Ellen Gallagher

born 1965

In Tate Liverpool

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Biography

Ellen Gallagher (born December 16, 1965) is an American artist. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions and is held in the permanent collections of many major museums. Her media include painting, works on paper, film and video. Some of her pieces refer to issues of race, and may combine formality with racial stereotypes and depict "ordering principles" society imposes.

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Artworks

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Ellen Gallagher Paper Cup

1996
Ellen Gallagher Untitled

1998
Ellen Gallagher Afro Puff

1996
Ellen Gallagher Esirn Coaler

2007
Ellen Gallagher DeLuxe

2004–5

On display at Tate Liverpool part of Whose Tradition?
Ellen Gallagher, Edgar Cleijne Murmur

2003–4
Ellen Gallagher Bird in Hand

2006

Film and audio

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Bonnie Greer on Ellen Gallagher

The American artist has Irish and African American origins, which have shaped the texture and subject matter of her practice

Features

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Theaster Gates

The American artist Ellen Gallagher (born 1965) draws from a wide range of sources including music, myth, science fiction, literature, …
Art Term

Afrofuturism

Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic that combines science-fiction, history and fantasy to explore the African-American experience and aims to connect …
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Wigphrastic – after Ellen Gallagher: Ellen Gallagher at Tate Modern

Terrance Hayes

Poet Terrance Hayes responds to the work of Ellen Gallagher
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Rudely transgressing the boundaries between the elevated and the profane

Jonathan Griffin

Etc. Essay: The grotesque
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Rob Young , Alice Channer , None and Rabih MrouÃ©

Individual reflections on a work in the Tate collection