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HOLLIS KING (1964 - ) Untitled.
Digital inkjet, 2020. 185x185 mm; 7x7 inches. Signed in blue ink on the backing paper, verso.
Hollis King took this photograph of a carnival performer on stilts at the opening of the Black Lives Matter street mural in Harlem. The mural spans two city blocks on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd between 125th Street and 127th Street and was painted in the summer of 2020.
Born and raised on the island of Trinidad and Tobago, King grew up crafting carnival masks, designing spinning tops and creating his own kites. An artist, art director and photographer, Hollis King is the former vice president and creative director of the Verve Music Group. He was responsible for the giant jazz publisher's art design direction. King has received numerous achievement awards and citations including four Grammy Nominations.
Consigned to support the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.
