The Collective is in Brazil right now working with L3 Brazil for our exhibition at the Dakar Biennial in May 2010.
Radcliffe Bailey
Storm at Sea, 2006 Piano keys, African sculpture, model boat, paper, acrylic, glitter, and gold leaf 212 x 213 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York © Radcliffe Bailey
The work [...]
Storm at Sea, 2006 Piano keys, African sculpture, model boat, paper, acrylic, glitter, and gold leaf 212 x 213 inches Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York © Radcliffe Bailey
The work of this artist is part of the archive created by the State of L3
(No part of the Collective)
The works of Atlanta-based [...]
Pepón Osorio
1st photo
Lonely Soul
2008
Approx. 106 ½ x 83 x 77 inches
Wooden crutches, fiberglass, Styrofoam, wood, resin, photographs, metals, human hair, one-thousand pins, hair clips, and wheelchair wheels
Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
Photo: Matthew Septimus. Courtesy P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
The work of this artist is part of the archive created by the State of L3
(No [...]
Absentia is Tia Ryan’s (San Francisco, 1983) first solo-exhibition in Amsterdam’s WM gallery.
Ryan’s photographic portraiture seeks to bridge the gap between familiar iconography(in this case the surrealist artist Frida Kahlo) and the social reality of living in a multi-ethnic culture. By her own admission she tarries between notions of what is black and what [...]
(GAP Campaign)
The work of this artist is part of the archive created by the State of L3
(No Part of the Collective)
Glenn Ligon
Born in 1960 in the Bronx, he graduated with a B.A. from Wesleyan University and currently lives and works in New York City. He works in multiple media, including painting, video, photography, and [...]
The work of this artist is part of the archive created by the State of L3
(No Part of the Collective)
Mickalene Thomas
New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas is known for her elaborate paintings adorned with rhinestones, enamel and colorful acrylics. She received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2000, and her MFA from Yale University in 2002 [...]
1992 B.F.A. The Maryland Institute College of Art
1997 King County Special Projects, Individual Grant Recipient
2000 Tufts University & The School of the Museum of Fine Arts – MAT
2000 Wackers Kunst Academie, Amsterdam, NL – Summer Studio Arts
2002 Vermont Studio Center, Visual Arts [...]
Jeff Sonhouse creates the most tripped out jester-saint psychedelic pimps who are all standing on the verge of getting it on. Fly tinted shades, canary top hats, tight pin stripes, righteous afros, bow ties, fox pelt stoles…you get the idea!
Sonhouse’s latest work consists of portraiture. These figurative works portray fictitious persons, while also highlighting the [...]
Rashid Johnson (born 1977) is an African American socio-political photographer who produces conceptual post-black art. The 2001 Freestyle show at the Studio Museum in Harlem that was curated by Thelma Golden and that launched his career continues to be talked about to this day.He has studied at Columbia College Chicago and the School of the [...]
Jimmy Rage aka Femi Dawkins was born in St Catherine – Jamaica in 1966. He has lived in the Caribbean, New York, San Francisco, London and Los Angeles. He now lives and works between Amsterdam and Los Angeles.
Jimmy Rage
Animated music video for the track la puerta, from the debut album “the importance of being jimmy” by jimmy rage for bodega sounds directed by joel marsden.
Jimmy Rage (Femi Dawkins) was born in St Catherine – Jamaica in 1966. He has lived in the Caribbean, New York, San Francisco, London and Los Angeles. He [...]
Jimmy Rage aka Femi Dawkins was born in St Catherine – Jamaica in 1966. He has lived in the Caribbean, New York, San Francisco, London and Los Angeles. He now lives and works between Amsterdam and Los Angeles.
Jean-Michel Basquiat SAMO
I find him to be one of the most compelling artists of the 20th century and it was my inspiration in the early 90’s. Besides his inimitable, un-trained painting style, Jean-Michel exuded “the Artist” about as much as anyone since Picasso.
Mark Bradford
Xaviera Simmons
Xaviera Simmons produces photographs, installation performances and videos that expand on notions surrounding landscape, aesthetics, participation and history. Simmons received a BFA in photography from Bard College in 2004 after two years of pilgrimage retracing the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. In 2005 she participated in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in New York. [...]
Noah Davis
Noah Davis. Davis is a young African-American painter schooled at The Cooper Union and currently residing in Los Angeles.
Noah Davis creates a uniquely personal narrative in his psychologically charged paintings by sourcing imagery from found photographs, art history and autobiographical events. At once a storyteller, a surrealist and an astute social commentator, he often [...]
No Logo? Hank Willis Thomas
I just encountered these images by Hank Willis Thomas. They are part of his B®ANDED works that intermingle reference to the brands that marked slaves as property in the US, the brands that have been central to Fraternity rituals among African-American men, and the corporate logos that brand sports figures [...]
No Logo? Hank Willis Thomas
I just encountered these images by Hank Willis Thomas. They are part of his B®ANDED works that intermingle reference to the brands that marked slaves as property in the US, the brands that have been central to Fraternity rituals among African-American men, and the corporate logos that brand sports figures [...]
Nick Cave (born in the late 1950s in central Missouri, USA) is an American fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist. He is best known for his Soundsuits: wearable fabric sculptures that are bright, whimsical, and other-worldly. He also trained as a dancer with Alvin Ailey. He resides in Chicago and is director of the graduate [...]
Contemporary Arts & Film Collective Exchange Established in 2006
The State of L3 is an Amsterdam based art collective working internationally on art, multimedia exchanges, modern tendencies and political issues.
The State of L3 is founded, curated and directed by Antonio Jose Guzman
Cultural Exchange Coordination by OLAA
The State of L3 archive library collection is originally based on our projects as a collective and the works of international artists who inspire our projects.
The State of L3 is sponsored by:
VSB Fonds
Mondriaan Foundation
Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development
The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture
2010-2011 Exhibitions
Dakar Biennale
Senegal, May
Maison de l’Amérique Latine
Paris, June
Gallery 23
Amsterdam, June/July
Smart Project Space
Amsterdam, July/August
SANAA Gallery
Utrecht, September
M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art
Antwerp, Nov/Dec/Jan
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Vestergade 29
8000 Århus C
“Piertopia”
8 April – 22 May 2011
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