The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 16, 2025
My Home Town
1998
(American, 1960–2021)
Unframed: 139.7 x 243.8 cm (55 x 96 in.)
Location: not on view
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In Lovelace's painting, the city's east-west orientation is reversed on the upper half of the painting versus its lower half.Description
Lovelace dedicated most of his career to depicting Cleveland’s urban landscape; many of the city’s iconic destinations are visible in the background of My Home Town. His paintings can be read as vibrant and candid commentaries on the city’s sociopolitical and cultural heritage. This work’s panoramic scene combines different local neighborhoods, represented as storefronts. Lovelace said, “I painted the way I remember Cleveland being—white on the west, black on the east, and with downtown where people came together in the middle.”- 2015Collection of the artist, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2015-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 77Rutland, Beau. “Acquisitions 2015: Contemporary Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016): 26-27. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 27. archive.orgKraynak, Scott, Henry Adams, Douglas Max Utter, William G. Scheele, R. A. Washington, and Mike Hudson. The Heart of Cleveland. Shaker Hts, OH: Red Giant Books, 2018. Reproduced: P. 109, fig. 88
- Michelangelo Lovelace: Art Saved My Life. Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (organizer) (May 4-August 18, 2024) https://akronartmuseum.org/media/exhibition/michelangelo-lovelace-art-saved-my-life/.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2015.83