Free, White and 21

1980

Howardena Pindell

Associated Names
Howardena Pindell

Artist, American, born 1943

This appears to be a photograph divided into two sections, or two photographs stacked on top of one another. The top portion shows a close-up of a person's face and shoulders. The individual has short, curly black hair, light brown skin, thin eyebrows, and partially open lips, as if they are speaking. They are wearing a dark purple outfit with a deep, round neckline, and the background is a gradient of orange on the left to pink on the right. The lower section presents another close-up view of a different person. This person is wearing large, black cat-eye sunglasses, and they have pale skin and short, blonde hair styled in waves. The person is dressed in a pale-yellow sweater. The background is a solid blue.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    single-channel video with sound, color, 12:15 minutes

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Garth Greenan

  • Accession Number

    2020.20.1

  • Copyright

    Photo: Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist;[1] acquired 2014 by (Garth Greenan Gallery, New York); gift 2020 to NGA.
[1] Both the artist and The Kitchen in New York own original masters of the analog film. Rachel Garbade, of Garth Greenan Gallery, provided the information that the work was recorded in the artist's third floor loft at 322 7th Avenue, New York City. Maria Lino and Maryann De Leo of Downtown Community Television Center brought in two female videographers to make the recording, which was originally over an hour long. Maria Lino helped the artist edit it. See documentation in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2022

  • The Double: Identity and Difference in Art Since 1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2022, no. 94.

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