Nari Ward (Jamaican, born 1963). <em>Crusader</em>, 2006. Single-channel video (DVD), loop, 38 minutes Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Giulia Borghese, 2008.52.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2008.52.2_view01_SC.jpg)

Nari Ward (Jamaican, born 1963). Crusader, 2006. Single-channel video (DVD), loop, 38 minutes Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Giulia Borghese, 2008.52.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2008.52.2_view01_SC.jpg)

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Crusader

Contemporary Art

Nari Ward’s work takes shape from found, and often previously discarded, objects, drawing on Jamaican folk-art traditions of creating new forms from unexpected materials. In this video, the artist navigates the streets of Harlem from within his sculpture, Crusader (2005), also in the Brooklyn Museum collection. Referencing social and material instability, Ward transforms a shopping cart into a chariot, adding a protective sculptural hood to a conveyance often used by unhoused people to safeguard their belongings. The cart is circled by used gas cans, and items such as a spinning globe are painted over with tar extract—speaking to how oil fuels energy, but also global conflict and change.

ARTIST Nari Ward, Jamaican, born 1963

FILMED BY Zachary Fabri, American, born 1977

MEDIUM Single-channel video (DVD), loop, 38 minutes

DATES 2006

COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 2008.52.2

CREDIT LINE Purchased with funds given by Giulia Borghese

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Artist's performance documented by Zachary Fabri

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CAPTION Nari Ward (Jamaican, born 1963). Crusader, 2006. Single-channel video (DVD), loop, 38 minutes Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Giulia Borghese, 2008.52.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2008.52.2_view01_SC.jpg)

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