Rodney McMillian: Against a Civic Death

For the inaugural exhibition of the Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize, McMillian exhibits an immersive installation on both floors of The Contemporary Austin’s downtown Austin site, the Jones Center on Congress Avenue, located just a few blocks from the State Capitol. 

Bifurcated into the colors of white on the first floor and black on the second floor, the exhibition continues the artist’s formal inquiry into painting, abstraction, and performance with a discomforting social critique of American histories, injustices, and structures of power.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.      

IMAGE: Rodney McMillian, Untitled (neighbors) (still), 2017. Forthcoming video work. Commissioned by The Contemporary Austin with funds provided by the Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize. Artwork © Rodney McMillian. Image courtesy the artist, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, and Maccarone, New York.