First solo museum exhibition for artist who showed his student work at the BMA while in third grade
BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced the opening of Malcolm Peacock: a signal, a sprout as part of its Turn Again to the Earth initiative exploring the relationships between art and the environment across time and geography. This exhibition features a monumental installation by the New York-based artist and long-distance runner, who spent his formative years in Baltimore, Maryland. The 8-foot tall and wide tree-like form is inspired by the giant, ancient redwood trees Peacock encountered while training for marathons in the Pacific Northwest and is covered with thousands of strands of hand-braided synthetic hair—the creation of which was itself an act of endurance and deep care. The exhibition is on view from March 19 through August 2025.
“Malcolm’s installation is a thought-provoking meditation on the emotional, spiritual, and physical power of nature. It also offers a critical pathway to dialogue about who has rights and access to nature as a universal and healing space,” said Asma Naeem, the BMA’s Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director. “I’m delighted to share this extraordinary work with our audiences, and to celebrate an artist with both roots in Baltimore and childhood ties to the BMA. We are honored to be able to offer a platform to talented artists who have been shaped, in part, by our city’s cultural fabric.”
This is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition and the second time Peacock’s work has been shown at the BMA. A watercolor painting created while he was a student at Summit Park Elementary School in Baltimore was presented at the BMA in 2003 as part of Art is for Everyone, the annual Baltimore County Public School student exhibition.
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