iona rozeal brown, king kata #4: resist (after Yoshitosh's, 2007. Mixed media on framed panel, 51 x 62 in. Courtesy Sandorni Rey, Los Angeles. (via MoCA Cleveland)
iona rozeal brown: all falls down, on view at at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, features fifteen new paintings by Brown that examine the pressures and obstacles facing young women today. This series continues the artist's signature fusion of African American hip hop culture and Japanese art history.
iona rozeal brown: all falls down received the 2009 Joyce Award in Visual Art that supports new commissions for artists of color. As part of the award, MoCA Clevland commissioned Brown to create new paintings based in part on Japanese Ukiyo-e prints from the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, as well as to complete a residency with Cleveland-area high school students. This is the first museum presentation of her new work.
Continues through May 9.
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