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Misery
Misery

Misery

Artist Reginald Sylvester II American, born 1987
Date2021
MediumAcrylic and dyed cord on U.S. military issue olive drab shelter halves
Dimensionsheight, width: 86 × 74 in. (218.4 × 188 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Christopher Jones
Object number2022.11.1
On View
On view
ProvenanceCreated by the artist, 2021; with Maxmillian William Gallery, London, EnglandExhibition History“Painter’s Refuge: A Way of Life,” Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC, May 5, 2022 – January 26, 2023.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," December 4, 2023-the present.
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