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Cleo Hill-Jackson/The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
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Cleo Hill-Jackson/The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth remains closed due to COVID-19, so lately it's been taking art to the people — specifically, billboards in under-served communities around the edge of downtown Fort Worth.
It's all part of the museum's program, Modern Billings, which showcases art on Clear Channel Outdoor billboards. The summer season of Modern Billings will feature images from the archive of Cleo Hill-Jackson — curated by artist Mark Bradford, whose exhibition Mark Bradford: End Papers is currently on display at The Modern — on view through July.
Modern Billing is a project by The Modern's education department. Assistant curators of education Jesse Morgan Barnett and Tiffany Wolf Smith work with artists to select works for each billboard, "elements of the city that traditionally present commercial advertisements rather than cultural curiosities," according to a news release.
Hill-Jackson's images portray her late friend, Mr. LaMarr, who served as a hairdresser to St. Louis high society before his life was taken in a hate crime. The images are located at 5700 E. Lancaster Ave., 1515 Jacksboro Highway, and 5840 E. Lancaster Ave.
