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TOM LLOYD, “Moussakoo,” circa 1968 (aluminum, light bulbs, and plastic laminate, each approximately 35 × 33 × 15 inches; Overall dimensions variable). | Studio Museum in Harlem, Gift of The Lloyd Family and Jamilah Wilson 1996.11. Photo: John Berens FOR THE LONG-AWAITED DEBUT of its first purpose-built space last fall, the Studio Museum in Harlem went back to its roots. The grand reopening of the new museum building was anchored by a solo exhibition of New York artist Tom Lloyd (1929–1996), whose pioneering practice employed electric light as an artistic medium. Lloyd’s work was also the subject of the Studio Museum’s inaugural exhibition, “Electronic Refractions II,” when the insittution was established more than half a century ago in 1968. Based on new scholarship, “Tom Lloyd” brings together for the first time electronically programmed light sculptures, assemblages, and works on paper with archival materials that document the diverse contributions of the artist. The presentation considers two decades of Lloyd’s career, including his artistic innovations working in collaboration with an engineer at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in the 1960s; activism with the Art Workers’ Coalition; and founding the Store Front Museum in 1971, the first art museum in Queens, […]
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