Libby Black
Vans Sock, 2023
Paper, glue and acrylic paint
13 1/4 x 3 x 1 3/4 inches
33.7 x 7.6 x 4.4 cm
Libby Black
Jay DeFeo, 2019
Paper, paint, glue and pencil
8 x 6 x 1/4 inches
20.3 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Libby Black
I Will Always Love You, 2017
Paper, Paint, and Glue
13 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
33 x 21.6 x 14 cm
Libby Black
Chanel Opera Glasses, 2005
Paper, paint and glue
8 x 3 x 2 inches
20.3 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm
Libby Black
California Love, 2018
Paper, acrylic paint, and glue
38 x 16 x 13 inches
96.5 x 40.6 x 33 cm
Libby Black
Shahzia Sikander, 2020
Paper, paint and glue
14 x 9 3/4 x 1 inches
35.6 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm
Libby Black
Andre Leon Talley, 2021
Acrylic paint and pencil on paper
21 x 11 1/4 inches
53.3 x 28.6 cm
Libby Black
Where Is Ana Mendieta?, 2021
Paper, pencil, paint and glue
9 1/2 x 6 x 7 1/2 inches
24.1 x 15.2 x 19.1 cm
Libby Black
Just Kids, Valencia, and Keep it Simple, 2023
Paper, paint and glue
13 x 9 x 2 1/2 inches
33 x 22.9 x 6.3 cm
Libby Black
Installation view of Workout at Fused Space, San Francsico, 2018
Paper, acrylic, glassless mirror and glue
Dimensions variable
Libby Black
Lesbian Art- An Encounter with Power, 2023
Paper, paint and glue
11 x 9 x 1/2 inches
27.9 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm
Libby Black
Jennifer Bartlett In The Garden, 2023
Paint on paper
23 1/2 x 18 inches
59.7 x 45.7 cm
Libby Black
Installation view from Luis Vuitton Store, 2003
Paper, acrylic, MDF, and glass
Dimensions variable
Libby Black (b. 1976) is a painter, drawer, and sculptural installation artist living in Berkeley, CA. She received a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1999 and an MFA at the California College of the Arts in 2001. Black is an Associate Professor at San Francisco State University.
Her artwork charts a path through personal history and a broader cultural context to explore the intersection of politics, feminism, LGBTQ+ identity, consumerism, addiction, notions of value, and desire. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, with such shows as “California Love” at Galerie Droste in Wupertal, Germany; “Bay Area Now 4” at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; “California Biennial” at the Orange County Museum of Art; and at numerous galleries in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Black has been an artist-in-residence at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, CA; Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, CA; and Spaces in Cleveland, OH. Her work has been reviewed in Artforum, Art in America, ARTnews, Flash Art, and The New York Times.
Select public collections include the Birmingham Museum of Art, Mills College Art Museum, The McEvoy Family Collection, Pier 24 Photography, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Orange County Museum of Art, Oakland Museum of California, The Chaney Family Collection, Kusnacht, The West Collection and Fidelity Investments Corporate Contemporary Art Collection.
Reshaping the Narrative: California Perspectives surveys the myriad ways artists represent and reflect our local communities. The featured artists offer unique and local perspectives on themes that resonate during this presidential election year, such as immigration, civil rights, labor activism, feminism, and cultural identity.
This exhibition features works by eleven contemporary artists from around the globe to explore how these individuals engage with topics such as resilience, strength, labor, women’s rights, and queer aesthetics through athletic imagery. It also queries preconceived notions of femininity through a range of conceptual approaches, be they celebratory, humorous, or critical.
Artists featured in this exhibition are Bianca Argimón, Libby Black, Zoë Buckman, Monica Kim Garza, Riikka Hyvonen, Sophie Kirchner, Eddie Lanieri, Hazel Meyer, Fay Sanders, Sheena Rose, and Kawita Vatanajyankur.
She’s a Knockout was guest curated by Caitlin Swindell, Chief Curator, Vero Beach Museum of Art.
