Rico Gatson

Black Magic/Black Power

October 11 – November 8, 2008

Rico Gatson - Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery
Rico Gatson - Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery
Rico Gatson - Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery
Rico Gatson - Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery
Rico Gatson - Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery
Rico Gatson - Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery

St. James, 2007, Photo collage and pencil on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 inches

Kathleen, 2007, Photo collage and pencil on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 inches

Fela Power #3, 2007, Photo collage and pencil on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 inches

Silver Power, 2007, Photo collage and pencil on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 inches

Angela, 2007, Photo collage and pencil on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 inches

Double Huey, 2007, Photo collage and pencil on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 inches

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Rico Gatson was born in 1966 in Augusta, Georgia and raised in Riverside, California. He has an MFA from the Yale School of Art and a BA from Bethel College, St. Paul. His work is included in the Prospect.1 New Orleans Biennial, curated by Dan Cameron, opening November 1, 2008. His videos have recently been shown at the New York Center for Art and Media Studies, New York; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; and the Bronx River Arts Center, New York, among others. He was included in two seminal exhibitions, which originated at the Studio Museum in Harlem and traveled to The Santa Monica Museum of Art: Black Belt (2004/2005), and FREESTYLE (2001). Gatson now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.