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Hieroglyph 1

2018

D'Angelo Lovell Williams

(American, b. 1992)
Culture
America
Medium
inkjet print
Measurements
Image: 114 x 76.1 cm (44 7/8 x 29 15/16 in.); Paper: 118.6 x 80.9 cm (46 11/16 x 31 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
L. E. Holden Fund 2020.280
Edition
Edition 1/6
Copyright
© D’Angelo Lovell Williams
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Touch—black flesh meeting black flesh—is a central theme in the art of D’Angelo Lovell Williams.

Description

These two men, whose arched backs and clasped hands form a symmetrical, abstracted character, are the artist and a lover. In this exploration of intimate gestures and connections, they balance and mirror each other. “Discovering the variations of intimacy is important for Black and queer people,” says the artist, “because that looks so different for many of us, and it doesn’t even exist to others.”
A vertically oriented inkjet print depicts two nude men with medium-dark skin tones standing in a grassy field. Positioned back-to-back, they press their buttocks together and arch their torsos outward, forming a large circular shape. Their arms reach overhead to clasp hands while they gaze back over their shoulders. Muscles flex across their frames against a background of dense green trees and a pale gray sky.

Hieroglyph 1

2018

D'Angelo Lovell Williams

(American, b. 1992)
America

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