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The Museum of Modern Art announces Projects: Tadáskía, on view in the Museum’s street-level galleries from May 24 through October 14, 2024, as well as the acquisition of the exhibition’s centerpiece, an expansive work on paper titled ave preta mística mystical black bird (2022), into MoMA’s collection. Tadáskía is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brazil who uses drawing, sculpture, and mixed media to articulate themes of transformation and joy influenced by her experiences as a Black trans woman. The exhibition, presented in collaboration with the Studio Museum in Harlem, will be the artist’s first solo presentation in the United States, and features MoMA’s recently acquired work alongside a monumental wall drawing and sculptures made in response to the site at MoMA.
Projects: Tadáskía is organized by Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and Ana Torok, the Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Assistant Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, MoMA, with the assistance of Kiki Teshome, Curatorial Assistant, the Studio Museum in Harlem
The Elaine Dannheisser Projects Series is made possible in part by the Elaine Dannheisser Foundation and The Young Patrons Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
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Tadáskía. Image courtesy of the artist and Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro, photo by Ruy Teixeira
Installation view of Tadáskía’s contribution to choreographies of the impossible, 35th Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist and Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro, photo by Eduardo Ortega
Installation view of Tadáskía’s contribution to choreographies of the impossible, 35th Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist and Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro, photo by Eduardo Ortega
Tadáskía. ave preta mística mystical black bird. 2022. One from a series of sixty-one sheets with pencil, colored pencil, pastel, and spray paint on torn paper. Each approx.: 25 11/16 x 19 11/16” (65.2 x 50 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fund for the Twenty-First Century, 2024. © 2024 Tadáskía, courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Imaging Services, photo Martin Parsekian
Tadáskía. ave preta mística mystical black bird. 2022. One from a series of sixty-one sheets with pencil, colored pencil, pastel, and spray paint on torn paper. Each approx.: 25 11/16 x 19 11/16” (65.2 x 50 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fund for the Twenty-First Century, 2024. © 2024 Tadáskía, courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Imaging Services, photo Martin Parsekian
Tadáskía. ave preta mística mystical black bird. 2022. One from a series of sixty-one sheets with pencil, colored pencil, pastel, and spray paint on torn paper. Each approx.: 25 11/16 x 19 11/16” (65.2 x 50 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fund for the Twenty-First Century, 2024. © 2024 Tadáskía, courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Imaging Services, photo Martin Parsekian
Tadáskía. ave preta mística mystical black bird. 2022. One from a series of sixty-one sheets with pencil, colored pencil, pastel, and spray paint on torn paper. Each approx.: 25 11/16 x 19 11/16” (65.2 x 50 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fund for the Twenty-First Century, 2024. © 2024 Tadáskía, courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Imaging Services, photo Martin Parsekian
Tadáskía. ave preta mística mystical black bird. 2022. One from a series of sixty-one sheets with pencil, colored pencil, pastel, and spray paint on torn paper. Each approx.: 25 11/16 x 19 11/16” (65.2 x 50 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fund for the Twenty-First Century, 2024. © 2024 Tadáskía, courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Imaging Services, photo Martin Parsekian