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) fue un artista estadounidense reconocido por fusionar pintura y ensamblaje, explorando temas como la identidad negra, VIH/SIDA, el orgullo LGBT y las implicaciones raciales en el arte. Influenciado por Thornton Dial, su obra se exhibió en museos destacados como el Museo Metropolitano de Arte y el Museo Ackland Art Museum.
Souls Grown Deep (Atlanta, Estados Unidos de América)
Descubre Souls Grown Deep: Museo dedicado al arte negro del Sur EEUU. Admira impresionantes colecciones de quilts Gee's Bend y esculturas de artistas como Thornton Dial. Historia y cultura afroamericana.
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Sarah Lockett
- Artista: Ronald Lockett
- Año: 1997
- Dimensiones originales: 129.0 x 123.0 cm
- Formato: Square
- Estado de derechos de autor: Protegido por derechos de autor
- Dónde verla: Souls Grown Deep
- Época: Contemporary
- Tipo de técnica o medio: WallArt
- Color principal: Khaki
Datos clave
- Year: 1997
- Dimensions: 129 x 123 cm
- Subject or theme: Memorial to Sarah Lockett
- Notable elements or techniques: Quilt-like composition, fabric blocks
- Influences:
- Sarah Lockett
- Thornton Dial