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BOMB Magazine | Rodney McMillian by Dave McKenzie

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Without sacrificing humor and “the sexy” in his pursuit of rigorous critique, the artist engages particular histories and figures as a means to find…

Rodney McMillian, Untitled (The Supreme Court Painting), 2004–06, poured acrylic on cut canvas, 18 × 18 feet. Photo by Nash Baker. Courtesy of the artist, Vielmetter Los Angeles, and Petzel, New York City. Different cosmos set up different politics. Sun Ra was from Saturn and Gil Scott-Heron told us all about “Whitey on the Moon.” As I write this, Artemis II is preparing to slingshot home and splash down in the Pacific. All the while, I am imagining Rodney McMillian at work here on terra firma. He is, after all, a son of the soil, South Carolina to be specific, and he believes that the land…

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