Presented in conjunction with Juan Logan’s Without Stopping, this publication features new scholarship by Dr. Tiffany Barber (Assistant Professor of African American Art at the University of California-Los Angeles) and Dr. Kern Jackson (Director of the African American Studies Program at the University of South Alabama) about the exhibition and Juan Logan’s Elegies series.
Limited quantities of signed catalogues are available.
About the Exhibition:
Juan Logan’s Without Stopping, a timely exhibition that questions, creates conversation, and fosters empathy. An internationally celebrated artist currently residing in North Carolina, Logan’s works can be found in prominent private, corporate, and museum collections including the Smithsonian, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art among many others. This new exhibition will feature selections from his far-reaching Elegies series. Traversing the “intricacies of memory,” this body of work of more than 200 compositions explores Elegies‘ pivotal contemporary themes including the intersection of identity, race, place, and social mobility.
The narratives within Logan’s Elegies describe inherited memories, the pursuit of freedom, and the complexities of times. Logan says, “Each painting serves as a contemplative space where the echoes of the past coalesce with the present, creating a nuanced exploration of memory’s emotional landscape.” The physical paintings are multi-layered with an intricate surface. Using symbols and mapping, he creates abstracted landscapes and a unique, personal visual language. This exhibition marks the public debut of Without Stopping, an epic commissioned painting that Logan has created for the MMofA permanent collection. This monumental composition documents his learning about the people of Africatown.
Exhibition open May 9, 2025, through February 14, 2026.
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About the Artist:
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Juan Logan now lives and works in Belmont, North Carolina. Logan’s artworks address subjects relevant to the American experience. At once abstract and representational, his paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and videos address the interconnections of race, place, and power. They make visible how hierarchical relations and social stereotypes shape individuals, institutions, and the material and mental landscapes of contemporary life.
Logan has shown extensively nationally and internationally, has had numerous solo exhibitions, and executed many private and public commissions. Logan’s works can be found in private, corporate, and public collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Gibbes Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Memphis Brooks Museum, the Zimmerli Museum of Art, and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Most recently, his piece Some Clouds are Darker became part of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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