American Theatre of Harlem

What else is happening in the Harlem arts community? Check out Meschac Gaba's mixed-media hair sculptures. His work is the current exhibition showing at The Studio Museum in Harlem. The copy on their website reads "...The Studio Museum in Harlem is a contemporary art museum that focuses on the work of artists of African descent locally, nationally and globally, as well as work that has been inspired and influenced by African-American culture, through its exhibitions, Artists-in-Residence program, education and public programming, permanent collection, archival and research facilities...."

Gaba was born in 1961 in Cotonou, Benin, and currently lives in Amsterdam. The Studio's excerpt about him says Gaba gained international acclaim for his artistic investigations of economic power, public space and the role of the western museum.