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The Artist Project

The Artist Project: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby reflects on Georges Seurat's Embroidery; The Artist's Mother in this episode of The Artist Project.
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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.

"It's quiet, but at the same time it vibrates."

Artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby reflects on Georges Seurat's "Embroidery; The Artist's Mother" 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
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, born in 1983, is a Nigerian-American mixed-media artist who combines drawing, painting, and collage on paper in her work.

A painting of six figures gathering around a table

Njideka Akunyili Crosby (American, born Nigeria, 1983)

I Still Face You, 2015

Acrylic, charcoal, colored pencils, collage, oil, and transfers on paper; 84 × 105 in. (213.36 × 266.7 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by AHAN: Studio Forum, 2015 Art Here and Now purchase © Njideka Akunyili Crosby

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Embroidery; The Artist's Mother, Georges Seurat French, Conté crayon on Michallet paper
Embroidery; The Artist's Mother
Georges Seurat
1882–83