Jamal Cyrus: Currents and Currencies @ Inman Gallery, Houston

Jamal Cyrus: Currents and Currencies
@Inman Gallery
3901 Main St
Houston, TX 77002
USA
November 8, 2019 – January 11, 2020

installation views





















Jamal Cyrus, Captured Letter From Paris, 2019
denim, thread, ink, wax, bleach, 40 x 30-1/2 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Jet Auto Archive – April 27, May 11, May 25, 1992, 2018
paper and cardboard collage, 40 x 88 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Jet Auto Archive – April 27, May 11, May 25, 1992 (detail), 2018
paper and cardboard collage, 40 x 88 inches


Jamal Cyrus, A Witness, 2019
blue denim, bleached denim, metal zipper, 85 x 67 inches


Jamal Cyrus, A Witness (detail), 2019
blue denim, bleached denim, metal zipper, 85 x 67 inches


Jamal Cyrus, A Witness (detail), 2019
blue denim, bleached denim, metal zipper, 85 x 67 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Lights from the Garden, 2019
paper and cardboard collage, 74 x 87-1/2 x 31-3/4 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Lights from the Garden (detail), 2019
paper and cardboard collage, 74 x 87-1/2 x 31-3/4 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Misconstrued Rap Lyric #1, 2019
triple beam balance, painted plaster bust of Martin Luther King, shelf, 20 x 19 x 6 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Misconstrued Rap Lyric #1, 2019
triple beam balance, painted plaster bust of Martin Luther King, shelf, 20 x 19 x 6 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Djeli Brown, 2019
found garment with leather pouches, marker, 80-1/2 x 50-3/4 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Djeli Brown (detail), 2019
found garment with leather pouches, marker, 80-1/2 x 50-3/4 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Djeli Brown (detail), 2019
found garment with leather pouches, marker, 80-1/2 x 50-3/4 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Remembrance (for H. Freeman), 2019
digital print on vinyl over wooden stretcher, neon, shelf, 78 x 78 x 12 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Remembrance (for H. Freeman) (detail), 2019
digital print on vinyl over wooden stretcher, neon, shelf, 78 x 78 x 12 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Remembrance (for H. Freeman) (detail), 2019
digital print on vinyl over wooden stretcher, neon, shelf, 78 x 78 x 12 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Sargassum, 2019
Sargassum, tabby concrete, water, tempera paint, sea salt, chalk, 51 x 51 x 6 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Sargassum, 2019
Sargassum, tabby concrete, water, tempera paint, sea salt, chalk, 51 x 51 x 6 inches


Jamal Cyrus, Sargassum (detail), 2019
Sargassum, tabby concrete, water, tempera paint, sea salt, chalk, 51 x 51 x 6 inches