Art Exhibit at The Driskell Center: Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies

NOW ON VIEW

Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies is acclaimed contemporary artist Dewey Crumpler’s first show in Maryland. The exhibition will be on view at The Driskell Center gallery from September 10—December 10. The Driskell Center gallery is always free and open to the public, Monday—Friday, 11 a.m.—4 p.m., with extra hours on Thursday evenings until 6 p.m.

Dewey Crumpler (b.1949) is a painter and teacher based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work examines consumerism, globalization, and racial capitalism, pointing to the complex histories behind our present-day realities. Crumpler works in series, exploring particular motifs throughout his decades-long oeuvre. This exhibition focuses on two forms: tulips and shipping containers. Though their connection is unexpected, both objects speak to volatile economic systems created and sustained by racist methods of disenfranchisement. Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies features works on paper and large-scale mixed-media paintings. Selections from The Crumpler Collection, recently acquired by The Driskell Center Archives, illuminate Crumpler’s creative practice as one of careful study and reflection.

Dewey Crumpler: Life Studies has been guest curated by Dr. Sampada Aranke, Associate Professor of Art History and Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University, in collaboration with The Driskell Center staff.

This exhibition is made possible by lead support from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Mellon Foundation. Additional gratitude is due to the University of Maryland Arts for All initiative and our generous donors.

ABOUT THE DRISKELL CENTER

The Driskell Center is a creative incubator at the University of Maryland dedicated to a world where Black artists exist at its center. We invite inquiry, experimentation, and dialogue to reexamine histories and shape shared futures.