Untitled
Artist: John Rozelle (American, born 1944)
Date: 2014
Dimensions:
H: 30 ½ in. (775 mm); W: 22 3/4in. (577.85 mm)
Medium: Mixed media collage
Classification: Mixed Media
Credit Line: Gift of Cynthia and Ronald Thompson
Object number: 2014.47
Label Text:Associate Professor Emeritus at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, John Rozelle’s work speaks powerfully to socio-political concerns and the state of American race relations. Describing his practice, Rozelle notes, “My work lends itself to a continuum of common African object-making practices…In some societies, magical powers or mystical properties are often bestowed on what appears to be, to the uninitiated, apparently unrelated objects. I try to find spiritual connections in this object-making. African sensibilities are used in the presentation of contemporary social/political concerns, much like objects in use in African societies where traditional practices exist today.”
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