Photo: Quyn Dakao

Marcus Brutus in conversation with Folasade Ologundudu and Harper Levine

Saturday, May 7, 5pm

Harper’s Chelsea 512
512 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011

Join Harper's on Saturday, May 7th, for a conversation with artist Marcus Brutus, writer Folasade Ologundudu, and gallery owner Harper Levine to discuss Brutus's recent work and current exhibition, Maiden Voyage.

Seating is limited: rsvp@harpersgallery.com
 

Marcus Brutus (b. 1991, Silver Spring, MD) is a self-taught artist who holds a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John’s University, Queens. Most recently, his work has been the subject of solo exhibitions: Maiden Voyage, Harper's, New York (2022); Good Night Willie Lee, I’ll See You in the Morning, Library Street Collective, Detroit (2020); Marcus Brutus: The Truth That Never Hurts, Harper's, East Hampton (2020); and Go To Work. Get Your Money and Come Home. You Don’t Live There, Harper’s, East Hampton (2019). Brutus was included in the 2019 group presentation American African American, curated by Arnold Lehman, at Phillips, New York, as well as group shows at König Galerie, Berlin (2021); Arsenal Contemporary, New York (2021); Carl Kostyál, Stockholm (2021); Gana Art, Seoul (2021); and Harper’s, Los Angeles and East Hampton (2021 and 2020). His work has been acquired by the Davis Museum, Wellesley, MA. Brutus is based in New York City and is represented by Harper's. 

Folasade Ologundudu is a Brooklyn-born writer who specializes in journalism and storytelling through the lens of art and culture. A graduate of Brooklyn College, she received a Bachelor's degree in Business Management, as well as a diploma in Digital Marketing from New York University. Ologundudu is the founder of Light Work, a creative platform rooted at the intersection of art, education, and culture. Her podcast, produced through Light Work, explores the work of BIPOC artists with a focus on the African diaspora. Ologundudu's writing has appeared in Artforum, Artnet, and Cultured Magazine, among other publications.

Marcus Brutus
Return to the Source

March 31 through May 14, 2022

Harper’s Chelsea 534
534 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011
Tuesday–Saturday, 10am–6pm

In conjunction with Maiden Voyage, Marcus Brutus’s solo exhibition at Harper’s Chelsea 512, Return to the Source is a presentation of paintings, works on paper, and books curated by the artist at Harper’s Chelsea 534. The book display highlights Brutus’s inspirations drawn from art, music, film, and literature, while simultaneously nodding to the Harper’s legacy as a rare book dealer. An array of publications spanning art monographs and catalogues, photobooks, literature, and more are featured in the pop-up bookshop: from Toni Morrison’s Sula, to a book of interviews with Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, to Brutus’s own exhibition catalogue, The Uhmericans, published by the gallery in 2019.

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It’s a masterclass in showing paintings of the same size, deftly displayed at the right distance apart, that give you the impression that you are in a film or in a place of quiet repose.

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