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Mark Anthony Brown, Jr.

Listen as Mark Anthony Brown, Jr. and Russell Ihrig explore relationships between Brown’s Great Reverence and Annu Matthew’s photograph, Types.

 

Mark Anthony Brown Jr.'s Great Reverence, a series of small square photographs of African Americans arranged in a four by three grid. The right is a large square photograph of all the subjects grouped together.

Mark Anthony Brown, Jr. (b. 1991) United States, Great Reverence, 2020, inkjet prints and silver print on fiber paper, Courtesy of the artist, © Mark Anthony Brown, Jr.  Photograph: Rob Deslongchamps.

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Annu Matthew's Types, Two rectangular, black and white portrait photographs. On the left is an old picture of a Native American woman. On the right, the artist recreates the photo as a self portrait.

Annu Matthew (b.1964) India, Types, 2005, inkjet print, Museum Purchase: Carl and Alice Bimel Endowment for South Asian Art, 2019.216.2, © Annu Palakunnathu Matthew

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About the Artist

Mark Anthony Brown Jr. (b. 1991) was born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. The artist is currently based in Atlanta, Georgia working in the medium of photography.

Brown’s work seamlessly aligns with traditional street photography while simultaneously fulfilling his responsibility as a black artist in addressing social issues unique to his experience as a Black American man. Brown’s identity and life experiences have evident influence on his work; from process to subject matter—this perspective provides the artist the ability to produce authentic imagery from a credible point of view of the black experience.

Mark's work is centered around a likeness between humanity, black representation & understated black narratives. The artist currently lives and works in Atlanta, Ga.

 

Submitted September 2020