Hip Hop Saints and Fallen Angels: Notorious BIG, 2014
Monotype
Print: 20 x 12 inches
Frame: 25 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches
Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
Scot-1059-C
Prague 1998, 2002
Four color lithography on clay coated paper
12 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (32.46 x 50.48 cm)
Edition of 20
Printed and Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
MAR-0047-O
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing, 2021
Diptych made of pigment print on punctured piano paper
11 1/4 x 15 in. (28.57 x 38.1 cm) each
Variable edition of 20
Clar-1038-C
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" – often referred to as “the Black national anthem” in the United States – is a hymn written in 1900 as a poem by James Weldon Johnson, and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, for the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Within this diptych, Clark uses repurposed, perforated piano paper to present the first verse of the lyrics which reads:
“Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on till victory is won.”
The second panel repeats the verse using Sonya Clark’s font, invented by the artist using her own hair to shape each letter. At the turn of the 20th century, Johnson's lyrics eloquently captured the solemn yet hopeful appeal for the liberty of Black Americans. Clarks work, like much of her work, redresses history while pointing to the inequalities of the present day.
Biggie, Faith + Lil' Kim from the Book of the Dead series, 2018
Monoprint
Print: 15 x 22 inches
Frame: 18 x 26.75 inches
Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
Scot-1178-C
Nancy Spero, Ross Bleckner, Mike Kelly, Simon Leung, Louise Bourgeois, Kiki Smith, and Lorna Simpson ACT UP Art Box, 1993-94
Wooden box: maple, birch, aluminum, and chrome with hand printed and painted unique Nancy Spero lid.
Internal partitions include multiples by (top row, left to right): Ross Bleckner, Mike Kelly, and Lorna Simpson; (bottom row, left to right): Louise Bourgeois, Simon Leung, and Kiki Smith.
14 x 24 x 5 inches
Minneapolis 1998, 2003
Four color lithography on clay coated paper
12 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (32.46 x 50.48 cm)
Edition of 20
Printed and Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
MAR-0060-O
Bern 1999, 2000
Four color lithography on clay coated paper
13 x 20 in. (33.02 x 50.8 cm)
Edition of 20
Printed and Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
MAR-0017-CO
Baltimore 1999, 2000
Four color lithography on clay coated paper
13 x 20 in. (33.02 x 50.8 cm)
Edition of 20
Printed and Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
MAR-0035-CO
Baltimore II, 2000, 2003
Four color lithography on clay coated paper
13 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (33.65 x 50.16 cm)
Edition of 35
Printed and Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
MAR-0102-O
Tokyo, 2003
Four color lithography on clay coated paper
13 1/4 x 19 in. (33.65 x 48.26 cm)
Edition of 35
Printed and Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
MAR-0081-O
Hip Hop Saints and Fallen Angels: Da Brat, 2014
Monotype
Paper: 14 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches
Frame: 19 3/4 x 25 inches
Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
Scot-1049-C
Hip Hop Saints and Fallen Angels: Heavy D, 2014
Monotype
Print: 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
Frame: 16 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches
Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
Scot-1054-C
Hip Hop Saints and Fallen Angels: Big Pun, 2014
Monotype
Print: 14 x 10 inches
Frame: 19 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches
Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
Scot-1051-C
Hip Hop Saints and Fallen Angels: Criss Cross, 2014
Monotype
Print: 12 x 10 1/4 inches
Frame: 17 x 15 1/2 inches
Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
Scot-1058-C
Hip Hop Saints and Fallen Angels: ODB, 2014
Monotype
Print: 12 x 9 inches
Frame: 17 x 14 inches
Published by Goya Contemporary / Goya-Girl Press
Scot-1056-C