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WILMER WILSON IV
Dream of the Box Breaking, 2024Staples on wood48 x 48 x 1 3/4 in.Copyright The ArtistFurther images
Expanding upon his early work obscuring and protecting his subjects with a near-impenetrable swaths of staples, Wilson now reduces his compositions to their basic elemental components. Removing the underlying image,...Expanding upon his early work obscuring and protecting his subjects with a near-impenetrable swaths of staples, Wilson now reduces his compositions to their basic elemental components. Removing the underlying image, the staple now appears as a fully expressive line drawing a portrait that appears and disappears as the viewer passes. Wilson expresses the experience of Black visibility, hypervisibility, and invisibility in his own words.Exhibitions
"Apparitions," GRAY Chicago, Chicago, 25 April 2025 - 27 June 2025.
"Wilmer Wilson IV: Projections through the Nictitating Membrane," Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC, 14 March 2024 – 20 April 2024.
Literature
Mendez, Karla. “Wilmer Wilson IV Locates Staples and Wood As Sites of Being and
Communication,” Elephant Magazine, 13 April 2024.
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