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Cameron Rowland
Born1988 (age 35–36)
NationalityUSA
Occupation3-D Visual Artist
Known forMacArthur Fellow

Cameron Rowland is an American artist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1988.[1] He was chosen as a MacArthur Fellow in 2019.[2] He is one of the six fellows from New York City.

Rowland graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in 2011, and after being awarded the MacArthur Fellowship returned there to address the student body.[3] He spoke about his 2018 work Depreciation that critically examined the economics of slavery.

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Cameron Rowland's art has been featured in such collections as the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, among others.[4] Rowland's artwork focuses on critiquing systems and institutions that perpetuate or benefit from racial injustices. Notably, his work featured in the Museum of Contemporary Art, entitled 2015 MOCA REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION, revealed the Museum's history of benefiting from racist systems like redlining. In it he used the Museum's donor plaque listing the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles's sale of the land on which the Museum sits to point out the 8.4 million dollar profit the Museum gained from the redlining process.[5] Other works of his use such objects as manhole leveler rings, wooden desks, and wooden benches manufactured by prison laborers for far less than minimum wage.

According to Artnet Rowland is an example of an artist who is able to place conditions on collectors of his work.[6] They reported that, in some instances, collectors were only allowed to rent, not own, particular works. Since 2015, Rowland has made about half of his works available in this manner. Art Basel's upcoming 2019 Miami Beach show will be the first show to present solely works circulated under this model.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Biography of Cameron Rowland". Widewalls.ch. December 27, 2015.
  2. ^ Joan Gralla (September 25, 2019). "LIer a 2019 MacArthur 'genius' grant recipient". Newsday. Retrieved September 29, 2019. Six geniuses live in New York City: theater artist Annie Dorsen, 45; Mary Halvorson, 38, a jazz and rock guitarist and composer; Saidiya Hartman, 58, a Columbia University professor who traced "the aftermath of slavery in modern American life"; contemporary dance choreographer Sarah Michelson, 55; artist Cameron Rowland, 30, for portraying systemic racism; and neuroscientist Vanessa Ruta, 45, who explores stimuli that affect neural circuits and behaviors, the foundation said.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Claire Femano (October 29, 2019). "Cameron Rowland '11's "Depreciation" Explores the Ties between Slavery and Property Relations". Wesleyan Argus. Retrieved November 8, 2019. Rowland's talk revolved around his 2018 work, titled "Depreciation," reflecting on the legal-economic regime of property in the United States as one that was founded on slavery and colonization. The idea that the origins of property rights in the country can be traced back to racial domination and slavery, is central to the understanding of this work.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Cameron Rowland - MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "2019 MacArthur Fellows Include Artist Cameron Rowland and Landscape Architect Walter Hood". Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  6. ^ Brian Boucher (October 24, 2019). "In the Post-Warren Kanders Era, Artists and Dealers Wonder: Should Collectors Be Vetted?". Artnet. Retrieved November 9, 2019. Whitney Biennial artists are not the only ones who try to control where their work goes. MacArthur "genius" grantee Cameron Rowland negotiates contracts with potential collectors; some are restricted to renting his work.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "The (Anti-)Social Life of Things: Cameron Rowland •". Mousse Magazine (in Italian). June 6, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.


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