Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk. An Introspective
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 5th floor
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Friday 07 October 2011 to Sunday 08 January 2012
This installation will feature the recent acquisition Blossom, 2007, by New York–based artist Sanford Biggers. Blossom is a multimedia installation composed of a tree that pierces a grand piano, lifting it off the ground as its branches reach toward the ceiling.
At intervals the piano plays Biggers’s rendition of Strange Fruit, a song from the 1930s popularized by the blues singer Billie Holiday that refers to lynching. Blossom will be presented along with several thematically related installations by the artist. This focused selection of Biggers’s work is his first museum exhibition in New York.
Organization: This installation is organized by Eugenie Tsai, John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum.
