REM sleep or Stage 5 sleep, is usually associated with dreaming-beautifully bizarre, random, or startlingly human-it produces a creative feed for granting it a second thought or a perhaps, a daydream. And a daydream is what swims to mind when viewing “Midnight’s Daydream”, an exhibit showcasing the Artists-in-Residence at the Studio Museum of Harlem.
Titus Kaphar’s works paints and conjures history while modeling after classic eighteen-century portraitist. Wardell Milan II cuts and pastes; using digital C-prints, magazine cutouts, as well as charcoal drawings, his work evokes a sentiment of yesterday-tomorrow and then today. Demetrius Oliver time travels using photography, sculpture as well as science, in relation to his objects and materials. Or yes, bacon and a tea kettle in “Almanac”.
All three artists’ recurrent dreams address and reflect upon history, race and the delicate notion of time and place. The three artists’ creation growth or expression is demonstrated in twenty-five works in drawing, mixed media, painting, photography and sculpture. “Midnight’s Daydream is at the Studio Museum of Harlem in New York through October 28.
