#BlackArt@BUAM (September 7 to December 9, 2023)

The Binghamton University Art Museum presents the exhibition, Ed Wilson: The Sculptor as Afro-humanist, as the main gallery exhibition for the fall semester.

Ed Wilson: The Sculptor as Afro-humanist is the first retrospective of this under-recognized American artist in over fifty years. Wilson (1925–1996), longtime member of the studio faculty at Binghamton University, was an innovative sculptor whose practice evolved from figures carved from stone and wood in the 1950s toward large-scale public artworks, often sited in educational institutions, beginning in the late 1960s.


In conjunction with the Wilson exhibition is Memory & Soul: Black Art from the Permanent Collection. Spanning works from the earliest days of building the permanent collection in the 1960s and '70s, to a concerted effort in recent years to increase representation of Black artists, this exhibition features twenty-seven works by artists that span many decades. Additionally, a sculpture by David Hammons, Untitled, 1988, generously on loan from Art Bridges, complements the Ed Wilson and Memory & Soul exhibitions.

Support for the Wilson exhibition is generously provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Additional support is provided by The Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation and by Rebecca Moshief and Harris Tilevitz '78.

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