Carl Hancock Rux
American performer, writer and artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carl Hancock Rux (/ˈrʌks/) is an American multidisciplinary artist, historian and social activist. The author of a collection of poetry, Pagan Operetta, a novel, Asphalt and the play Talk,.[1] Rux has been published as a contributing writer in numerous journals, catalogs, anthologies, and magazines including Interview magazine, Essence magazine, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Iké Udé's aRude Magazine, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art (founded by fellow art critics Okwui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu and Salah Hassan) and American Theatre (magazine), among others. Rux's writings and monographs on visual art include essays on the work of conceptual artist Glenn Ligon ( I Stand in My Place With My Own Day Here: Site-Specific Art at The New School, edited by Frances Richards with a foreword by Lydia Matthews and introduction by Silvia Rocciolo and Erik Stark); the introduction for Nick Cave’s Until; and the Guggenheim Museum’s Carrie Mae Weems retrospective.
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Born | Carl Stephen Hancock March 24 New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, singer-songwriter, director, actor, performance artist, visual artist, radio host |
Literary movement | Afro-Futurism, speculative and dystopian fiction, alternative music |
Years active | 1989–present |
Notable works | Asphalt, Rux Revue, Talk, Pagan Operetta, Good Bread Alley, Apothecary Rx |
Notable awards | Alpert Award in the Arts, NYFA Prize, Village Voice Literary prize, Obie Award, Bessie Award |
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Carl Hancock Rux is also a musician, having recorded several albums, singles, and mixed tapes since the release of his Sony 550 cd, Rux Revue.[2] Rux's mixed media works (with frequent collaborator, visual artist and sculptor, Dianne Smith) have been included in the Uptown Triennale at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery;[3] as well as the Archer Aymes Retrospective, exploring the legacy of emancipation through an immersive art installation featuring a concert performance by mezzo soprano Alicia Hall Moran and pianist Aaron Diehl, presented as one component of a three-part series commemorating Park Avenue Armory[4] and at the Frieze Art Fair at London's Serpentine Gallery.[5] Rux also created the lead role in Bernice Johnson Reagon's The Temptation of St. Anthony, directed with set design by Robert Wilson, and costumes by Geoffrey Holder, the first all-African-American opera to premiere at the Paris Opera.
Rux is co-artistic director of Mabou Mines,[6] associate artistic director at Harlem Stage The Gate House,[7] resident artist at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts where annually he conceives and stages its campus-wide Juneteenth festival,[8] multidisciplinary editor at The Massachusetts Review[9] and the former Head of the MFA Writing for Performance Program at CalArts where he continues to teach.[10] Mr. Rux lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.