Marking Time, Arts in the age of mass incarceration (with Jared Owens, George Anthony Morton, Gwendolyn Garth, Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick, Russell Craig, Mark Loughney, Gilberto Rivera, Sable Elyse Smith and Larry Cook), Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Harlem NY (May 1 - December 4, 2023)

In Cincinnati this summer I was able to see Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration. This is artist Mark Loughney’s series of graphite and ink portraits of fellow inmates. “Pyrrhic Defeat” 2014-present. The title is perfect. I had to remind myself of the reference and the definition, as in, “Pyrrhic victory: a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost.” #markloughney

I visited the monumental show at PS 1, Marking Time : Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, which features works made by people in prisons and work by nonincarcerated artists concerned with state repression, erasure, and imprisonment. Here’s a selection of hundreds of drawings by Mark Loughney.

AT PS1, MARK LOUGHNEY’S PORTRAITS CAPTURE THE SAMENESS THAT PRISON IMPOSES

THE DAILY PIC: Today I post my last Pic from the important “Marking Time” show of prison-themed and prison-made art at PS1. (Although I could keep posting fine works from it for at least the rest of this week, if other shows were not beckoning.) My final image shows just a few of the 20-minute portraits that Mark Loughney has drawn of inmates in the Pennsylvania prison where he is still being held.

The relentless repetition of his documentary task can’t fail to evoke the relentless unfolding of days in a prison. Like all good portraits, Loughney’s individuate their sitters, but the flattening sameness of prison life, meant to turn prisoners into numbers, feels like it wins out in the end.  

Laughney’s installation will remind the art world of the repetitive tasks taken on by On Kawara, Tehching Hsieh or even Hanne Darboven.  But they could have made any kind of art, on any subject, anywhere and anytime they wanted. Laughney’s shall we say distinctly more limited options give his repetitions a whole different heft.

For a full survey of past Pics visit blakegopnik.com/archive.

Artist Research: Mark Loughney

Before he went to prison, Mark Loughney used water colours and acrylics to create bright, playful portraits of his favourite musicians. After he entered prison, he began to draw what was around him, but instead of depicting the bars and razor wire, he focused on the people.

Five Hundred Faces of Mass Incarceration

Five Hundred Faces of Mass Incarceration

Before he went to prison, Mark Loughney used watercolors and acrylics to create bright, playful portraits of his favorite musicians. His early work features Trey Anastasio and Grace Potter and Snoop Dogg, all smiling and content, deep into their guitars and joints. But then Loughney committed a crime that even now, years later, he can barely explain.

In 2012, when he was thirty-five and…

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Strokes of Genius 10 Winners Announced

Congratulations to the 116 artists selected for North Light Books’ drawing competition Strokes of Genius 10: Inspiring Subjects. If you see your name below, please check your email for instructions on next steps. You will receive an email from us with the subject line “Strokes of Genius 10 Winner Notification” no later than September 22nd, 2017.

Artist’s First Name     Artist’s Last Name                      Title

Carrie Alderfer Contemplation Jennifer Arthur Hooded Merganser Holly Bedrosian T Rex Paul Birchak Carnival Chris Breier Erie Canal -­‐ Lockport, NY Tracy Butler Old Farmhouse Robert Caldwell Ristle-­‐tee, Rostle-­‐tee, now,now,now (Raven) Svetlana Cameron Sofia Patricia Caviar Garden Refuge Connie Chadwell “Easy Listening” Connie Chadwell Ballerina Anda Chance The Chop Shop Stephanie Chang Walking toward light Mary Chen Forlorn Eyes Kathy Christian Sitara Emily Christoff -­‐ Flowers Listening to Mozart Mike Clapton Needle In The Hay Pamela Clements Historical Sight KATE COLLINS Sheep Meet Penny Collins THE HANGED MAN Colleen Corlett Gorgous George Cade Cunningham Make a Wish Barbara Dahlstedt You Can Make a Difference J. Adam Davis The Dreamer Mario DiGennaro Silver Tea Set Kathy Dolan After The Rain Ron Dunn Larissa -­‐ Cheers! ZENA FAIRWEATHER Charlie Carolin Fernandez Free Spirit Tanja Gant Calista Ginger Gehres Squabble Jeff George Note to Self IRENE GEORGOPOULOU Playtime Marsha Gilger The Bachelor Pad Hans Guerin In Her Fur Shawl Gemma Gylling BFF’s -­‐ Save The Elephants Linda Lucas Hardy It Don’t Make Sense But It’s So Much Fun Linda Lucas Hardy Pull to Open Paul Harman Light of a New Day Jane Hart Ragdoll Veronica Haskell Lisboa Fountain Kathy Hildebrandt All That Glitters Kathy Hildebrandt The Making of Mona Steven Hill Metallic Sunrise Narrows Canyon Paul Howe Power Darren Hughes Marcell’s Morning Blues Darren Hughes Tawny Frogmouth

