Marcus Brutus Weekend Bag Launching This Tuesday
Announcing an ART FOR CHANGE x Marcus Brutus weekend tote supporting When We All Vote!
We are thrilled to announce the ART FOR CHANGE x Marcus Brutus collaboration supporting When We All Vote! Our weekend bag featuring “The Uhmericans” will be released Tuesday, September 3rd at 10 am EST to ART FOR CHANGE newsletter subscribers, and 1pm EST to the public.
Of ART FOR CHANGE’s initiative of supporting When We All Vote, Brutus notes: “Initially I had painted The Uhmericans in 2018 to commemorate our right to protest and exercise our freedoms as citizens of our country. This image continues to remain relevant and acts as a reminder that we must continue to engage politically and continue to fight to protect the rights of all people in this nation."
This marks ART FOR CHANGE’s second partnership with When We All Vote, a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase participation in every election and to close the race and age voting gap. In conjunction with the online exhibition, ART FOR CHANGE will donate five percent of the unframed purchase price of sales through December 1st, with a $10,000 minimum commitment, to support When We All Vote’s mission to increase voter participation in this crucial election year.
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Made from heavyweight canvas, the ART FOR CHANGE oversized weekend bag is screen printed on both sides and includes a zipper at the top of the bag. The weekend bag measures 19 inches wide and 16 inches tall, with a 25 inch handle.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Marcus Brutus is a self-taught, New York–based artist who holds a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John’s University in Queens, New York. His paintings explore, in his own words, “ideas of power through portraiture.” Drawing inspiration from diverse source materials culled from the realms of fashion, film, music, photography, art, and politics, he fluidly interweaves subtle and overt references to the past and present, the real and imagined, to create vignettes that seem to collapse discrete eras and context. “What I’m trying to do is establish a legacy,” Brutus explains, “I want to show these very contemporary issues, but show them as having some long past.” There is a palpable emotional intensity to his practice, reinforced by his saturated use of color and dynamically askew lines.
Brutus has presented two solo exhibitions with Harper's, The Uhmericans at Harper’s Apartment in New York in 2018 and Go To Work. Get Your Money and Come Home. You Don’t Live There at the East Hampton gallery in 2019. He was included in the 2019 group show American African American, curated by Arnold Lehman, at Phillips in New York, and will participate in upcoming group shows at Library Street Collective, Detroit, Ramp Gallery, London, and PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, curated by Mathieu Van Damme of Case Studyo. Brutus also had a solo booth at EXPO Chicago and presented his work at UNTITLED, Art Miami Beach with Harper's, both in 2019. He has been featured in several interviews, mostly recently with Radio Juxatpoz and Juxtapoz Magazine, Cerebral Women, and Twilight Talks. Brutus's first monograph, Marcus Brutus: The Uhmericans, was published by Harper’s Books and features an essay by Antwaun Sargent.
Announcing an ART FOR CHANGE x Marcus Brutus weekend tote supporting When We All Vote!
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We are thrilled to announce the ART FOR CHANGE x Marcus Brutus collaboration supporting When We All Vote! Our weekend bag featuring “The Uhmericans” will be released Tuesday, September 3rd at 10 am EST to ART FOR CHANGE newsletter subscribers, and 1pm EST to the public.
Of ART FOR CHANGE’s initiative of supporting When We All Vote, Brutus notes: “Initially I had painted The Uhmericans in 2018 to commemorate our right to protest and exercise our freedoms as citizens of our country. This image continues to remain relevant and acts as a reminder that we must continue to engage politically and continue to fight to protect the rights of all people in this nation."
This marks ART FOR CHANGE’s second partnership with When We All Vote, a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase participation in every election and to close the race and age voting gap. In conjunction with the online exhibition, ART FOR CHANGE will donate five percent of the unframed purchase price of sales through December 1st, with a $10,000 minimum commitment, to support When We All Vote’s mission to increase voter participation in this crucial election year.
CLICK TO SHOP THE WEEKEND BAG
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 Image courtesy of Javier Romero. |
Made from heavyweight canvas, the ART FOR CHANGE oversized weekend bag is screen printed on both sides and includes a zipper at the top of the bag. The weekend bag measures 19 inches wide and 16 inches tall, with a 25 inch handle.
CLICK TO SHOP THE WEEKEND BAG
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
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Brutus has presented two solo exhibitions with Harper's, The Uhmericans at Harper’s Apartment in New York in 2018 and Go To Work. Get Your Money and Come Home. You Don’t Live There at the East Hampton gallery in 2019. He was included in the 2019 group show American African American, curated by Arnold Lehman, at Phillips in New York, and will participate in upcoming group shows at Library Street Collective, Detroit, Ramp Gallery, London, and PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, curated by Mathieu Van Damme of Case Studyo. Brutus also had a solo booth at EXPO Chicago and presented his work at UNTITLED, Art Miami Beach with Harper's, both in 2019. He has been featured in several interviews, mostly recently with Radio Juxatpoz and Juxtapoz Magazine, Cerebral Women, and Twilight Talks. Brutus's first monograph, Marcus Brutus: The Uhmericans, was published by Harper’s Books and features an essay by Antwaun Sargent.