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HOUSE ART
By Kate Bryan, Global Director of Art for Soho House ‘Self No.1’
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(2021)
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by Marcus Maddox in the Sock Room at Soho House Nashville
In this self-portrait, Marcus Maddox juxtaposes two roles against each other: the artist and the si er. We witness the careful mechanism by which he captures himself – the camera on the tripod through the mirror – but he has equally been painstaking in the formal presentation: the way the light falls on one side; the stark contrast of the tones; the body language occupying space in an original way without feeling forced. Part of a series entitled Figures of Color it continues Maddox’s interest in the way that Black bodies have been presented in art history. Ultimately, it’s a photograph that makes us think of great historic painting – the artist cites Jon Key and Alex Gardner as inspirations for his work. Born in Nashville in 1994, Marcus Maddox now lives and works in New York City.
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