Ellen Gallagher

born 1965

Ellen Gallagher, ‘DeLuxe’ 2004–5
DeLuxe 2004–5
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Artist and Society: Ellen Gallagher

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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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Afrofuturism

Artworks

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Ellen Gallagher, ‘DeLuxe’ 2004–5

Ellen Gallagher DeLuxe

2004–5
On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society
Ellen Gallagher, ‘Bird in Hand’ 2006

Ellen Gallagher Bird in Hand

2006
On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society
Ellen Gallagher, ‘Paper Cup’ 1996

Ellen Gallagher Paper Cup

1996
On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society
Ellen Gallagher, ‘Untitled’ 1998

Ellen Gallagher Untitled

1998
On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society
Ellen Gallagher, ‘Afro Puff’ 1996

Ellen Gallagher Afro Puff

1996
On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society
Ellen Gallagher, ‘Esirn Coaler’ 2007

Ellen Gallagher Esirn Coaler

2007
Ellen Gallagher, Edgar Cleijne, ‘Murmur’ 2003–4

Ellen Gallagher, Edgar Cleijne Murmur

2003–4

Film and audio

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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Ellen Gallagher, ‘Bird in Hand’ 2006
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 ...

Ellen Gallagher Deluxe 2004 to 5 detail
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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

Ellen Gallagher, Details of Deluxe 2004-2005
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Time to fill in the blanks: Ellen Gallagher at Tate Modern

Theaster Gates

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

TATE ETC. issue 28
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Tate Etc. issue 28: Summer 2013

Tate Etc. issue 28, Summer 2013; online edition of Tate's magazine
Basil Wolverton, Heap 1955 ink on paper
Tate Etc

Rudely transgressing the boundaries between the elevated and the profane

Jonathan Griffin

Etc. Essay: The grotesque
Paul Nash, ‘The Cherry Orchard’ 1917
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Rob Young , Alice Channer , None and Rabih Mroué

Individual reflections on a work in the Tate collection

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