Wardell Milan: Works on Paper

A collage of two nude figures embracing, on the canvas of a black and white park scene. The figures are surrounded by bright blue lines and shapes.

Color image of framed mixed media collage depicting two silhouettes and an arm on white background

A framed drawing of an abstract multi-hued face and hand, floating on a brown color field.

A diptych of two framed collages. The one on the left is of two figures confronting in either an embrace or a fight, and the one on the right is of a figure in front of a building's door. Both are on black and white photographs.

Color image of mixed media work depicting two figures on sandy beach with swatches of blue, white, and yellow in grey frame

Color image of mixed media artwork depicting a singular figure with multiple faces and one arm in grey frame

Black and white collage of a garden with nude women's torsos interspersed

A framed drawing of an abstract blue and pink face.

Wardell Milan: Works on Paper

Artist Wardell Milan works in mixed media, combining elements of photography, drawing, painting, and collage. Often incorporating cut-out photographs (including iconic images by artists such as Diane Arbus and Robert Mapplethorpe), Milan’s work imagines spaces where the marginalized body is able to express itself and move about the world freely.

Wardell MilanBe a good boy and put this on

2020

charcoal, graphite, acrylic paint, color pencil, pastel, oil pastel, china marker, yupo paper, Polaroid film, cut-and-pasted paper on inkjet print, 43-1/8 x 61-1/8 inches (framed) [109.5 x 155.3 cm]

Wardell MilanThe Man of the Soil

2022

graphite, cut-and-pasted paper on yupo paper, 10-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches (framed) [26 x 23.5 cm]

Wardell MilanOliver Brown

2018

charcoal, graphite, pastel, oil pastel, acrylic paint, cut-and-paste paper on hand dyed paper, 45-5/8 x 33-1/4 inches (framed) [115.9 x 84.5 cm]

Wardell Milan2014/2020 202 Bay St., Staten Island

2020

charcoal, graphite, oil pastel, pastel, cut and pasted paper on two inkjet prints, 42-3/4 x 43-3/4 inches (each, framed) [108.6 x 111.1 cm]

Wardell MilanAmerika: Klansman, Patty

2020

cut and pasted printed paper, 18-5/8 x 14-1/4 inches framed [47.3 x 36.2 cm]

Wardell MilanTwo warriors looking for euphoria

2018

charcoal, graphite, gesso, etching ink, cut-and-paste paper on ink jet print, 47-1/2 x 63-1/8 inches (framed) [120.7 x 160.3 cm]

Wardell MilanThe Engineer

2022

graphite, oil paste, cut-and-pasted paper on yupo paper, 11-5/8 x 9-3/8 inches (framed) [29.53 x 23.8 cm]

Wardell MilanOne spring afternoon in 2019. 5 women who could engage your imagination.

2021

color pencil, china marker, acrylic, oil pastel, spray paint, cut and pasted paper on inkjet print, 44-1/4 x 61-1/4 inches (framed) [112.4 x 155.6 cm]