Artists D'Angelo Lovell Williams and Alannah Farrell talked about 'Notes on Masculinity,' their recent group show at Lyles & King.
photographed their mother’s funeral last year, and their grandmother’s two years prior. “I have these images that I literally took of my mom before she was cremated, and those are the last images that I have of her,” Lovell Williams said. “I’m supposed to be doing this because nobody else in my family.
FARRELL: That’s one of the things I really love about your work. I think we were at the Clifford Prince King and Lyle Ashton Harris talk.LOVELL WILLIAMS: I met Clifford in L.A. when I was living there and we’ve just become friends. We’re both Libras. Our birthday’s are a day apart. Actually, one of the images of us, me and Clifford, is titled “A Day Apart.”I met Lyle Ashton Harris at Skowhegan in 2018 when he was visiting and we kept in touch.
LOVELL WILLIAMS: They’re great. It is always hard for me to wrap my head around how consistent many painters are. I grew up drawing. I’ve always been an image-based person, but I wanted to be an animator when I was younger. I LOVELL WILLIAMS: So what’s funny is I did 23 And Me and of course, I found out a lot. My parents haven’t done it, but I have over 1,400 people that I share a percentage of DNA with who are my cousins that I’ve never met, never seen. There’s this artist, Felandus Thames, who is from Mississippi, went to Yale, I believe. We were in a show in Memphis in 2021. I always loved his work and he popped up on my 23 And Me.FARRELL: That gives me chills.
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