Nathaniel Mary Quinn
American, born 1977
JB and Bobby
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Nathaniel Mary Quinn
American, born 19772018
JB and Bobby
Nathaniel Mary Quinn American, born 1977 →Date
2018
Medium
Charcoal, gouache, and soft pastel on coventry vellum paper, cut and collaged onto white wove paper
Dimensions
152.4 × 111.8 cm (60 × 44 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
N.W. Harris Purchase Prize Fund
The two figures in JB and Bobby are composed of nearly 20 different images, their bodies reflecting fractured memories. The layered fragments of a green hat, man’s eye, embroidered jacket, bulging bicep, and black Cadillac capture a powerful portrait of two residents from the artist’s Crown Heights neighborhood in New York.
Nathaniel Mary Quinn creates complex visual arrangements that draw on personal narratives and address race and identity in the United States. Using photo references and trompe l’oeil techniques to blur the boundaries between drawing and collage, Quinn activates elusive memories and people from his past, manifesting moments and figures anew.
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