Currents 39: LaToya M. Hobbs, Carving Out Time

Exhibitions

LaToya M. Hobbs (American, b. 1983), The Studio, from the series Carving Out Time, 2020–21.

Woodcut. Purchase, with funds from the Lucia K. Stern Trust, Kevin Fahey and Ray Grzebielski Fund, Cory and Michelle Nettles, the African American Art Alliance, Brewers Community Foundation, Angela and Virgis Colbert, Print Forum, and Gregory and Lisa Wesley M2023.282.5a-c. Image courtesy of LaToya M. Hobbs, Artist and Ariston Jacks, Photographer

Overview

  • Sep 6, 2024–Jan 5, 2025

  • Bradley Family Gallery

  • Free for Members

  • Included with admission

Unparalleled in its scale and ambitious technique, LaToya M. Hobbs’s series of five monumental woodcuts Carving Out Time offers insight into the life of an artist and mother who is balancing her practice and family commitments. The cycle is both immediately relatable and complex, dealing with questions related to artistic production, identity and representation, labor and work, legacy, motherhood and parenthood, and time.

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The Milwaukee Art Museum extends its sincere thanks to the Visionaries.

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