Shinique Smith
Bale Variant No 0027 (Charm City Girl Stele)
2022
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Shinique Smith
Bale Variant No 0027 (Charm City Girl Stele)
2022
Physical Qualities
Natural and Synthetic fibers, wood, paint, paper, metal, plastic, 100 × 24 × 24 in. (254 × 61 × 61 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist in Memory of Vernessia and Lawrence H. Smith, Sr.
Object Number
2025.212
Baltimore-born artist Shinique Smith transforms personal, cast-off clothing into monuments of memory. In Bale Variant No 0027 (Charm City Girl Stele), bundled garments rise into a vertical pillar that operates as both archive and self-portrait, honoring Black womanhood and the resilience embedded in everyday materials. A graduate of MICA, Smith draws on the school’s legacy of material experimentation connecting Baltimore with broader, global narratives. The BMA’s celebration of two centuries of MICA continues in the Contemporary Wing.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2025; the Artist
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, "Shinique Smith: PARADE," December 16, 2023 to January 5, 2025.
Antoinette Roberts and Cecilia Wichmann, with Oscar Flores Montero, and Dylan Kaleikaumaka Hill, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "BMA Celebrates MICA 200," May 16, 2026 to Janurary 3, 2027.
Antoinette Roberts and Cecilia Wichmann, with Oscar Flores Montero, and Dylan Kaleikaumaka Hill, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "BMA Celebrates MICA 200," May 16, 2026 to Janurary 3, 2027.
On View: Jacobs, Gallery 2
