Langston Hughes' Rivers
1991 · Screenprint
composition (irreg.): 26 3/8 × 25 9/16" (67 × 64.9 cm); sheet: 32 11/16 × 33 1/16" (83 × 84 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Houston Conwill
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Projects: Houston Conwill
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989–1990
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Houston Conwill created monumental public installations and site-specific sculptures that interrogated how monuments shape collective memory and African American visibility in urban space. Working from the 1970s onward, he integrated architectural intervention, text, and community participation into works that challenged the politics of public commemoration. His practice examined belonging and historical erasure through forms that occupied and transformed the built environment rather than simply occupying it.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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