Artists for Mumia 911

Artists for Mumia 911

Sep 9 - Sep 25, 1999

From September 9 through the 25th the George Adams Gallery will present MUMIA 911: ARTISTS RESPOND.  This benefit exhibition, which is part of a coordinated nation-wide series of events, National Day of Art to Stop the Execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal, calls attention to the plight of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the award-winning journalist who has been on death row in Philadelphia since 1982.

Artists participating in the exhibition at the George Adams Gallery include: Ida Appelbroog, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Robert Arneson, Renee Cox, Lesley Dill, Leon Golub, and Kiki Smith.

Other participating galleries include: PPOW, White Columns, Gallery 1199, Art in General and the Bronx River Arts Center.

Exhibition Checklist

Clockwise from the right:

1. Renee Cox
Burning, 1998
cibachrome, edition of 3, number 1
60 x 40 inches

2. Robbie Conal
Little White Lies, 1997
oil and photomontage on panel
60 x 40 inches 

3. Peter Saul
O. J., 1996
acrylic, alkyd on canvas
84 x 72 inches

4. Arnold Mesches
Anomie 1929; The Lighter, 1995
acrylic on canvas
66 x 50 inche

5. Robert Arneson
Bye-Bye Huey P, 1989
latex, acrylic, oil stick on canvas
74 1/2 x 57 1/2 inches

6. Peter Waite
Electric Chair I, 1997
acrylic on aluminum panel
45 1/4 x 73 1/2 inches

7. Danny Simmons
In the Conjour Zous, 1997
acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 inches

8. Lesley Dill
You Taught Me, 1997
charcoal, thread, oil and photograph on silverprint paper
69 3/8 x 51 3/4 inches

9. Leon Golub
1985 South Africa,1985
A/P  5/13, lithograph
22 x 30 inches

10. Ida Applebroog
Untitled (Bang), 1995
ink and rohplex on vellum
17 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches

11. Nancy Spero
Eclipse, 1991
handprinted collage on paper
19.5 x 24 inches

12. Luis Cruz Azaceta
Self-portrait--Bound Head, 1984
oil pastel on paper
60 x 47 3/4 inches

13. Betye Saar
Blow Top Blues:  The Fire Next Time, 1998
lithograph with mixed media, edition of 45, number 10 
27 x 22.5 inches

14. Kiki Smith
Untitled (Big Crows), 1997
iris print, edition of 20, number 11
Published by Pace Editions, Inc.
19 7/8 x 37 1/2 inches

15. Camille Billops
KKK Boutique I, 1993
etching, aquatint, edition of 18, number 3
11 1/4 x 13 inches (sight)