Paul Meleschnig

Untitled

Maker

Paul Meleschnig (American, b. 1966), (RISD BFA 1988, Photography)

Title

Untitled
From the series *SPAR/CUBA*

Year

2000, printed 2012

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 37.9 x 37.9 cm (14 15/16 x 14 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower left: Paul Meleschnig 2000/2012 A/P 1

Identification

State

AP

Edition

from an edition of 6

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the artist

Object Number

2014.98.2

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 14: Shadows

The RISD Museum’s fourteenth issue of Manual shines a light on the shadow, centering the black body as a site of possibility, liberatory self-awareness, radical non-conformity, and joyful defiance. This issue serves as a companion to the exhibition Defying the Shadow.

Manual 14: Shadows opens with an excerpt on the shadow from W. E. B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk, followed by an introduction by Dr. Anita N. Bateman, who elucidates: “Operating in the shadow comes with a legacy of resistance, both in spiritual and ideological forms.”

Exhibition History

Defying the Shadow
Dec 01, 2020 – Dec 18, 2021
Heads Up! Recent Gifts to the Collection
Jul 31, 2015 – Jan 10, 2016

Label copy

For more than a decade, Paul Meleschnig photographed young Cuban boxers in training. Here, the artist captured a young man after a fight, dripping with sweat as he changes from athletic to street attire. Partially obscured by his hand, his face bears an expression of absolute exhaustion, perhaps both from conflict inside the ring and from the hardships of life outside of it.

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Tombstone

Paul Meleschnig (American, b. 1966)
Untitled; From the series *SPAR/CUBA*, 2000, printed 2012
Gelatin silver print
Image: 37.9 x 37.9 cm (14 15/16 x 14 15/16 inches)
Gift of the artist 2014.98.2

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