The Jamaican-born artist Nari Ward has spent the last 29 years of his life living and working in Harlem. Ward makes art out of found materials—objects, remnants, humble things. Since the early 1990s, he has combined the folk traditions of Jamaica with the urban textures of his Harlem neighborhood, teasing out the similarities between the old ways and modernity. Ward’s video, sound, and performative works come together in this exhibition. —Elena Clavarino
The Arts Intel Report
Nari Ward
Axel Dupeux, Nari Ward, Portrait, 2023.
When
Mar 28 – June 16, 2024
Where
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Photo: Axel Dupeux/courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London