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Real Hip Hop?
2006
Canvas, paint, paper pulp, Xerox copies, collage, crayon, marker
10 × 13 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
449
2007
Canvas, Lotto tickets, ink, acrylic medium, enamel paint, paper, Xerox copies, cardboard, crayon, marker
8 × 12 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
What Happens to a Dream Deferred…SUPERNOVA
Installation view: The Bronx River Art Center Gallery, New York
2009
Cardboard, enamel paint, paper, and plastic, taxidermy, rubber roaches, staples
25 × 15 feet
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: LaToya Ruby Frazier

© Abigail DeVille
Heirloom
Installation view: Deitch Studios, Long Island City
2009
Window screen, lotto tickets, silk, canvas, enamel paint, acrylic medium, cardboard, paper pulp, leaves, pâpier-maché
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Oil & Money
2010
American currency, motor oil, charcoal dust, paper
30 × 40 inches
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
New York at Dawn
Installation view: Studio G17, Yale School of Art, New Haven
2010
Tyvek, enamel and latex paint, dirt, American flags, graphite, lamp shade, synthetic hair, polyurethane varnish, chicken wire, plastic sheeting, plaster, garbage bags, pâpier-maché, fake eyelashes, duct tape, wood chips, wire, canvas, cigarette butt, acrylic yarn, metal, salt dough, and hardware
8.5 × 9.5 × 8 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Dark Star
Installation view: Recess Activities, New York
2010
Trash bags, wood, paper, paint, paper pulp, fabric, colored lights, plastic drop cloths, cotton, chicken wire, tape, broken glass, boots, television, canvas
367 square feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Gold Mountain
Installation view: Marginal Utility, Philadelphia
2010
Plastic tarps, paint, burnt timbers, Styrofoam, black light, red light, found door, found and accumulated debris
300 square feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Harlem World
2011
Found wood panels, latex, enamel, tempera, paper pulp, paper, tape, television
6 × 8 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Mirror, Mirror…
2011
Empty Alexi vodka bottles, broken mirror
Bottles 750 ml each, overall dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Untitled, (Boots)
2011
Three tar covered Timberland boots, chicken wire, trash bags
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Street Life: A Vortex
Installation view: Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev
2012
Accumulated debris, scavenged materials, heirlooms
591.09 square feet
Courtesy the artist

Photo: Sergey ILLIN

© Abigail DeVille
Street Life: A Vortex
Installation view: Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev
2012
Accumulated debris, scavenged materials, heirlooms
591.09 square feet
Courtesy the artist

Photo: Sergey ILLIN

© Abigail DeVille
If I don’t think I’m sinking, look at what a hole I’m in
Installation view: Night Gallery, Los Angeles
2012
Accumulated debris, free craigslist materials, plastic tarps, scavenged materials
385.6 square feet
Courtesy the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Dark Day
Installation view: New Museum, New York
2012
Found materials, accumulated debris, family heirlooms
6.6 × 5.8 × 30 feet
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© Abigail DeVille
Dark Day
Installation view: New Museum, New York
2012
Found materials, accumulated debris, family heirlooms
6.6 × 5.8 × 30 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Invisible Men: Beyond the Veil
Installation view: The Intercourse, Red Hook, Brooklyn
2012
Accumulated debris, family heirlooms, plastic tarps, television
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Hooverville Torqued Ellipse
Installation view: Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
2012
Reclaimed lumber, recycled cardboard, found wood paneling
12 × 19.5 × 19 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Haarlem Tower of Babel
Installation view: The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
2012
Reclaimed lumber, accumulated debris, family heirlooms
6 × 6 × 16 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
XXXXXXX
Installation view: Iceberg Projects, Rogers Park, Chicago
2013
Reclaimed lumber, accumulated debris, plastic tarps, tar paper, dirt, sand from Lake Michigan, skeleton, chalk
186 square feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Negation: Dusk to Dust
Installation view: Galerie Michel Rein, Paris
2013
Scattered debris, canvas, American flags, white oil paint, plaster, plaster dust, red light bulb
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Michel Rein

© Abigail DeVille
Gastown Follies
Installation view: Artspeak, Gastown, Vancouver
2013
Reclaimed roofing materials, tar paper, lumber, trash bags, sheetrock, mirror, cardboard, collected debris
15 × 9 × 30 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
LES Jacuzzi
Installation view: Abrons Art Center, The Henry Street Settlement, New York
2013
Broken mirror fragments, shopping carts, light bulbs, accumulated debris, wood, plastic tarps, garbage bags
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Bronx City
Installation view: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
2013
Heirlooms, shopping carts, accumulated debris, clothing, cinder blocks, tape
15 × 9 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Wild Seed
Installation view: Palazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice
2013
Reclaimed Venetian piles, plastic tarps, trash bags, dirt, paint, roofing material
23 × 15 × 17 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Intersection
Installation view: Production of "She Talks to Beethoven," written by Adrienne Kennedy and directed by Charlotte Brathwaite, JACK, Brooklyn
2014
Reclaimed plywood theater flats, lumber, accumulated debris
17 × 14 × 8 feet
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Midsummer Event Horizon
2014
Set design
For the performance of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Nights Dream," directed by Peter Sellers and staged at the Stratford Festival, Ontario, Canada, July 11- September 20, 2014

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© Abigail DeVille
Midsummer Event Horizon
2014
Set design
For the performance of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Nights Dream," directed by Peter Sellers and staged at the Stratford Festival, Ontario, Canada, July 11- September 20, 2014

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© Abigail DeVille
Double Invisibility & Harlem Flag, ADD Obelisk
Installation view: "Material Histories" at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
2014
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Groana Melendez

