Sarah Lockett
Mixed Media
WallArt
Contemporary Art
1997
Contemporary
129.0 x 123.0 cm
Souls Grown Deep
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
ronald lockett (1965 – 1998)
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
Souls Grown Deep (Atlanta, USA)
Utforsk Souls Grown Deep: En feiring av svart kunst fra det amerikanske sør! Oppdag Gee's Bend-quilter, assemblage-kunst og inspirerende historier fra kunstnere som Thornton Dial og Lonnie Holley.
Om dette kunstverket
- Tittel: Sarah Lockett
- Kunstner: ronald lockett
- År: 1997
- Opprinnelige mål: 129.0 x 123.0 cm
- Format: Square
- Opphavsrettslig status: Opphavsrettslig beskyttet
- Utstillingssted: Souls Grown Deep
- Periode: Contemporary
- Type medium: WallArt
- Hovedfarge: Khaki
Kort om verket
- Year: 1997
- Notable elements or techniques: Quilt-like composition, fabric blocks
- Dimensions: 129 x 123 cm
- Title: Sarah Lockett
- Artist: Ronald Lockett