Princeton University Acquires Portrait Series Honoring Its Campus Workers - Observer

Moore’s painting of Howard Sutphin, Kaniesha Long and Valeria Sykes, Residential Food Service Workers at Princeton. CBS This Morning /YouTube

Recently, there’s been a lot of discussion about how institutions that were originally built to cater to and to inform the elite (museums and universities) can change in order to become more inclusive. A lot of this change is already being advocated for or is underway, but there’s also a lot of power in the simple and visual: the act of showing people just who and what is important. Presently, at Princeton University, a series of paintings by the artist Mario Moore has caught attention for their subjects: campus workers for the university who were selected and painstakingly depicted by the artist in positions of prominence and authority.

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Moore’s paintings, which were previously on display in an exhibition at the school last fall, are currently in the process of being acquired by the university permanently. Moore himself was recently one of Princeton’s painting fellows, and has had his work displayed at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright Museum and the George N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art. The paintings Moore created of Princeton workers have a majesty comparable to a style most famously attributed to Kehinde Wiley, who often paints his subjects in lush and elevated settings. However, Moore has made a point to place his characters in the environments they’re most accustomed to. “I wanted to get input from them (my subjects) about how they wanted to be represented,” Moore told CNN this week. “It was a communal effort. In order for me to make a painting genuine, I needed to connect with them.”

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Drawing from his own background working blue-collar jobs and his father’s experience working as a security guard at @diadetroit , visual artist @mariomooreart sought to shine a light on the African American men and women who work these types of jobs at #PrincetonU through etchings, drawings and large-scale paintings. Many of these portraits have been purchased by the University to be displayed across campus to reflect our growing and vibrant community. Swipe through to hear from Mario and meet the men and women featured in the exhibition.⁣ Photo credit: Mario Moore Video credit: Zohar Lavi-Hasson and Jon Sweeney at @princetonarts ⁣ ⁣ 1. Garfield Brown, Grounds Crew, @princetonathletics ⁣ 2. Clyde Huntley, Custodian, Building Services⁣ 3. Michael Moore, Custodian, @princetonu_artmuseum ⁣ 4. Guy Packwood, Security Guard, @princetonudps ⁣ 5. Valeria Sykes, Residential Food Service Worker, @princeton_dining 6. Howard Sutphin, Kaniesha Long and Valeria Sykes, Residential Food Service Workers, @princeton_dining 7. Hank Towns, Head Equipment Manager (Retired), @princetonathletics ⁣ ⁣ #Portraiture #Art #ArtistOnInstagram

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Furthermore, Moore’s paintings of dining hall workers, custodians and grounds crew workers average out at 8 feet tall, truly giving his subjects the same pictorial respect that’s owed to the university’s presidents and professors—the usual subjects of the paintings that grace institutional halls and walls. The works will soon be on display within Princeton’s administrative buildings and stored in the permanent collection of the Princeton Art Museum.

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