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Double Invisibility & Harlem Flag, ADD Obelisk
Installation view: "Material Histories" at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
2014
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Groana Melendez

© Abigail DeVille
Double Invisibility & Harlem Flag, ADD Obelisk
Installation view: "Material Histories" at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
2014
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Groana Melendez

© Abigail DeVille
Gone Forever, Ever Present
Installation view: Sculpture Center, Long Island City
2014
Puddle, pothole, portal
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Groana Melendez

© Abigail DeVille
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Performance still: Byerly Gallery, Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge
2015
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Sofia Berinstein

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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Performance still: Byerly Gallery, Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge
2015
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Sofia Berinstein

© Abigail DeVille
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Performance directed by Charlotte Brathwaite, staged at Byerly Gallery, Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge
2015
Costumes at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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© Abigail DeVille
Prophetika
Performance directed by Charlotte Brathwaite, staged at La Mama, New York
2015
Set & costume design
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Groana Melendez

© Abigail DeVille
Prophetika
Performance directed by Charlotte Brathwaite, staged at La Mama, New York
2015
Set & costume design
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Groana Melendez

© Abigail DeVille
Prophetika
Performance directed by Charlotte Brathwaite, staged at La Mama, New York
2015
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Groana Melendez

© Abigail DeVille
Bronx Floors (front view)
Installation view: "Playing With Fire: Political Interventions, Dissident Acts and Mischievous Actions," El Museo del Barrio, New York
2014
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Groana Melendez

© Abigail DeVille
Bronx Floors (back view)
Installation view: "Playing With Fire: Political Interventions, Dissident Acts and Mischievous Actions," El Museo del Barrio, New York
2014
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Groana Melendez

© Abigail DeVille
Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See The Stars
Installation view: Peale Museum, The Contemporary, Baltimore
2016
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Olivia Obineme

© Abigail DeVille
Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See The Stars
Installation view: Peale Museum, The Contemporary, Baltimore
2016
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Olivia Obineme

© Abigail DeVille
Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See The Stars
Installation view: Peale Museum, The Contemporary, Baltimore
2016
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Olivia Obineme

© Abigail DeVille
Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See The Stars
Installation view: Peale Museum, The Contemporary, Baltimore
2016
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Olivia Obineme

© Abigail DeVille
Only When It’s Dark Enough Can You See The Stars
Installation view: Peale Museum, The Contemporary, Baltimore
2016
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Olivia Obineme

© Abigail DeVille
Half Moon
Installation view: "LANDMARK," Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, Queens
2016
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Nate Dorr

© Abigail DeVille
Kindred
Installation view: "Strange Oscillations," University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2016
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Kindred
Installation view: "Strange Oscillations," University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2016
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Can I Get a Witness? (The Gospel of James Baldwin)
Staged at Harlem Stage, musician/writer Meshell Ndegeocello, directed by Charlotte Brathwaite
2016
Set & costume design
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Hao Bai

© Abigail DeVille
Can I Get a Witness? (The Gospel of James Baldwin)
Staged at Harlem Stage, musician/writer Meshell Ndegeocello, directed by Charlotte Brathwaite
2016
Set & costume design
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Hao Bai

© Abigail DeVille
La Loge Harlem
2017
Archival photographs, shoes, string, mirror shards, polyurethane, verre, bois
38 × 30 × 5.9 inches
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Luther
2017
Reclaimed wood panel, seashells, oil pastel, plants, archival photographs, rusted pot
54 × 39 inches
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Luther
Detail
2017
Reclaimed wood panel, seashells, oil pastel, plants, archival photographs, rusted pot
54 × 39 inches
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Sarcophagus Blue
2017
Boat, mannequin legs, nylon stockings, wood, rope, paint, tape
Variable dimensions
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
Chaos or Community?
Installation view: Galarie Michel Rein, Brussels
2017
Courtesy of the artist and Galarie Michel Rein, Brussels

© Abigail DeVille
Chaos or Community?
Installation view: Galarie Michel Rein, Brussels
2017
Courtesy of the artist and Galarie Michel Rein, Brussels

© Abigail DeVille
St. Louis Blues
Installation view: "Urban Planning: Contemporary Art and the City 1967-2017," Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
2017
Courtesy of the artist and Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Photo: Dusty Kessler

© Abigail DeVille
St. Louis Blues
Detail shot of installation view: "Urban Planning: Contemporary Art and the City 1967-2017," Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
2017
Courtesy of the artist and Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Photo: Dusty Kessler

© Abigail DeVille
A Picture of the Universe in Clock Time
Installation view: Momentum 9, Moss, Norway
2017
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
A Picture of the Universe in Clock Time
Installation view: Momentum 9, Moss, Norway
2017
Courtesy of the artist

© Abigail DeVille
No Space Hidden (Shelter)
Installation view: Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
2017
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Brian Forrest

© Abigail DeVille
No Space Hidden (Shelter)
Installation view: Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
2017
Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Brian Forrest

© Abigail DeVille
Empire State Works in Progress 2017
Installation view: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2017
Courtesy of the artist and the Whitney Museum of American Art

Photo: Paula Court

© Abigail DeVille
Empire State Works in Progress 2017
Installation view: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2017
Courtesy of the artist and the Whitney Museum of American Art

Photo: Paula Court

© Abigail DeVille
Empire State Works in Progress 2017
Installation view: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2017
Courtesy of the artist and the Whitney Museum of American Art

Photo: Paula Court

© Abigail DeVille
Empire State Works in Progress 2017
Installation view: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2017
Courtesy of the artist and the Whitney Museum of American Art

Photo: Paula Court

© Abigail DeVille

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