Brian

Artist Christopher Holt American, born 1977

Date2019

MediumCharcoal on paper

Dimensions(sheet) 19 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (49.5 × 34.9 cm)
(frame) 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.8 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the William R. Roberson Jr. and Frances M. Roberson Endowed Fund for North Carolina Art

Object number2021.5.2

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Label TextFrom the blessing of the fresco, by the founder and pastor of Haywood Street Congregation, Brian Combs: “Blessed are you who trespass nightly in a squatter building, for your permanent address is eternity; blessed are you who are slandered in public and reviled in private, your reputation is made righteous; blessed are you who unclench the fist of punishment for the open hand of reconciliation, for you will be called merciful; and blessed are you who have been delayed and denied, put off and pushed aside, relegated to waiting without a reservation. Hear the Good News, the Beatitudes begin at the back of the line.”
[L. Dougherty, 2020]ProvenanceCreated Asheville, NC, 2019; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 2021.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Christopher Holt: Contemporary Frescoes/ Faith and Community," March 7, 2020–January 24, 2021. Object Rights Statement

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