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Image description: A sculpture made of metal pipe resembling scaffolding or a jungle gym. The pipe is silver with blue painted highlights. The sculpture has a brass pipe which is mounted on its second highest level, and hanging from the brass pipe is a drawing on glass. The sculpture sits in front of a dark blue curtain, which drapes down from the wall and onto the floor beneath the sculpture. The fabric has small white spots on it recalling stars. Mounted on the backdrop on the wall is a golden yellow brass disk.
Image descripton: A circular glass mirror with warm undertones and a foggy quality sits on a semi-circle white shelf which hugs the bottom edge of the glass. The mirror is removed in areas creating a speckled texture and there are marks drawn in a clustered pattern of shapes towards the top right. The drawing and shelf sit on a white wall.
Image descripton: A circular piece of mirrored glass with warm undertones sits on a semi-circle white shelf contoured to the bottom edge of the glass. There are marks drawn in a wheel-like shape towards the top right. The drawing and shelf sit on a white wall.
Tumbler, 2021. Aluminum, electric gear motor, belt, 3D printed nylon, rubber, PET, stones, coins, glass, water, ceramic media, grit, and soap, 17 x 17 x 10 inches. Courtesy of the artist, Kai Matsumiya, New York, and Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam.
Installation shot ‘Decoders-Recorders’, a dual solo exhibition with Steffani Jemison and Samson Young, co-presented by De Appel and Looiersgracht 60. Photograph by LNDWstudio. Courtesy of Looiersgracht 60 / De Appel. Image description: A long table presenting an artwork on clear film sits in the center of a large room. Several other sculptural pieces also populate the room.
Steffani Jemison, Same Time. Acrylic paint on clear polyester film. Iceberg Projects, 2018. Image description: A painting on clear film hanging on a white surface.
Installation shot ‘Decoders-Recorders’, a dual solo exhibition with Steffani Jemison and Samson Young, co-presented by De Appel and Looiersgracht 60. Photograph by LNDWstudio. Courtesy of Looiersgracht 60 / De Appel. Image description: In the foreground, a sculptural work comprised of two pieces of painted clear film propped up by a clear acrylic stand. In the background, a similar work.
Steffani Jemison: Plant you now, dig you later. MASS MoCA, 2017. Image description: A gallery, on the righthand wall is a yellow neon work that reads "REVELATION." On the left side of the image is a wall of windows and a person standing next to a bench.
Image description: A lenticular print of a man that appears to be floating in the air, with drawn marks over the whole print sits nestled in a metal sculpture made of steel pipe and fittings. The sculpture and print sit in front of a dark blue fabric with stars painted on it, which drapes onto the ground under the sculpture.
Image description: Installation view. A spacious brick room with multiple archways and high ceilings. A canvas backdrop hangs on the wall facing the viewer. The backdrop has gestural paintstrokes that depict a cloudy night sky with a moon on the righthand side. In front of the backdrop, a sculpture that is made of steel pipes and fittings and resembles a jungle gym or scaffolding is arranged like a staircase. There is a brass pipe diagongally mounted on the highest level of the sculpture.
Image description: A sky blue curtain drapes down covering the left side of the image and draping slightly onto the floor. Resting on the curtain is a drawing in black paint on silvered glass. The curtain is hanging so there is a small bunching of fabric along the edge. To the right of the curtain a drawing in black paint on a yellow brass disc is mounted on the wall.
Image description: A warm toned, reflective, silver piece of acrylic pritned with black abstracted marks hangs on a white wall.
Image description: A circular piece of yellow brass on a white wall. The brass is painted with black paint with an abstract, linear pattern.
Image description: A circular piece of yellow brass on a white wall. The brass is painted with black paint with an abstract, linear pattern.
Steffani Jemison, "In Succession 2019". Installation view, In Between Days, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, 2021. Image description: In the foreground a projector sits on a cart next to a white pillar. In the background a projection screen depicts a black and white split-screen image. The left image is the top of a man's head, where the top back corner of the head touches the bottom center of the screen. The right image is a close up of an arm clad in a white shirt, bent slightly, where the shoulder is on the left side of the image and the arm extends past the right side of the frame.
A large lenticular print is mounted centered on a wall which is covered in sky blue fabric, draping slightly onto the floor. The lenticular dipicts a man with his arms spread wide suspended in the air. There are two circular reflective drawings on curved shelves on the wall to the left of the lenticular, and 3 on the wall to the right.
Image description: A brass disc with painted black marks and texture marks. Behind the disk is dark blue fabric with small light spots like stars. At the top of the image a few black tassles hang from the edge of the baric.
Image descripton: A white wall in a large gallery space with grey floors. There are two large lenticular prints on the walls, the closer, larger one depicts a man with his arms extneded suspended in the air. There are 6 ciruclar drawings mounted on the walls between and beside the lenticular prints.
Image description: A circular piece of mirrored glass rests on a white semi ciruclar shelf, which contours to the bottom edge of the glass. In some areas the mirror is removed to make a drawing on the glass. The shelf sits on a white wall.
Image descripton: A circular piece of mirrored glass with warm undertones sits on a semi-circle white shelf contoured to the bottom edge of the glass. The mirror is removed in some areas to create a drawing. The drawing on glass and the shelf sit on a white wall.
Image description: A circular piece of yellow brass on a white wall. The brass has a drawing in black and white paint on its surface.
Steffani Jemison, A Rock, A River, A Street. 154 pages. 5 x 7.25 inches. Primary Information: New York, NY. Edition of 2000. Paperback. October 2022.
Sensus Plenior. Installation view, Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz (2017). Image desciption: A gallery with a bench in front of a projection screen. On the screen is a woman with clown makeup sitting in front of a mirror with her mouth agape.
Video still: Steffani Jemison, Similitude (2019). Image description: A black and white video still depicts a blurry shot of man laying on the ground in what looks like an empty dance studio. His body is distorted by a seam in the mirror through which the shot is filmed.
Video still: Steffani Jemison, Similitude (2019). Image description: A black and white video still depicts a man stretching his mouth open with a fearful expression as he looks into a mirror.
Untitled, 2021. Acrylic, tempered glass table top, hardware. 59"H x 30"W x .5"D. Two drawings on glass sit side by side on low white pedestals, leaning against a white wall.
Performance documentation, Recitatif (To signal a gathering). Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2019). Featuring Keith Jackson. Image description: In the foreground, a man reading music from a music stand plays violin as a woman sitting across from him looks at him and at a music stand; her hand is on a keyboard. In the background, several people watch.