Ellen Gallagher
born 1965
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In Tate Liverpool
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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Read full Wikipedia entryArtworks
Ellen Gallagher DeLuxe
2004–5
Ellen Gallagher Paper Cup
1996
Ellen Gallagher Untitled
1998
Ellen Gallagher Afro Puff
1996
Ellen Gallagher, Edgar Cleijne Murmur
2003–4
Film and audio
TateShots
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
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 ...
Tate Etc
Wigphrastic – after Ellen Gallagher: Ellen Gallagher at Tate Modern
Poet Terrance Hayes responds to the work of Ellen Gallagher
Tate Etc
Time to fill in the blanks: Ellen Gallagher at Tate Modern
The American artist Ellen Gallagher (born 1965) draws from a wide range of sources including music, myth, science fiction, literature ...
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Tate Etc. issue 28: Summer 2013
Tate Etc. issue 28, Summer 2013; online edition of Tate's magazine
Blog
Work of the week: Bird in Hand by Ellen Gallagher
Loren Hansi Momodu, Assistant Curator, Tate Modern discusses Ellen Gallagher's 2006 work in the Tate collection, Bird in Hand
Tate Etc
Rudely transgressing the boundaries between the elevated and the profane: Etc. Essay: The grotesque
The notion of the grotesque in art has been around for centuries, but it is currently being re-imagined, often with ...
Press Release
Tate Liverpool announces exhibition programme for 2010
17 Sep 2009
Tate Liverpool announces exhibition programme for 2010: Press related to exhibition programme.
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