In this quilt-like work Lockett memorializes Sarah Lockett, his neighbor and great-grandmother, who had raised three generations of Locketts and Dials, including Thornton Dial. In 1995, as Sarah’s health began to fail, Ronald Lockett and Thornton Dial became increasingly interested in quilts. She had been a quilter, and now both men were beginning to sift through her effects. Many of her quilts, like the vast majority of African American quilts, were patternless improvisations of fabric blocks, more like quilt
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Ronald Lockett (1965-1998) was a visionary American artist known for his unique blend of painting & assemblage exploring Blackness, HIV/AIDS, identity, and racial implications in art. Influenced by Thornton Dial, his work is featured in major museums
Fedezze fel a Souls Grown Deep-et: a fekete amerikai déli művészet ünnepét! Ismerje meg a Gee's Bend takarókat, az assemblage művészetet és olyan művészek inspiráló történeteit, mint Thornton Dial és Lonnie Holley.