  Karen Hull Up the Creek Joel Iskowitz Inspiration of the Lincoln cent Kate Jenvey Eye to Eye GeorgeAnn Johnson Lioness Engagement JuliAnne Jonker Portrait of a Roman man Phil Kidd The Fall of Man Anthony Klinger-­‐Cooley Cold Wind Elena Kolotusha Family ties Elena Kolotusha I am a Wild thing Zhiwei Kong My Backpack Jesse Lane Adrenaline Catherine Lidden Reclining Nude Liu Ling Xiao Fang Mark Loughney High Roller Yael Maimon Black Cat #5 Yael Maimon Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf #3 Yael Maimon Little Red Riding Hood in the City Yael Maimon Orange Cat CAROL E MALTBY, CPSA The Potter Suzanne Marcil Clearly Together Pete Marshall Fantasia Royale Jody Martin Being Lincoln Paco Martin Dominguez Mandarins and paper Angela Matuschka Winter Squirrel Glen Maxion Summer Notes donzell mcdonald City Living Kathleen McDonnell Along The Pond#2 Mark Merchant His Divine Grace Tara Merkt Eye of the Beholder Terry Miller No Weather For Sailing Terry Miller Old Lace Margaret Minardi Alternative World Margaret Minardi Last Living Thing Dale Marie Muller Fold Andrew Mutch Hampden Reflection Joe Myers CHIMP Karie O’Donnell Sarah Entangled helen oh Dancer Susan O’Neill Woman in Turquoise Randy Owen Arkhipov Chris Page Devan I Nancy Paquet Body Language Luis F Perez Death of a Bumble Bee 1 Luis F Perez Toro de Lidia 3 susan perrish Heritage Audrey Phillips Electric Blue Susan Cone Porges August Morning, 11 O’Clock at Quarry Rock Andrew Purdy Bone Yard

  Andrew Purdy Urban Patina Dan Pyle Pageant Carolyn Quinn-­‐Hensley Cabaret de le Boheme Ann Ranlett Safety Randy Redetzke Harleena Terri Rosenblum Baboon Susan Rubin Lupine Ferhat Salgin Serenity Gayla Salvati Study In Stripe Elissa Sampson Playing Games With My Heart David Sandell God and Soldier Diana Sarkar Conner Brent Schreiber Listen 21 Bill Shoemaker The Little Rascals sarah simmonds BLOSSOM Davis Smith Counting My Blessings Daniel Sorensen Ciara LAURENE SPINO Dance for Joy LAURENE SPINO Mocha Anne Strutz Bunker Kamaraj Sugumaran I am a day artist Vicki Sullivan Kinima Anselmo Swan Coffee Cup Caleb Tay Blending In Katherine Thomas Classics Lucy Tolkunova Dreaming Cathryne Trachok Leaning In Melissa B Tubbs Budny Boys Melissa B Tubbs Howell Home Sandra Weiner Giraffe Love Dexter Welcome “The Composer ii” Mike Wharton Early Thaw michelle Wiser Armadillo wei yan Listening Bora YILMAZYIGIT BORA

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Friends with Masks

For these drawings, I was inspired by a few artists. I started these drawing as practice for my painting, which depicts myself wearing a mask. However after doing some further research on some artists given to me by Sylvia, I decided to make them into something different.

For these, I was inspired by Joanna Hopkins’ piece “Am error has Occurred”, Don Bachardy and Mark Loughney.

Each of my friends sent photos of themselves wearing masks for me to practice drawing (inspired by Mark Loughney and Don Bachardys tonal portrait drawings). Around these drawings, I have included some images that remind me of the person I have drawn. Most of my friends from home, I haven’t seen since Christmas, some I haven’t seen since last March. In Joanna Hopkins piece “An error has occured” the interactive piece requires human interaction to function. We all need human interaction to function, and without my friends, I would not be able to function. This collection of drawings is probably the first time all my friends have been “together” since last March, but it is important to remember that this will pass eventually. That thought alone has helped probably a lot of people through these lockdowns 😊

(As you can tell, me and my friends are crushing on The Vision atm)