Related to the artist’s acclaimed series "The Beautyful Ones", this new edition is the result of a four-year collaboration between Njideka Akunyili Crosby and master printer Cole Rogers of the Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis.
29 7/8 x 39 7/8 in
Edition of 60, 10 AP
‘Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s new print,“The Beautyful Ones” May Have Arrived, represents her first foray into an area of artistic production that she has been circling and considering for some time. It is both a statement of continuity with the subject matter and style that has dominated her painted work for over a decade, and a novel departure in terms of process and materials.’
'The painting was produced in Akunyili Crosby’s signature method, through precise
drawing, the use of acrylic paints, and a photo transfer technique.'
'Akunyili Crosby instills a sense of inner life into her figures who are presented in domestic environs that meld the Nigeria of her youth and the America of her maturity, and that literally bear their histories and culture — printed onto the metal of the radiator, the wood of the baseboard and table, the broad seams of a dress.'
—Jason Rosenfeld, from a new essay accompanying the edition
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Images: Njideka Akunyili Crosby, “The Beautyful Ones” May Have Arrived, 2023. 43-colour screen print on Rives BFK paper. 75.9 x 101.3 cm, 29 7/8 x 39 7/8 in © Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner.
Njideka Akunyili Crosby at Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, 2023. Photography: Bobby Rogers.
