id:			172601
accession number:	2015.83
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.83
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:08.996000

My Home Town, 1998. Michelangelo Lovelace (American, 1960–2021). Acrylic on canvas; unframed: 139.7 x 243.8 cm (55 x 96 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist, Michelangelo Lovelace, Sr. 2015.83

title:				My Home Town
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creation date:			1998
creation date earliest:		1998
creation date latest:		1998
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creditline:			Gift of the Artist, Michelangelo Lovelace, Sr.
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	Acrylic on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Michelangelo Lovelace (American, 1960–2021)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 139.7 x 243.8 cm (55 x 96 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2015
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015-
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fun fact:
In Lovelace's painting, the city's east-west orientation is reversed on the upper half of the painting versus its lower half.

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Lovelace dedicated most of his career to depicting Cleveland’s urban landscape; many of the city’s iconic destinations are visible in the background of <em>My Home Town.</em> His paintings can be read as vibrant and candid commentaries on the city’s sociopolitical and cultural heritage. This work’s panoramic scene combines different local neighborhoods, represented as storefronts. Lovelace said, “I painted the way I remember Cleveland being—white on the west, black on the east, and with downtown where people came together in the middle.”
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 77
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	Kraynak, Scott, Henry Adams, Douglas Max Utter, William G. Scheele, R. A. Washington, and Mike Hudson. <em>The Heart of Cleveland.</em> Shaker Hts, OH: Red Giant Books, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 109, fig. 88
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