Detroit Expat Artists: Homecoming
Curated by Stephanie James and Elizabeth Youngblood
The Detroit Artists Market celebrates its 90th birthday with Detroit Expat Artists: Homecoming—a celebratory reunion of artists nurtured by Detroit. The exhibition showcases a multigenerational group of artists working in a variety of media and genres over the last fifty years. Artists represented in the show are Matthew Bandsuch, Christopher Batten, McArthur Binion, Melvin Clark, Brenda Goodman, Garry Grant, Artis Lane, Al Loving, Joshua Newth, Yolanda Sharpe, Eric Smith, Nick Sousanis, and Michael Kelly Williams.
Featured Artist Wall, curated by Melissa Jones:
David McGuffie
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Al Loving – Inspiraled
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Artis Lane – Praying Man
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Brenda Goodman – Farm No. 5
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Christopher Batten – Mr. M and His Trusty Toothpick
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Christopher Batten – Prized Profiles 6: Murjoni
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Christopher Batten – Prized Profiles 7: Trae
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Eric Smith – Untitled (Female Portrait)
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Eric Smith – Untitled (Memorial for Peace and Justice)
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Eric Smith – Untitled (Tom & Harris)
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Garry Grant – Fortification Agate III
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Garry Grant – Fortifications Series: Marrakesh Yellow Entrance to Freedom
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Garry Grant – Monolithic Reasons Why I’m African: The Great Benin Wall of the Inner IYA High Technology
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Joshua Newth – Millinery Magnificence
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Joshua Newth – River Plastic
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Matthew Bandsuch – Pile
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Matthew Bandsuch – Rock
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Matthew Bandsuch – The Brunt
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McArthur Binion – Berkeley: Suite [SOLD]
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Melvin Clark – Dewey Redman with Chinese Horn
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Melvin Clark – John Coltrane
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Melvin Clark – Vision Quest
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Michael Kelly Williams – For Geri
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Michael Kelly Williams – Guembri
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Michael Kelly Williams – Tell Me a Bedtime Story
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Nick Sousanis – Against the Flow
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Nick Sousanis – ING [SOLD]
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Nick Sousanis – Page from Unflattening (“Connectedness”) [SOLD]
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Yolanda Sharpe – Octavia
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Yolanda Sharpe – Patterns
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Yolanda Sharpe – Three Pears
Featured Artist” David McGuffie
David McGuffie (born 1995) is an illustrator, muralist, and amatuer naturalist based in Detroit. McGuffie’s work is rooted in the medium of pen and ink, with his drawings often providing the basis for multi-layer screen prints or paintings. The process of creating helps McGuffie to explore and communicate ideas that are move him, which in recent years includes navigating our stories of, and connection to, place.
