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One of the stars of Miami Art Week is neither a young artist on the rise nor a more established figure with a loyal market following but, instead, a 74-year-old showing at\u00a0Art Basel Miami Beach<\/a>\u00a0for the first time:\u00a0Dindga McCannon<\/a>, whose elegant figurations almost entirely populated by Black women are being given an entire booth by New York\u2019s\u00a0Fridman Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Like some artists of her generation just now getting their turn in the limelight, McCannon stored her work away for years, unsure of who might ultimately see it. \u201cBecause we valued it so much, we just put it away,\u201d she said in an interview. \u201cWe weren\u2019t aware of restoration, the climate and all that [needed] to preserve artworks, so a lot of it just got stored in the house. Luckily, it all survived.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCannon is a dynamic presence. On the first day of the fair, she was wearing sparkly purple nails, which she says help wake her up in the morning, as well as a bag that she\u2019d painted with her signature slender figures slung across her chest. She got used to fashioning her own clothes, she explained, as a means to save money as a starving artist in the \u201960s and \u201970s<\/a>. Now, she does it for pleasure.<\/p>\n

The works by McCannon in Fridman\u2019s booth evince a similar sensibility. Some combine techniques drawn from arts and crafts.\u00a0Four Women<\/em>\u00a0(1988), a painting of Black figures whose hair arcs back as if blown by a gust of wind, has ocean-blue yarn dangling from it in a way that implodes the boundary between painting and textiles. Also on view are quilts featuring similar images.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe medium of quilts has been bastardized by the art world as women\u2019s work, which I could never understand,\u201d McCannon said. \u201cIt allows\u00a0so much<\/em>\u00a0artistic freedom.\u201d<\/a> She added that she prizes textiles because they can be packed up and transported easily\u2014which is useful, given that McCannon does not own a car. \u201cI have no intention of driving a car, unless I need to get to an art supply store,\u201d she continued. \u201cOther than that, I\u2019m not interested.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCannon began making mature work in New York during the \u201960s, when she rose alongside figures such as Faith Ringgold. The two were members of Where We At, an activist collective formed by Black women artists in 1971. At the time, she was unsatisfied with representations of Black women that she came across. \u201cAt the time, it was mostly mothers with babies,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was kind of one-dimensional. I unofficially made it my job to present a bigger picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

One way she has done so is by painting pictures of Black women throughout history. Though some are familiar figures (Maya Angelou, for example), many are lesser-known, like the tennis player Althea Gibson, trombonist Melba Liston, and some of McCannon\u2019s loved ones.<\/p>\n

Another method has been to create images of herself. Her most striking work at Art Basel is a self-portrait,\u00a0A Day in the Life of a Black Woman Artist #1<\/em>\u00a0(1975), which was held by a friend until recently. McCannon is pictured in the nude, reclining alongside her pets, a cat and dog that are both fast asleep. Above her are collaged pieces of text: a slice of an article about Black women artists, promises of payments never received, excerpts of children\u2019s books she wrote (\u201cbefore anyone did Black children\u2019s books,\u201d she said).<\/p>\n

For years, McCannon had dreamed of a showcase like the one she is enjoying now. \u201cSomething kept telling me: \u2018One of these days, you\u2019re going to be here.\u2019 I said to myself, \u2018I don\u2019t know how that\u2019s going to happen, but I accept that.\u2019 And here I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

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