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[Untitled] (Free F'All), Michael Richards, 1997, Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art

© Estate of Michael Richards Size: 72 x 24 x 19 in. (182.9 x 61 x 48.3 cm) Medium: Fiberglass and resin with iron oxide

"Michael Richards: Are You Still Down" closes this Sunday, January 7th at the Bronx Museum of the Arts

📍1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10456

Reposted from @bronxmuseum Join us this Saturday, January 6th, to celebrate the closing weekend of Michael Richards: Are You Down? with a special documentary film screening, discussion, and exhibition walkthrough. ​This culminating event will highlight Richards’ powerful sculpture and drawing practice, his friendships, the circumstances of his passing on September 11, 2001, and his enduring influence on cultural communities in New York City, Miami, and beyond.

A screening of the 30-minute documentary on Michael Richards titled Are You Down?, directed by #JuanMatos and Dennis Scholl @schollcreative, will be followed by a discussion moderated by Scholl, with artists #williamcordova and Dread Scott @dreadscottart and #MichèleWong, Deputy Director at the Grey Art Gallery, all of whom were friends with Richards. After the screening and discussion, exhibition curators Alex Fialho @alexfialho_ and Melissa Levin @melissalev will lead a walkthrough of the retrospective with cordova. This will be a unique opportunity to learn about Michael Richards from the perspective of those who knew him, offering an intimate look into Richards’ art, life, and legacy.

2pm–3pm, Documentary Screening and Discussion

3:15pm–4pm, Exhibition Walkthrough

RSVP for free www.BronxMuseum.org

Image Credit: Michael Richards and Carolyn Swiszcz in his studio in Miami Beach, 1998. Courtesy of Nina Ferre Cohen.