Same Song
Artist
Jammie Holmes
(American, born 1984)
CultureAmerican
Date2024
MediumAcrylic, glitter, and gold leaf on canvas
Dimensions67 × 67 × 2 1/2 in. (170.2 × 170.2 × 6.4 cm)
SignedThe work is signed and dated in ink on the verso.
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Meredith and Brother Rutter, Lelia Graham and Randy Webb, Ashlin and Wayne Wilbanks, Mary Jane and Cabell Birdsong, Joan Lyons, and Virginia and John Hitch
Object number2024.14
Not on view
DescriptionThe work is an acrylic painting on canvas depicting a Black male subject, dressed in all black, sitting at a piano in front of a window. Through the window are buildings in an urban environment. In the foreground, a cloud emits song notes rendered in glitter. The work has a painted border of composed of various Pan-Africa flags.ProvenanceThe work comes directly to the Chrysler Museum from the artist’s studio via Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York.
