David M., 2011
Cut-and-paste paper, 14.25 x 12.75 inches

Happy Together. In the Mood for Love, 2023 Charcoal, acrylic, graphite, China marker, cut-and-paste paper on hand-dyed paper, 40 x 50 inches

Pissing on the heads of insurgents, 2023
Charcoal, graphite, ink, China marker, cut-and-paste paper on yupo, 
11 x 14 inches

3 Tulips (I), 2022
Charcoal, graphite, oil on board, 30 x 24 inches

A report from an unoccupied territory no. 1, 2022
Charcoal, graphite, color pencil, gesso, acrylic, pastel, cut and pasted paper on hand. Framed: 77.5 x 115 inches

Mistress Yin dominating a Proud Boy., 2023
Charcoal, graphite, ink, China marker, cut-and-paste paper on yupo,
11 x 14 inches

3 Tulips (III), 2022
Charcoal, graphite, oil on board, 24 x 18 inches

Michael Ross, 2018
cut-and-paste paper, 11 x 8 1/2 inches

Asa, in Botanical Garden, NYC., 2023
Charcoal, acrylic, graphite, China Marker
Cut-and-paste paper on silver leaf on paper, 40x30 inches

King Musa and King Zulus training for battle., 2020
Charcoal, pastel, oil pastel, graphite, color pencil, cut-and-paste paper on paper, 40 x 50 inches

Amerika: Klansman, Pulaski, 2019
Charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, pastel, and oil stick
on hand dyed paper

Two warriors looking for Euphoria, 2019.
Charcoal, graphite, gesso, etching ink, cut and pasted paper on ink jet print, 43 x 58 inches

Tristen, 2018.
Charcoal, graphite, pastel, oil pastel, acrylic paint, cut and paste paper on hand dyed paper, 45 5/8 x 33 1/4 inchdes

Pulse, 2019
Charcoal, graphite, pastel, oil pastel, acrylic paint, cut and pasted paper on hand.

Knight of the White Camelia no. 1, 2020
Charcoal, graphite, china marker, pastel, oil pastel, and oil paint on panel,
24 x 30 inches

Noelle A.T., New York City, 2023
Plaster, 31.5 x 24 x 15 inches

Noelle A.T., New York City, 2023
Plaster, 31.5 x 24 x 15 inches

King Kunta and two Mortal Men in Paradise, 2019.
Charcoal, graphite, gesso, etching ink, cut and pasted paper on ink jet print, 43 x 58 inches

The Timmerman’s Kitchen, New Canaan, CT, 2020.
Charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, pastel, oil stick, cut-and-pasted paper on hand dyed paper, 60 x 75 1/2 inches

My knees getting weak, and my anger my anger might explode, but if God got us then we gonna be alright, 2021.
Charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, oil pastel, china marker, pastel, cut and pasted paper on hand dyed paper, 51 x 59 1/2 inches

Trump riding his own dick, 2019
Aquatint, burnishing line etching, soft ground etching, spit bite aquatint, sugar lift aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300g

The most dangerous thing about being a Black woman in America. Is being a Black woman in America, 2022
Aquatint, burnishing, line etching, scraping, soft ground etching, spit bite aquatint, sugar lift aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300g

I’m trying to keep the faith, 2017
Digital C-print, 44 x 98 inches

                              WM32                                                                                                                  

Knight of the White Camelia no. 3, 2020
Charcoal, graphite, China marker, pastel, oil paint on panel, 24 x 30 inches

                              WM33                                                                                                                                                 

Our Lives to Live, 2022
Aquatint, burnishing, line etching, scraping, soap ground aquatint, spit bite aquatint, sugar lift aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 300g

                              WM34

Having a moment of rest in a very loud world., 2023
Graphite, charcoal, pastel, oil pastel, hand dyed paper, cut-and-paste paper, 55-3/4x77-1/4 inches

                              WM35                                      

Lovers, taking in the air., 2023
Aquatint burnishing drypoint line etching open bite soft ground etching spit bite aquatint water bite aquatint on Hahnemühle Bütten 350 paper, 40x50 inches

                            WM36

                             WM37

Bouquet of tulips, 2023

Lady Jane, 2023
graphite, pen, silver leaf, cut-and-paste paper on yupo, 16 x 13 inches

                              WM39

The Cruel Mediterranean Sea, 2023

He purred sweetly, pressing himself against his hard, muscular chest.,2024
Charcoal, graphite, pastel, acrylic, color pencil, metal leaf,cut-and-paste paper on hand dyed paper, 55x38 inches

                              WM42

In Memoriam, no.1. B. Sikkema, 2024
Graphite, pastel, acrylic, oil on panel, 30x40 inches

                              WM43

A Little Life, JB, 2024
Graphite, pastel, charcoal, color pencil on hand dyed paper, 20x24 inches

Wardell Milan (b. 1977, Knoxville, Tennessee)

Building upon a conceptual foundation in photography, Wardell Milan’s practice encompasses drawing, collage, and painting to explore ideas of the body, beauty, and the unconscious. His multi-media works often reference and incorporate the imagery of artists such as Diane Arbus, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andres Serrano, and Eugene Richards. 
Through cut-paper and collage techniques, he constructs striking human subjects with reclaimed photographic elements, contending with the medium’s visual lineage and its claims to representation.
These composite, fragmented figures inhabit ambiguous landscapes of painted abstraction, navigating themselves through recontextualized historical and contemporary environments.
Through them, the body—the physical, the psychological, and the photographic body—is understood as a multi-faceted, intersecting site of gender, race, sexuality, and history.

Wardell Milan
43-01 22nd Street, Suite 252
Long Island City, NY 11101
info@wardellmilan.com

Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
530 W 22nd Street t
New York, NY 10011
www.sikkemajenkinsco.com
www.gallery@sikkemajenkinsco.com

Fraenkel Gallery
49 Geary Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
www.fraenkelgallery.com
mail@fraenkelgallery.com