The Jomo Collective: David McManaway and Friends

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Roy Fridge, Jim Love, David McManaway, Photographer Unknown, Roy Fridge Papers, Courtesy of Menil Archives, The Menil Collection, Houston

Roy Fridge, Jim Love, David McManaway, Photographer Unknown, Roy Fridge Papers, Courtesy of Menil Archives, The Menil Collection, Houston

The members of this artist collective, a rare occurrence today, were close companions who supported independent and shared artistic pursuits. Much of the art in this exhibition was created in response to their relationships with one another resulting in visual puns, inside jokes and shared experiences at home, in the studio and in the art world. Artwork by other McManaway colleagues Harold Hill, Jack Boynton, Sam Gummelt, Robin Ragin, Norma McManaway, Tracy Hicks and Bill Komodore expands the definition of the Jomo Collective to include but a few of the many artists inspired by their mentor and friend David McManaway.