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The Artist Project: Josiah McElheny

Artist Josiah McElheny reflects on Horace Pippin in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"Every human being has the potential of great insight."

Artist Josiah McElheny reflects on Horace Pippin in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Josiah McElheny, born in 1966, is an American artist, best known for artworks combining glass with other materials.

Josiah McElheny (American, born 1966)

Blue Prism Painting V, 2015

Hand-formed cut and polished blue glass, low-iron mirror, blue architectural sheet glass, oak, Sumi ink; 43 3/8 × 43 3/8 × 7 1/2 in. (110.2 × 110.2 × 19.1 cm). Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York © Josiah McElheny. Photo: Ron Amstutz


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Sleepers, Horace Pippin  American, Oil on canvas board
Horace Pippin
1943
Self-Portrait II, Horace Pippin  American, Oil on canvas, adhered to cardboard
Horace Pippin
1944