Location

229B Contemporary

Fun Fact

<em>Lynch Fragments</em> are hung at eye-level (determined by the artist’s height) to invite a direct encounter with the viewer.

Description

Miliki (1987) belongs to an ongoing series, Lynch Fragments, which Melvin Edwards began in 1963. The Lynch Fragments are small-scale abstract wall reliefs that feature recognizable objects—often objects that could serve as weapons, such as chains, knives, and railroad spikes. Through Edwards’s composition and welding technique, familiar elements shed their functional associations, becoming lines and shapes in space, and yielding innovative sculptural forms.

Citations

Pedrosa, Adriano, Rodrigo Moura, Renata Bittencourt, Rebecca Wolff, Hamid Irbouh, Melvin Edwards, and Melvin Edwards. Melvin Edwards: Lynch fragments. São Paulo: São Paulo Museum of Art, 2018. Reproduced and mentioned: p. 110; reproduced: p. 111

Valentine, Victoria L. "Scenes from Frieze New York: A Look at African American Art Throughout the Fair." Culture Type, May 3, 2019. Reproduced: https://www.culturetype.com/2019/05/03/scenes-from-frieze-new-york-a-look-at-african-american-art-throughout-the-fair/ www.culturetype.com

Exhibition history

Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2022. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1-September 25, 2022).