About this artwork
D’Angelo Lovell Williams’s photographs investigate Black queer subjectivities and complicate stereotypes of Black masculinity by depicting self-love and collective embrace. In Love Train, Williams depicts himself alongside two artists who are also close friends and collaborators—painter Jarvis Boyland and sculptor Cameron Clayborn. The three stand atop a makeshift stage, and their synchronized hand gestures, mimicking a locomotive, allude to the choreography of legendary male R&B trio the O’Jays, whose hit single provides the work’s title. Wearing shimmering black tops and nylon stockings, they stand in contrast with the conventional gendered wardrobe of their historical counterparts.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Contemporary Art
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Artist
- D'Angelo Lovell Williams
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Title
- Love Train
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Date
- 2018
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Medium
- Inkjet print
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Dimensions
- 127 × 101.6 cm (50 × 40 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Eric Ceputis and David W. Williams
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Reference Number
- 2020.337
Extended information about this artwork
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