonhouse: Slow Motion, Tang Teaching Museum, 2014
Installation view, Jeff Sonhouse: Slow Motion, Tang Teaching Museum, 2014
Installation view, Jeff Sonhouse: Slow Motion, Tang Teaching Museum, 2014
Jeff Sonhouse, Green Is For The Money, Gold Is For The Honey and Bronze Is For The Bourghetto, 2005, Oil and mixed media on wood panel 16 x 13 1⁄4 x 1 7/8 inches, The Collection of John and Amy Phelan
Installation view, Jeff Sonhouse: Slow Motion, Tang Teaching Museum, 2014
The artist Suzanne Bocanegra looks over the painting The Spirit of a Hypocrite, 2008, in the exhibition Jeff Sonhouse: Slow Motion, Tang Teaching Museum, July 5, 2014, photograph by Joseph Levy.
Over the past ten years, New York-based artist Jeff Sonhouse (b. 1968) has created a powerful body of portrait paintings depicting often-masked black male figures that consistently defy and obscure classification. Adept at mixing pattern, color, and material, Sonhouse’s paintings feature a variety of unusual materials such as matchsticks, steel wool and cowry shells, and include references to art historical figures from Ed Paschke to Pablo Picasso.
The first solo museum exhibition devoted to Sonhouse’s work, Opener 26 brings together a selection of the artist’s paintings from 2003 to the present, including several recently created pieces that will be shown for the first time at the Tang.
Exhibition Name
Opener 26
Jeff Sonhouse: Slow Motion
Jeff Sonhouse: Slow Motion
Exhibition Type
Opener Series
Solo Exhibitions
Place
Malloy Wing
Dates
Jul 5, 2014 - Jan 4, 2015
Curators
Opener 26: Jeff Sonhouse — Slow Motion is organized by Dayton Director Ian Berry in collaboration with the artist, Jeff Sonhouse.
Artists
Jeff Sonhouse
Student Staff
Rebecca Baruc
Exhibitions Assistant
Caitlin Link
Exhibitions Assistant
Publisher
Tang
Cover Type
Hardcover
Page Count
80
Year Published
2015
