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Artist John Rozelle (American, born 1944)

Date2014

DimensionsH: 30 ½ in. (775 mm); W: 22 3/4in. (577.85 mm)

MediumMixed media collage

ClassificationMixed Media

Credit LineGift of Cynthia and Ronald Thompson

Object number

2014.47

Not on View

Label TextAssociate 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.”Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, PICTURE ID: Contemporary African American Works on Paper, March 14-June 14, 2020.