SHAQ LOVES PEOPLE
SEPTEMBER 18 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2014
Installation image from Size Does Matter, 2010.
Photography by Genevieve Hanson.
Kamrooz Aram, Untitled, 2007
Ink and collage on paper, 13 x 10 ½ inches
Dawoud Bey, Mary Parker and Caela Cowan, 2010
2 archival pigment prints/dibond, 40 x 60 inches
©Dawoud Bey. Courtesy Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Jamie Diamond, The Lathams, 2007
Archival pigment print, 60 x 40 inches
Ferdinando Scianna, Paris. Fashion show. 1989., 1989
24 ½ x 30 ¾ inches
Awol Erizku, Teen Venus, 2013
Digital chromogenic print in custom maple, 22 Karat gold leaf frame
53 ½ x 43 ½ inches
Wayne Lawrence, Nechemya Davis, 2012
24 x 20 inches
Jeff Muhs, Ol’ Dirty Bastard (O.D.B.), 2013
Clay, rubber, gold leaf, and cubic zirconia, 21 x 11 x 12 inches
Courtesy of Lyons Weir Gallery and the artist
Malick Sidibe, Nuit de Noel (Christmas Eve), 1963
Gelatin silver print, 48 x 48 inches
Hossein Fatemi, Negar, 2013
Jim Torok, Female Painting, 1998
Oil on wood, 5 x 4 inches
Curated by Shaquille O’Neal
For our special exhibition at EXPO Chicago, The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to present SHAQ LOVES PEOPLE, featuring portraits of people of various races, cultures, and ethnic backgrounds by both emerging and established international artists, curated by 15-time NBA All-Star Shaquille O’Neal. SHAQ LOVES PEOPLE marks the second collaboration with O’Neal as curator since FLAG’s exhibition SIZE DOES MATTER in 2010. This presentation is FLAG’s second exhibition outside of its New York City gallery space and its first time participating in a contemporary art fair. Artists include:
Kamrooz Aram
Dawoud Bey
Mark Bradford
Marc Dennis
Jamie Diamond
Ben Durham
Awol Erizku
Hossein Fatem
Genevieve Gaignardi
Ellen Gallagher
Ewan Gibbs
Bruce Gilden
Nir Hod
Cary Kwok
Wayne Lawrence
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Mary Ellen Mark
Ron Mueck
Jeff Muhs
J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere
Carlos Rolón/DzineTau Battice
Martin Schoeller
Ferdinando Scianna
David Seymour
Cindy Sherman
Malick Sidibé
Jim Torok
Mark Wagner
Corban Walker
Kehinde Wiley
“You can call this version of Shaquille O'Neal ‘Shaqasso.’”
— Luis Gomez, Chicago Tribune
“There are a lot of great black artists represented.”
— Robin Dluzen, VICE