MELVIN EDWARDS (1937–2026) By Zoé Whitley
Up until the beginning of this year, Melvin Edwards’s work – which includes sculptures, wall objects, installations, and drawings – was on display at the Fridericianum in Kassel as part of the artist’s first major institutional solo exhibition in Europe. Just a few weeks after the comprehensive retrospective ended, the artist passed away. Here, Zoé Whitley provides insight into the social contexts in which Edwards worked and reflects on his remarkable oeuvre and its roots in civil rights activism, American football, and jazz.
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