The Crystal Palace2010Metal shelving blocks, partially burnt cardboard boxes, sugar crystalsOverall dimensions variable, approximately 98 × 25 × 104 inches eachCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
The Algorithm Doesn’t Love You, From Detroit to ShanghaiInstallation view: Shanghai Biennial (2014)2010Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
The Gods of Detroit2010108 x 68 inches eachClay, charcoal, enamel on unstretched canvasCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
The Slave Ship Zong2011Acrylic, graphite on paper80 × 130 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
© Edgar Arceneaux
Detroit Monolith, It's Full of Holes2011Acrylic, graphite on paper72 × 129 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
© Edgar Arceneaux
Blind Pig #82011Charcoal, graphite on paper90 × 156 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
Blind Pig #52011Acrylic, graphite on paper90 × 156 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
Blind Pig Industry2011Acrylic, graphite on paper91 × 161 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
A Time To Break Silence2013Single-channel HD video with color and sound1 hour and 4 minutesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
King Vanitas, First Stage: Mirror, Mirror on The Wall (The Bullfrog’s Liturgy of the Eucharist)2014Glass, mirror, enamel, framed in poplar26 × 20 × 4 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
King Vanitas Second Stage: When Objects Become Things, Two Placemats2014Wrought iron, glass, enamel16.25 × 44.25 × 24.75 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
King Vanitas, Third Stage: When Things Become Relics (To Each Below, The Above, 1968)2014Enamel on silk, aluminum38 × 27 × 2.50 and 32.25 × 21.50 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
A Book and a Medal: Disentanglement Equals Homogenous AbstractionsInstallation view: Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects2014Courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
A Nobel Prize and a Bible2014Seven parts: painting on mirrored glass, handcrafted steel frame and red and green light bulbs107.95 × 591.82 × 3.81 cmCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
A Time To Break Silence: The Trading Futures Constellation2014Single-channel HD video with color and sound, books, crystallized sugar, vitrine, monitor1 hour and 4 minutes, 60.50 × 59.50 × 20.75 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
A Number of Intersections (A Collision of Belief Systems #1)2015Graphite, colored paper, tape, on vellum38.75 × 37.75 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Photo: Jeff McLane
© Edgar Arceneaux
A Number of Intersections (A Collision of Belief Systems #2)2015Graphite, colored paper, tape, on vellum38.75 × 37.75 inchesCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Photo: Jeff McLane
© Edgar Arceneaux
Until, Until, Until…2015A Performa CommissionCourtesy of Performa
Photo: © Paula Court
Library of Black Lies2016Wood, mirrored glass, mylar, newspaper, hardbound books, sugar crystals, lighting fixture, audio component16 × 16 × 9 feetCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux
Library of Black Lies2016Wood, mirrored glass, mylar, newspaper, hardbound books, sugar crystals, lighting fixture, audio component16 × 16 × 9 feetCourtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
© Edgar Arceneaux



















