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Steve Locke: “the fire next time” – MASS MoCA

August 3, 2024–November 16, 2025

Steve Locke, the wealth of nations, 2024, Mixed media, 74 x 18 x 12 in overall (188 x 45.7 x 30.5 cm overall)

Lisbeth Thalberg 3 August 2024, 12:01 pm

New York-based artist Steve Locke’s exhibition the fire next time is a meditation on uniquely American forms of violence directed at Black and queer people. In his interdisciplinary practice, Locke engages issues of identity, desire, race, violence, and memory, revealing as much tenderness and humor as he does brutality. Over the course of his decades-long career, Locke has largely worked in painting. Primarily concerned with how we ascribe meaning to portraiture while exploring the relationships between and among men, in recent years Locke has introduced a more personal, political, and critical engagement with histories of racism and anti-Blackness, the Western canon of art history, and American society. the fire next time takes its title from a book by James Baldwin, first published in 1963 amid the growing civil rights movement. Locke’s exhibition includes a MASS MoCA-commissioned sculptural installation; a new series of freestanding paintings; #Killers (2017-ongoing), a series of hand-drawn portraits of American mass murderers and accused or acquitted killers; and a data-driven site-specific installation, A Partial List of Unarmed African-Americans Who Were Killed By Police or Who Died in Police Custody During My Sabbatical from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2014-2015 (2016), among other new and recent works.

Steve Locke, the harbinger, 2022, Oil on canvas, 55 x 60 in (139.7 x 152.4 cm), 56 1/4 x 61 1/4 x 2 1/4 in framed (142.9 x 155.6 x 5.7 cm framed)

Steve Locke (b.1963) was born in Cleveland, OH and lives and works in the Hudson Valley, NY. Spanning painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, Locke’s practice critically engages with the Western canon to interrogate the connections between desire, identity, and violence. Locke received his MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2001. Extending his commitment to a painting practice, he began to seek alternative ways to amplify public engagement around his art, partnering with institutions, municipalities, and even the US Postal Service to reach new audiences.

Locke’s work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, includingthe daily practice of painting, Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (2022); in the name of love, The Gallatin Galleries, New York University, NY (2019); Three Deliberate Grays for Freddie (A Memorial for Freddie Gray), curated by Pieranna Cavalchini, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA (2018); Love Letter to a Library, Boston Public Library, MA (2018); The School of Love, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA (2018); there is no one left to blame, curated by Helen Molesworth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (2013), traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, MI (2014); and Rapture, curated by Erin Dziedzic, Hall Street Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA (2008). He has participated in many group exhibitions, including Feedback, curated by Helen Molesworth, The School, Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, NY (2021); The BIG Picture: Giant Photographs and Powerful Portfolios, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA (2020); and Recruiting for Utopia: Print and the Imagination, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA (2020). Locke’s work is in the collections of the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Asheville, NC; Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME; Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA; and Tufts University Art Galleries, Medford, MA. He is the recipient of many grants and awards, including the Rappaport Prize from the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (2022); Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2020); Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2014); LEF Contemporary Work Fund Grant (2009); and Art Matters Foundation Award (2007).

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1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247

August 3, 2024–November 16, 2025

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Steve Locke: “the fire next time” – MASS MoCA

3. August 2024 - 16. November 2025

Steve Locke, the wealth of nations, 2024, Mixed media, 74 x 18 x 12 in overall (188 x 45.7 x 30.5 cm overall)

Lisbeth Thalberg 3 August 2024, 12:01 pm

Die Ausstellung the fire next time des in New York lebenden Künstlers Steve Locke ist eine Meditation über die typisch amerikanischen Formen der Gewalt gegen Schwarze und queere Menschen. In seiner interdisziplinären Praxis beschäftigt sich Locke mit Fragen der Identität, des Begehrens, der Ethnie, der Gewalt und der Erinnerung und zeigt dabei ebenso viel Zärtlichkeit und Humor wie Brutalität. Im Laufe seiner jahrzehntelangen Karriere hat Locke hauptsächlich in der Malerei gearbeitet. In den letzten Jahren hat Locke eine persönlichere, politischere und kritischere Auseinandersetzung mit der Geschichte des Rassismus und der Schwarzenfeindlichkeit, dem westlichen Kanon der Kunstgeschichte und der amerikanischen Gesellschaft begonnen. Der Titel the fire next time stammt aus einem Buch von James Baldwin, das 1963 inmitten der wachsenden Bürgerrechtsbewegung erstmals veröffentlicht wurde. Lockes Ausstellung umfasst eine vom MASS MoCA in Auftrag gegebene skulpturale Installation, eine neue Serie von freistehenden Gemälden, #Killers (2017-fortlaufend), eine Serie von handgezeichneten Porträts amerikanischer Massenmörder und angeklagter oder freigesprochener Mörder; und eine datengesteuerte ortsspezifische Installation, A Partial List of Unarmed African-Americans Who Were Killed By Police or Who Died in Police Custody During My Sabbatical from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2014-2015 (2016), neben anderen neuen und aktuellen Arbeiten.

