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
Av WahooArt.com redaktionella team
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
Utforska Souls Grown Deep: En hyllning till svart konst från den amerikanska södern! Upptäck Gee's Bend-lapptäcken, assemblagekonst och inspirerande berättelser av konstnärer som Thornton Dial och Lonnie Holley.
Förhandsvisa
Byt till tryck
Skicka
Dela
Ladda ner
Liknande objekt
Röntgen
Bildspel
Statistik
