Robert Colescott's "Women" Opens @ Venus Over Manhattan

Robert Colescott, Old Crow on the Fence, 1978. Acrylic on canvas; 48 x 66 in (121.92 x 167.64 cm). Private Collection. © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Venus Over Manhattan, New York. 

Robert Colescott, Untitled, c. 1975. Graphite on paper; Work: 20 1/8 x 28 in (51.1 x 71.1 cm) Framed: 28 x 35 7/8 in (71.1 x 91.1 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Josh Schaedel 

Robert Colescott, Tobacco: The Holdouts, 1987. Acrylic on canvas; Work: 90 x 114 in (228.6 x 289.6 cm) Framed: 92 3/4 x 116 3/4 in (235.6 x 296.5 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and 

Robert Colescott: Women traces the development of the artist’s depictions of female subjects over the course of his sixty-year career. Serving as a coda to the recent, critically-lauded traveling museum retrospective Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott, this presentation charts the evolution of Colescott’s ambitious practice through some thirty works produced between 1955 and 1996. Organized in close collaboration with The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust, Venus Over Manhattan’s exhibition is the first to trace the development of Colescott’s representations of women through major works from key moments in his career.

Robert Colescott: Women will be on view at Venus Over Manhattan’s downtown location at 55 Great Jones Street from November 15, 2022 through January 14, 2023.

 Robert Colescott, My Monument 3, 1977. Watercolor and graphite on paper; Sheet: 30 1/4 x 22 1/4 in (76.8 x 57.8 cm) Framed: 37 3/4 x 29 3/4 in (95.9 x 75.6 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Sai Tripathi 

Robert Colescott, Laureate at the Bather’s Pool, 1984. Acrylic on canvas; 84 x 72 in (213.4 x 182.9 cm). Private Collection. © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Venus Over Manhattan, New York 

 Robert Colescott, Olympic Event, 1972. Acrylic on canvas; 78 1/4 x 58 1/2 in (198.8 x 148.6 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Joshua White/JWPictures.com 

Robert Colescott, WEST of CHICAGO, c. 1975. Acrylic on canvas; 78 1/2 x 59 3/8 in (199.4 x 150.8 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Joshua 

Robert Colescott, MOM'S OLD FASHION ROOT BEER, 1974. Acrylic on canvas; 78 5/8 x 59 3/8 in (199.7 x 150.8 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Joshua White/JWPictures.com 

Robert Colescott, To have and to have not, 1996. Acrylic on paper; Sheet: 41 1/2 x 29 5/8 in (105.4 x 75.2 cm) Framed: 49 9/16 x 37 9/16 in (125.9 x 95.4 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Sai Tripathi 

Robert Colescott, 6 Witnesses, 1968. Acrylic on canvas; 78 3/4 x 59 in (199.7 x 149.9 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Josh Schaedel 

Robert Colescott, There Are Two of Us, 1955. Oil on canvas; 69 x 57 3/4 in (175.3 x 146.7 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Makenzie Goodman 

Robert Colescott, IMAGINE ACROBATS, 1964. Oil, graphite, and collaged canvas on canvas; 68 1/2 x 49 1/2 x 2 in (174 x 125.4 x 5.1 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Hannah Mjolsnes 

Robert Colescott, Untitled, c. 1970. Acrylic on canvas; 79 x 58 3/4 in (200.7 x 149.2 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Hannah Mjolsnes 

Robert Colescott, Mom's Old Fashion Root Beer, 1973. Crayon on paper; Work: 24 x 19 1/8 in (61 x 48.6 cm) Framed: 31 1/2 x 26 3/8 in (80 x 67 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Josh Schaedel 

Robert Colescott, Beauty Queen, 1976. Graphite on paper; Work: 25 1/2 x 19 5/8 inches (64.8 x 49.8 cm) Framed: 33 x 26 7/8 in (83.8 x 68.3 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Sai Tripathi 

Robert Colescott, why did we come here?, 1966-1967. Acrylic on canvas; 78 3/4 x 59 in (200 x 149.5 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Josh Schaedel 

Robert Colescott, Untitled, c. 1968. Acrylic on Fabriano paper; Sheet: 41 x 27 1/4 in (104.1 x 69.2 cm) Framed: 46 x 32 1/4 in (116.8 x 81.9 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Hannah Mjolsnes 

Robert Colescott, Black as Satan, 1992. Acrylic on canvas; 84 x 72 in (213.4 x 182.9 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. 

Robert Colescott, The French Secretary, 1976. Colored pencil and graphite on paper; Work: 28 1/8 x 20 1/8 in (71.4 x 51.1 cm) Framed: 36 x 28 1/8 in (91.4 x 71.4 cm). © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of The Trust and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo, and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Photo: Josh Schaedel 

Robert Colescott, Pancho Villa, 1971. Acrylic on Egyptian linen; 78 3/4 x 58 3/4 in (199.7 x 149.2 cm). Private Collection. © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Venus Over Manhattan, New York. 

Robert Colescott, Death of a Mulatto Woman, 1991. Acrylic on canvas; 84 x 72 in (213.4 x 182.9 cm). Private Collection. © The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Venus Over Manhattan, New York.