If @mrporter says it is so, it must be so. We are delighted to see that 'Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists' — edited by Mr. @sirsargent — has been named a Coffee Table Book that Every Man Should Own.⁠ ⁠ Mr. Sam Parker writes: "In 2019, American writer and curator Mr Antwaun Sargent released 'The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art And Fashion' to much acclaim. In this sequel of sorts, he casts an expert eye over a new generation of artists of African descent who are shaping the contemporary art scene in the US. Full of beautiful reproductions and insightful interviews with creators, curators and other industry experts."⁠ ⁠ Artwork on first slide: Mr Cy Gavin, 'Underneath the George Washington Bridge,' 2016.© Cy Gavin,Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York/Rome⁠ ⁠ Read more about the book via linkinbio. ⁠ ⁠ #YoungGiftedBlackArt @younggiftedblackart @bernardlumpkin #antwaunsargent #cygavin @gavinbrownsenterprise https://www.instagram.com/p/CZfWQegporx/?utm_medium=tumblr

#cygavin and @ebecho exhibitions on show at @davidzwirner London Photo Credits: Giorgio Fragiacomo @giorgiowine #davidzwirnerlondon #contemporaryart #artinmayfair #pinnacleartours (presso London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXB4Xhhobcr3APTPUDrAzeCZKXPXV9AKONkw3c0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Cy Gavin's 2016 oil painting "Underneath the George Washington Bridge" is reproduced from 'Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists,' published to accompany the exhibition opening today @gallery400 ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Gavin writes: "In 2010, when I moved to the city, the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy was at its most robust, accounting for a record 685,724 stops in 2011… After Floyd v. City of New York and a resulting NYPD mandate requiring officers to justify the reason for a stop, that number had dwindled by 2016 to only 12,404—the year I made this painting. In the context of a nationwide discourse on police brutality, stop-and-frisk makes simply walking the streets, parks, or really anywhere police convene feel dangerous—not only for the disproportionate risk that existing has assigned to me, but because of a heightened sense of embitterment from a police force so unflatteringly and publicly spanked in 2013. Blue Lives Matter rallies and an endless stream of inflammatory remarks from the city’s police commissioner at the time seemed only to bolster officers to strut even more menacingly around the streets. In the case of Washington Heights, however, cops skulked along in unmarked cars, often tricked out with chrome rims and booming sound systems or, less commonly, in repurposed yellow cabs, turning on their sirens and lights simply to shock residents into a moment of confused and repulsed acknowledgment. Inhabiting a city that playfully threatens to destroy you at a whim becomes exhausting. The privacy of this location under the bridge allowed me to draw, read, write, and think critically about the world without the crushing awareness of being relentlessly observed. Here, I found I could bring a notebook and plan actionable steps for the future—and I could more readily imagine a future…" ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ @younggiftedblackart @bernardlumpkin @sirsargent @grahamboettcher @teacherbell @conniehchoi @grahamrecently @loh33 @jamillahjames @thomaslax @hallierr @AdezeWilford @gordonwilkins @complicatedobjects @thelmagolden #YoungGiftedBlackArt #cygavin⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTU5qCaLzf1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Cy Gavin's 2016 oil painting "Underneath the George Washington Bridge" is reproduced from 'Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists,' a Staff Pick every day, but especially during Black History Month. Gavin writes, "In 2010, when I moved to the city, the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy was at its most robust, accounting for a record 685,724 stops in 2011… After Floyd v. City of New York and a resulting NYPD mandate requiring officers to justify the reason for a stop, that number had dwindled by 2016 to only 12,404—the year I made this painting. In the context of a nationwide discourse on police brutality, stop-and-frisk makes simply walking the streets, parks, or really anywhere police convene feel dangerous—not only for the disproportionate risk that existing has assigned to me, but because of a heightened sense of embitterment from a police force so unflatteringly and publicly spanked in 2013. Blue Lives Matter rallies and an endless stream of inflammatory remarks from the city’s police commissioner at the time seemed only to bolster officers to strut even more menacingly around the streets. In the case of Washington Heights, however, cops skulked along in unmarked cars, often tricked out with chrome rims and booming sound systems or, less commonly, in repurposed yellow cabs, turning on their sirens and lights simply to shock residents into a moment of confused and repulsed acknowledgment. Inhabiting a city that playfully threatens to destroy you at a whim becomes exhausting. The privacy of this location under the bridge allowed me to draw, read, write, and think critically about the world without the crushing awareness of being relentlessly observed. Here, I found I could bring a notebook and plan actionable steps for the future—and I could more readily imagine a future…" ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #cygavin @younggiftedblackart @bernardlumpkin #YoungGiftedBlackArt #blackhistorymonth https://www.instagram.com/p/CLrUZrlJuvd/?igshid=1kk7sqlhiy1py

“💚 @tmagazine @therealswizzz @kaws @jordanmcasteel #cygavin #ninachanelabney #ninachanel #ninaabney #squad #zonezonezone” ・・・ @ninachanel #blackart #art #arists #blackartists #kehindewiley #blackradicalmuseumenthusiasm #brme #staywoke #loveart #staywokeloveart https://www.instagram.com/p/BuEkTD3gndZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14kxgp3x2a61l

Cy Gavin in “The Lure of the Dark” at Mass MoCA. Cy Gavin, Idyll, 2017, acrylic, ink and gesso on canvas. #cygavin #idyll #falls #massmoca @massmoca #thelureofthedark (at MASS MoCA) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqidAGnHQ49/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14clp4bh3jh3n

Cy Gavin in “The Lure of the Dark” at Mass MoCA. Cy Gavin, Untitled (Bish Bash Falls), 2018, acrylic on canvas. #cygavin #icescape #falls #massmoca @cygavin @massmoca #thelureofthedark (at MASS MoCA) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqiT2dHnnAj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uv0hq0ryjmfs