Maxine Helfman

Hoodie XVI (Keith Grant, Dallas, TX)
Recent Acquisition

Maker

Maxine Helfman (American, b. 1953)

Title

Hoodie XVI (Keith Grant, Dallas, TX)
from the series Hoodie (Keith Grant, Dallas, TX)

Year

2016

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

76.2 x 114.3 cm (30 x 45 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the artist

Object Number

2022.37

Type

Exhibition History

Past Made Present
Dutch Shadows in the Black Atlantic
Sep 03, 2022 – Aug 06, 2023

Label copy

In mood and composition, this pensive photograph recalls painted portraits of Flemish monks from the 1500s in hooded robes. Here the hooded knit sweatshirt, or hoodie, as it has become known, is laden with symbolism. A worker garment in 1930s, the hoodie became the uniform of hip-hop, skaters, and teenage rebellion. Most recently, it conjures images of the murder of teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, and of the activism that followed his untimely death.

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Tombstone

Maxine Helfman (American, b. 1953)
Hoodie XVI (Keith Grant, Dallas, TX); from the series Hoodie (Keith Grant, Dallas, TX), 2016
Color inkjet print
76.2 x 114.3 cm (30 x 45 inches)
Gift of the artist 2022.37

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