Noel W Anderson’s most comprehensive museum exhibition to date features newly commissioned suspended and stretched Jacquard tapestries and video depicting altered archival and media images centered on Black labor, identity, and performance. Earlier works, including prints and works on paper, along with archival materials, demonstrate the arc of Anderson’s 13-year exploration of themes of excellence, exhaustion, and erasure.
Noel W Anderson: Black Excellence is supported by the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation.
Additional support for exhibitions and programs provided by the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, The University at Albany Foundation, the University at Albany Alumni Association, the University Auxiliary Services at Albany, the Ann C. Mataraso Fund, the Robin Kanson Lewis ’70 Exhibition Endowment Fund, the University Art Museum Director’s Fund, and the Jack and Gertrude Horan Memorial Fund for Student Outreach.
Image credit: Noel W Anderson: Black Exhaustion, installation view, September 29 – November 26, 2023, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria.