Exhibitions and News from Transartist Sanford Biggers
Today: Monday, December 2nd, Sanford's solo exhibition opens at David Castillo Gallery. Quadri ed Angeli is his fourth solo show with the gallery. The show's opening reception will be held on Saturday, December 7th from 7-10pm.
SOLO EXHIBITION
Quadri ed Angeli
David Castillo Gallery is proud to present Sanford Biggers’ Quadri ed Angeli, an exhibition of new quilt paintings and sculptural quilts.
December 2, 2019 - January 31, 2020
Opening reception: Saturday, December 7th, 7pm-10pm
David Castillo Gallery
420 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Press release
Tomorrow: Tuesday, December 3rd, Sanford will participate in a panel discussion with artist Zac Langdon-Pole and former NASA astronaut Terry Virts, moderated by András Szántó. Stargazing: a Conversation about Art and Space is presented by Soho House and BMW i. The talk at Soho Beach House is from 7:30pm-9pm, and will be followed by a reception from 9pm-11pm.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Stargazing: A Conversation about Art and Space
Presented by Soho House and BMW i, this panel discussion will focus on artistic narratives around constellations in space and the cosmos. The panelists are Zac Langdon-Pole, last year's BMW Art Journey recipient, visual artist Sanford Biggers, and Terry Virts, former NASA astronaut and ISS Commander. The panel will be moderated by András Szántó. The event will feature the launch of the book 'Constellations', which documents Langdon-Pole’s BMW Art Journey.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Art Talk: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Cocktail reception: 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Soho Beach House
4385 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Thursday December 5th, Marianne Boesky Gallery celebrates Art Basel Miami Beach alongside their artists, Sanford Biggers and Allison Janae Hamilton, with a reception at The Delano.
ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH
Sanford's work will be exhibited with three galleries at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Marianne Boesky Gallery (Booth B11)
Massimo de Carlo Gallery (Booth D21)
David Castillo Gallery (Booth F26)
Private Day / Vernissage afternoon (invite only): December 4 & 5, 2019
Open to the Public: December 5 - 8, 2018
Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Later this week: December 4-8, at Art Basel Miami Beach, Sanford will debut new marbles, quilts, and sculptures with Marianne Boesky Gallery (Booth B11), Massimo de Carlo Gallery (Booth D21), and David Castillo Gallery (Booth F28).
Over the weekend: December 6-8 is New Wave Art Wknd, where Sanford is on the New Wave Advisory Committee.
NEW WAVE ART WKND
Founded by gallerist Sarah Gavlak, New Wave Art Wknd formalizes the fact that after the Vernissage of Art Basel Miami Beach most local collectors return to Palm Beach and host lavishly that weekend. It is led by Gavlak and an Advisory Board that includes Beth Rudin DeWoody, Amy Phelan, Ann Tenenbaum, Jane Holzer, Lisa & Richard Perry, Franklin Sirmans, Mike De Paola, and Sanford Biggers.
December 6-8, 2019
Palm Beach, FL
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Current Exhibitions
MUSEUM SOLO EXHIBITION: SANFORD BIGGERS
Solo exhibition traveling from Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis & Chazen Museum of Art
As recently profiled in the Boston Globe, works in this exhibition at Tufts include sculpture from the BAMseries, drawing from Sanford's varied collection of wooden African sculptures, video installation, and textile collage featuring antique quilts.
The exhibition catalog is available now
October 8 - December 15, 2019
Tufts University Art Galleries
Aidekman Arts Center
Medford, MA
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IN PLAIN SIGHT
Curated by Shamim M. Momin, this group exhibition engages artists whose work addresses narratives, communities, and histories that are typically hidden or invisible in our public space (both conceptually and literally defined). The presenting artists approach the exhibition’s theme from a range of directions, varying across all media as well as aesthetic and conceptual contexts. Participating artists include Sadie Barnette, Sanford Biggers, Andrea Bowers, Tom Burr, Fiona Connor, William Cordova, Beatriz Cortez, Hayv Kahraman, Nicole Miller, Alison O’Daniel, Ebony G. Patterson, Mika Rottenberg, A.L. Steiner, and Oscar Tuazon.
November 23, 2019 - April 26, 2020
Henry Art Gallery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
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Recent Publications
Sanford Biggers: Contemporary Art Museum Catalog St Louis -
We are delighted to announce Sanford's latest artist monograph is available for purchase now from CAM St. Louis!
With writings by Lisa Melandri, Khalil Gilbran Muhammad, Christa Clark, and Naomi Beckwith, this catalog is the first publication to document Sanford Biggers' BAM series, in which he uses sculpture, video and quilt paintings to honor and memorialize black victims of police gun violence in America. This monograph accompanies his solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, which is currently on view at Tufts University.
Published by Artbook D A P - 2019
Purchase from CAM St Louis
Vitamin T: Threads & Textiles in Contemporary Art
Introduction by Jenelle Porter
Celebrating tapestry, embroidery, stitching, textiles, knitting, and knotting as used by visual artists worldwide, Vitamin T is the latest in the celebrated Vitamin series in which leading curators, critics, and art professionals nominate living artists for inclusion. Features writing by Louisa Elderton, Rebecca Morrell, and more.
Published by Phaidon Press Limited - 2019
Purchase from Phaidon
Upcoming Exhibitions & Events
MUSEUM SOLO EXHIBITION: Codeswitch
Save the date for Sanford's upcoming solo exhibition, Codeswitch. Codeswitch will open at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in April 2020, traveling to Contemporary Art Center New Orleans in October 2020 and California African American Museum in early 2021.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a monograph edited by Andrea Andersson and Antonio Sergio Bessa, with contributions by Greg Tate, Jacqueline L. Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard, Mia Kang, and John Jennings with David Brame and Esperanza Bey. The catalogue is available for pre-order from Yale University Press now.
April 8, 2020 - September 6, 2020
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx, NY
October 21, 2020–February 28, 2021
Contemporary Art Center
New Orleans, LA
March–September 2021
California African American Museum
Los Angeles, CA
MUSEUM DEDICATION
America's Black Holocaust Museum
Sanford will be honored at re-dedication of America's Black Holocaust Museum, as the museum unveils his work BAM (Seated Warrior).
January 2020, details forthcoming
Milwaukee, WI
ARTIST LECTURE
Artists and Artists: Sanford Biggers on With Pleasure
While he was in graduate school, Sanford Biggers met with artist Joyce Kozloff, who introduced him to the work of Miriam Schapiro and says, “Miriam, Joyce, and the Pattern & Decoration movement as a whole offered a model of how artists can address inequity aesthetically and institutionally.” Sanford leads a walkthrough of With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985
Thursday, January 30, 2020, 7pm
MOCA Grand Avenue
250 South Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA
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GROUP EXHIBITION
Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago
Nigerian-born British designer Duro Olowu curates an exhibition which draws from Chicago's public and private art collections, including works in the MCA’s collection. The show reimagines relationships between artists and objects across time, media, and geography. Moving away from traditional exhibition formats, Olowu combines photographs, paintings, sculptures, and films in dense and textural scenes that incorporate his own work. Organized in collaboration with MCA Manilow Senior Curator Naomi Beckwith.
February 29, 2020 - May 3, 2020
MCA Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL
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