Performance, 5 Indices on a Tortured Body at the opening of Amerika. God Bless You if it's Good to You, The Bronx Musuem of the Arts, 2021
Installation view, Amerika. God Bless You if it's Good to You, The Bronx Musuem of the Arts, 2021
Installation view, The Balcony, 2019, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2021
Billboard in Hollywood, CA advertising Death, Wine, Revolt: Uneventful Days, solo LA Pop-Up Exhibition, 2020
Knight of the White Camelia no. 3, 2020
charcoal, graphite, china marker, pastel, oil pastel, and oil paint on panel
24 x 30 in (61 x 76.2 cm)
framed: 25 5/8 x 31 5/8 in (65.1 x 80.3 cm)
(WM7491)
Pulse, 2019
charcoal, graphite, pastel, oil pastel, acrylic paint, cut-and-pasted paper on hand dyed paper
66 7/8 x 83 1/2 in (169.9 x 212.1 cm)
(WM7154)
Wardell Milan: Parisian Landscapes, Blue Zenith, David Nolan Gallery, New York, 2019, installation view
In Rainbows, 2018
charcoal, graphite, pastel, oil pastel, acrylic paint, cut-and-pasted paper on hand dyed paper
86 x 88 in (218.4 x 223.5 cm)
(WM6997)
I'm trying to keep my faith. But, I'm searching for more. Somewhere I can be safe., 2017-18
digital C-print, mounted on Dibond
44 x 98 in (111.8 x 248.9 cm)
Edition 3 of 3, with 2 APs (#3/3)
(WM6400)
3 Warriors: Kung Fu Kelvin, Samurai Seitu, and King Kunta Kinte, 2019
charcoal, graphite, gesso, etching ink, cut-and-pasted paper on inkjet print
38 7/8 x 58 3/8 in (98.7 x 148.3 cm)
(WM7155)
When he became close to God., 2019
charcoal, graphite, pastel, oil pastel, acrylic paint, cut-and-pasted paper on hand dyed paper
86 5/8 x 83 1/2 in (220 x 212.1 cm)
(WM7153)
Wardell Milan: Parisian Landscapes, Blue Zenith, David Nolan Gallery, New York, 2019, installation view
Every man gets sad, he does. I am no exception to this., 2019
charcoal, acrylic, oil on board
20 x 30 in (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
(WM7162)
I'm passionate about my garden. I love to observe how things grow and to look inside of plants and flowers., 2018
graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, pastel, oil pastel, acrylic, and cut-and-pasted paper on paper
71 1/2 x 97 in (179.1 x 246.4 cm)
(WM6653)
PLATFORM 24: Wardell Milan, "Sunday, Sitting on the Bank of Butterfly Meadow", deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, 2019, installation view
A late summer's night, 2017
graphite, charcoal, acrylic, oil pastel, soft paste, colored pencil, and cut-and-pasted paper on hand-colored paper
38 x 49 in (96.5 x 124.5 cm)
(WM6579)
Below the calm sky an orchestra of trees and flowers, 2015
graphite, charcoal, color pencil, pastel, oil pastel, acrylic, oil, gesso, ink, cut-and-pasted paper on paper
90 x 88 in (228.6 x 223.5 cm)
(WM5807)
The Beyond: Georgie O'Keefe and Contemporary Art, Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR, 2018, installation view
Miss Floral Pageant, 2015
digital C-print, mounted on sintra
48 x 72 in (121.9 x 182.9 cm)
Edition of 5
(WM5678.1)
Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York, 2015-16, installation view
Wardell Milan (b. 1977, Knoxville, TN) has been included in numerous significant solo and group exhibitions including Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York (2015 and 2005); The Art Institute of Chicago; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Crystal Bridges Museum of Contemporary Art, Bentonville, AK; Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco; Queens Museum of Art, New York; Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Camden Arts Center, London; National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland; and White Columns, New York, among others. He is the subject of a forthcoming survey of new and recent work at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York.
Milan’s work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; The Morgan Library & Museum, New York; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Denver Art Museum; Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, among others. Milan lives and works in New York.
