Christopher Myers
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
Installation view, Christopher Myers, The Hands of Strange Children, James Cohan, 52 Walker Street, March 4 - April 2, 2022
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Grass, 2022
Appliqué textile
68 1/2 x 47 3/4 in.
174 x 121.3 cm
JCG13291
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Knowledge of the Elements, Revolution of the Planets, 2022
Appliqué textile
106 1/2 x 80 3/4 in.
270.5 x 205.1 cm
JCG13288
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Rather Bright Complexion, 2022
Cast palm oil soap on a silver plate
6 1/2 x 9 in. / 16.5 x 22.9 cm (head)
18 in. / 45.7 cm diameter (plate)
JCG13335
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Buffalo Robe, 2022
Appliqué textile
80 1/2 x 57 3/4 in.
204.5 x 146.7 cm
JCG13289
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Nat Turner, 2022
Stained Glass
90 1/8 x 45 1/8 in.
229 x 114.5 cm
JCG13284
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Te Ua Haumene, 2022
Stained Glass
90 1/8 x 45 1/8 in.
229 x 114.5 cm
JCG13286
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Sibyl, 2022
Appliqué textile
80 1/2 x 58 in.
204.5 x 147.3 cm
JCG13295
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Star of Morning placed itself on his forehead, 2022
Appliqué textile
80 1/2 x 58 5/8 in.
204.5 x 148.9 cm
JCG13297
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
The feet, the forehead, and the horn, 2022
Appliqué textile
75 1/2 x 69 in.
191.8 x 175.3 cm
JCG13292
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
The Sun passed through his body, 2022
Appliqué textile
114 x 47 3/4 in.
289.6 x 121.3 cm
JCG13298
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Toro embolado, 2022
Appliqué textile
68 1/2 x 47 1/2 in.
174 x 120.7 cm
JCG13290
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Sarah Forbes Bonetta as Omoba Aina as Persephone, 2021
Appliqué textile
108 x 408 in.
274.3 x 1036.3 cm
JCG12553
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Nongqawuse, 2022
Stained glass lightbox
93 x 47 1/2 x 5 in.
236.2 x 120.7 x 12.7 cm
JCG13285
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Lakwena, 2022
Stained glass lightbox
93 x 47 1/2 x 5 in.
236.2 x 120.7 x 12.7 cm
JCG13283
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Hong Xiuquan, 2022
Stained Glass
90 1/8 x 45 1/8 in.
229 x 114.5 cm
JCG13282
CHRISTOPHER MYERS
Wovoka, 2022
Stained Glass
90 1/8 x 45 1/8 in.
229 x 114.5 cm
JCG13287
James Cohan is pleased to present The Hands of Strange Children, an exhibition of new work by Christopher Myers, on view at the gallery’s 52 Walker Street location from March 5 through April 2, 2022. This is Myers’ first solo show with James Cohan in New York. The gallery will host an opening reception with the artist on Saturday, March 5 from 2-6 PM. Masks are required for entry.
For The Hands of Strange Children, Myers has created a series of narrative tapestries and a suite of stained-glass paintings that excavate the lives and legacies of six revolutionary prophets: Wovoka, Nongqawuse, Nat Turner, Hong Xiuquan, Te Ua Haumene, and Alice Lakwena. Spanning a wide geography of times and places, Myers sees these figures as representatives of a grand tradition of colonized peoples. Each took what was not theirs and made it their own, using the very tools of subjugation to build emancipatory philosophies and movements. Myers examines the beautiful failures of these prophets, filtering them through the “transformative materiality of narrative” to create portraits of icons of resistance that speak powerfully to the present.
To explore the exhibition in our Viewing Room, please click here.
