Sun Ra
Bio
Sun Ra (1914-1993) was a pioneering musician, composer, arranger, and bandleader, a visionary thinker, and one of the architects of Afrofuturism. Corbett vs. Dempsey is honored to exclusively represent the non-music side of the Sun Ra Estate.
Exhibitions
- Damon Locks, Terri Kapsalis, Wayne Montana, Rob Shaw Noon Moons March 21 - April 27, 2024
- Sun Ra, The Substitute Words: Poetry, 1957-72 March 26 - April 24, 2021
- The Vault: Phil Niblock: The Magic Sun November 22 - December 21, 2019
- Josiah McElheny: Cosmic Love June 1 - August 4, 2018
- Other Planes of There July 18 - August 29, 2015
- Josiah McElheny Dusty Groove October 24 - December 6, 2014
- Pathways to Unknown Worlds : Sun Ra, El Saturn & Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-1968 (Institute of Contemporary Art @ University of Pennsylvania) April 24 - August 2, 2009
- Albert Oehlen A Vanguard with Decorum May 14 - June 27, 2009
- Pathways to Unknown Worlds : Sun Ra, El Saturn & Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-1968 (Hyde Park Art Center) January 14 - October 6, 2007
- Eye & Ear Musician/Artist February 19 - December 3, 2005
News + Events
- Sun Ra: When Sun Comes Out, Ephemera 1956-1975 at David Nolan Gallery
- Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn & Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-1968
- Sun Ra Poetry Featured in Books and Upcoming Exhibition
- John Corbett on Sun Ra
- Sun Ra + Ayé Aton: Space, Interiors and Exteriors
- Sun Ra + Ayé Aton: Space, Interiors and Exteriors
- Book Release Celebration for Traveling the Spaceways: Sun Ra, the Astro Black and Other Solar Myths
- The Sun Ra Arkestra