Steve Locke (geb. 1963) wurde in Cleveland, OH, geboren und lebt und arbeitet im Hudson Valley, NY. In seinen Arbeiten, die sich auf Malerei, Zeichnung, Skulptur und Installation erstrecken, setzt sich Locke kritisch mit dem westlichen Kanon auseinander und hinterfragt die Verbindungen zwischen Begehren, Identität und Gewalt. Locke erhielt seinen MFA vom Massachusetts College of Art and Design im Jahr 2001. Nachdem er sein Engagement für die Malerei ausgeweitet hatte, suchte er nach alternativen Möglichkeiten, das öffentliche Engagement für seine Kunst zu verstärken, indem er Partnerschaften mit Institutionen, Gemeinden und sogar dem US Postal Service einging, um neue Zielgruppen zu erreichen.

Lockes Arbeiten waren Gegenstand zahlreicher Einzelausstellungen, darunterthe daily practice of painting, Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (2022); in the name of love, The Gallatin Galleries, New York University, NY (2019); Three Deliberate Grays for Freddie (A Memorial for Freddie Gray), kuratiert von Pieranna Cavalchini, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA (2018); Love Letter to a Library, Boston Public Library, MA (2018); The School of Love, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA (2018); there is no one left to blame, kuratiert von Helen Molesworth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (2013), reiste zum Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, MI (2014); und Rapture, kuratiert von Erin Dziedzic, Hall Street Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA (2008). Er hat an vielen Gruppenausstellungen teilgenommen, darunter Feedback, kuratiert von Helen Molesworth, The School, Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, NY (2021); The BIG Picture: Giant Photographs and Powerful Portfolios, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA (2020); und Recruiting for Utopia: Print and the Imagination, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA (2020). Lockes Arbeiten befinden sich in den Sammlungen des Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Asheville, NC; der Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY; des Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME; des Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MA; des Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA; des Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; der National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; des Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA; und der Tufts University Art Galleries, Medford, MA. Er hat zahlreiche Stipendien und Auszeichnungen erhalten, darunter den Rappaport Prize des deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (2022), das Guggenheim Fellowship der John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2020), den Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2014), den LEF Contemporary Work Fund Grant (2009) und den Art Matters Foundation Award (2007).

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August 3, 2024–November 16, 2025

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Steve Locke: “the fire next time” – MASS MoCA

August 3, 2024-Noiembrie 16, 2025

Steve Locke, the wealth of nations, 2024, Mixed media, 74 x 18 x 12 in overall (188 x 45.7 x 30.5 cm overall)

Lisbeth Thalberg 3 August 2024, 12:01 pm

Expoziția artistului Steve Locke din New York, “the fire next time”, este o meditație asupra formelor de violență exclusiv americane îndreptate împotriva persoanelor de culoare și queer. În practica sa interdisciplinară, Locke abordează probleme legate de identitate, dorință, rasă, violență și memorie, dezvăluind la fel de multă tandrețe și umor ca și brutalitate. De-a lungul carierei sale de zeci de ani, Locke a lucrat în mare parte în pictură. Preocupat în primul rând de modul în care atribuim semnificație portretului, explorând în același timp relațiile dintre și între oameni, Locke a introdus în ultimii ani un angajament mai personal, politic și critic față de istoria rasismului și anti-negritate, canonul occidental al istoriei artei și societatea americană. the fire next time își trage titlul dintr-o carte a lui James Baldwin, publicată pentru prima dată în 1963, în contextul creșterii mișcării pentru drepturile civile. Expoziția lui Locke include o instalație sculpturală comandată de MASS MoCA; o nouă serie de picturi independente; #Killers (2017-ongoing), o serie de portrete desenate manual ale ucigașilor în masă americani și ale ucigașilor acuzați sau achitați; și o instalație site-specific bazată pe date, A Partial List of Unarmed African-Americans Who Were Killed By Police or Who Died in Police Custody During My Sabbatical from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2014-2015 (2016), printre alte lucrări noi și recente.

Steve Locke (n.1963) s-a născut în Cleveland, OH și trăiește și lucrează în Hudson Valley, NY. Acoperind pictura, desenul, sculptura și instalația, practica lui Locke se implică în mod critic în canonul occidental pentru a interoga legăturile dintre dorință, identitate și violență. În 2001, Locke a obținut un masterat în arte plastice la Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Extinzându-și angajamentul față de practica picturii, el a început să caute modalități alternative de a amplifica implicarea publică în jurul artei sale, asociindu-se cu instituții, municipalități și chiar cu serviciul poștal american pentru a ajunge la noi audiențe.

Lucrările lui Locke au făcut obiectul a numeroase expoziții personale, printre care: The daily practice of painting, Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (2022); In the name of love, The Gallatin Galleries, New York University, NY (2019); Three Deliberate Grays for Freddie (A Memorial for Freddie Gray), curatoriată de Pieranna Cavalchini, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA (2018); Love Letter to a Library, Boston Public Library, MA (2018); The School of Love, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA (2018); There is no one left to blame, curatoriată de Helen Molesworth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (2013), a călătorit la Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, MI (2014); și Rapture, curatoriată de Erin Dziedzic, Hall Street Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA (2008). A participat la numeroase expoziții de grup, inclusiv Feedback, curatoriată de Helen Molesworth, The School, Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, NY (2021); The BIG Picture: Giant Photographs and Powerful Portfolios, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA (2020); și Recruiting for Utopia: Print and the Imagination, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA (2020). Lucrările lui Locke se află în colecțiile Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Asheville, NC; Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY; Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME; Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA; și Tufts University Art Galleries, Medford, MA. Este beneficiarul a numeroase granturi și premii, inclusiv Premiul Rappaport din partea deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (2022); Guggenheim Fellowship din partea John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2020); Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2014); LEF Contemporary Work Fund Grant (2009); și Art Matters Foundation Award (2007).