Collin at sunset
Jess T. Dugan, American, born 1986
2020, printed 2022
Color photograph printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl paper
3/20
Image: 13 1/2 × 18 1/16 in. (34.3 × 45.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Miriam H. and S. Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund
© Jess T. Dugan
2022.20.2
Portfolio / Series Title
every breath we drew
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed, on reverse, bottom edge, in black ink: COLLIN AT SUNSET, 2020 EDITION 3/20 JESS T. DUGAN Jess Dugan
Label
Resting comfortably in a field lush with periwinkles, Collin looks out at the viewer with heavily lidded eyes. He appears relaxed, his hands behind his head, the blue of his T-shirt associating him with the bed of flowers. This portrait of Collin interrogates hypermasculine depictions of Black men—his languid posture and expression relate him to nature, fragility, and a sense of peace, allowing him the space to be unthreatened and unthreatening.
From the 2024 exhibition And I'm Feeling Good: Relaxation and Resistance, curated by Alisa Swindell, Associate Curator of Photography
Course History
SART 30/SART 75, Photography II/III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2022
SART 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Fall 2022
Art History 5.01, Introduction to Contemporary Art, Mary Coffey and Chad Elias, Winter 2024
Art History 83.07, Keywords for ARTH: Race, Mary Coffey, Winter 2024
Studio Art 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2024
Theater 10.55, African and African American Studies 32.15, Curating Black Theater, Monica Ndounou, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
And I'm Feeling Good: Relaxation and Resistance, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 20-April 13, 2024.
Provenance
The artist, Jess T. Dugan, St. Louis, Missouri; sold to present collection, 2022.
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