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202 results found.
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2015.006.034 - Sculpture
This sculpture is comprised of corroded and found objects. The body of the sculpture is two conjoined, human-like figures. Their four legs are attached to a base that appears to be made from a corroded tractor seat, or perhaps a portion of an antique wood/coal burning stove. The exact function of the base prior to its use as an art material is unknown at this time. The bodies of the figures appear to be made from a corroded radiator. The heads of...
Record Type: Object
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2015.006.036 - Sculpture
Large bust sculpture, presumably made by Sammie Nicely. There are dozens of short and thick protrusions along the back of the head and the forehead, presenting as hair. This bust features an exposed forehead, an elongated nose, and a circular mouth, which are all prominent themes in Nicely's works. The clothing that the bust is wearing covers the shoulders/chest of the bust and is intricately designed with fine linework and details. The entire bu...
Record Type: Object
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2015.006.037 - Drawing
Black and white illustration of a townscape. Two mountain ridges are visible in the background. There are several stores with names, a bridge, and other downtown features presented along the street in the drawing. "At the Foot of Mingus Jerome, Arizona" and "JTF" are stamped or printed on the backside of the illustration.
Record Type: Object
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2015.006.038 - Drawing
Black and white illustration of a townscape. A building is the central figure of the image. There is another building in the background and some trees near the buildings. "JTF" and "The Jail" are stamped or printed on the backside of the illustration.
Record Type: Object
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2018.020.001 - Sculpture
This assemblage (a type of sculpture that introduces pre-existing, non-art object into an art context) of clay, wood, paper, and found objects is formed into an obelisk or house-like shape. With its peaked roof and open-sided structure, it lends itself to the visual quality of a dollhouse. The wooden structure is covered in sticks, rocks, and paper, with a clay figure in the main body. All materials unify to create an earthen toned color palette...
Record Type: Object
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2018.020.002 - Sculpture
"Birdcage" by Lydia Wilson is an assemblage or mixed-media sculpture comprising plastic, fabric, paint, and found objects. This sculpture depicts a gray-haired doll wearing a hat and a ball gown of which the skirt is split open in the front revealing a bird cage underneath. The cage houses a booklet featuring handwritten text, washes of paint, and drawings. The "Birdcage" doll was created when Lydia Wilson was doing a program with women who were...
Record Type: Object
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2019.003 - Sculpture
"Compassion" is a mixed media fiber piece inlaid a black wooden shadow box. Red, yellow-orange, and purple textile swatches are stitched together and suspended in the box by white threads. Mounted on stitched fabrics is a tiny book with a base made of cardboard on which purple felt is applied. Also appliqued: a crochet strip on the upper left corner; a pink fiber flower on the upper left; sequins on the upper middle; and yellow beads on the upper...
Record Type: Object
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2021.002.003 - Photograph
"Reclaimed" is a digitally printed photograph on eco-canvas. The photograph was taken near Wise County, Virginia's Looney Ridge. It shows a tree-less rocky landscape with embroidered details including the yellow flowers, telephone lines, and roots off the side of the cliff. It was featured in the 2018 FL3TCH3R EXHIBIT: Social & Politically Engaged Art and won the Sammie L. Nicely Appalachian Artist Award that year. The artist writes of th...
Record Type: Object
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2021.004 - Painting
This is an acrylic portrait of Emmett Louis Till by Dr. Lisa Whittington. Till looks straight at the viewer with his hands behind his back. Till wears blue pants and a red shirt held closed by one light button. Behind his head is a cross and halo of light similar to those in religious iconography to depict holy or sacred beings. A light yellow outline envelopes his body below the halo. In 1955, teenager Emmett Till was lynched by a group of m...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.001 - Collage
This collaged painting depicts a group of abstracted and elongated figures in the foreground, some of which are wearing patterned tunic-like garb. The background and flooring on which the figures are standing are an array of geometric shapes. The whole composition is treated with a saturated color palette coated irregularly by washes of white paint. Crossley's signature is visible in the lower right corner as "C. Crossley." The collage is mad...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.002 - Painting
"Yardbird" is two-dimensional figurative print/drawing/painting (possibly in colored pencil and/or oil pastels on top of a print). It features three figures within what is rendered to appear as a wooden frame-the lower strip of the frame features the text "BIRD." The largest central figure and the figure in the lower left portion are handled more realistic, while the furthest right figure is represented more abstractly. Jackson's mark making rang...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.003 - Print
This 2D intaglio print depicts a figure resting their head on their hands and gazing through a window at a bird. The composition is bordered by a black and white patterned frame. The black figure, framed within the frame, has a simplified form composed with white contour lines and is placed in front of a green background. The figure rests its elbows on a patterned maroon ledge on which there is also placed a vase that holds a delicate flower arra...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.004 - Portrait
"Pookie" is a painted portrait of a young black girl wearing a white collared red top. She wears her hair in a side braid on the right side of her head. She is looking slightly away from the viewer and has a neutral expression. There are leaf-like shapes floating in the background that surrounds the portrait. The paint is handled in an impressionistic style rendering the portrait more abstract. Apart from the more saturated red top that Pookie we...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.005 - Painting
This acrylic painting depicts four black figures wearing yellow dresses with skin highlighted by markings of red, blue, and white. Their hair is swept to the side, as if blown by the wind. The figures are abstracted into organic shapes and gestural lines. The stark black figures are contrasted by the highly saturated primary colors that dominate the palette (blues, reds, and yellows). The background landscape is reduced to large swaths of vib...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.006 - Painting
This acrylic on canvas depicts impressionistic renderings of figures and still life objects. The palette knife's thick application of layers of paint grants a lot of tactile texture to the piece. With the exception of the starkly black figures and profiles, the color palette is a variety of pastel shades. The composition features amorphous vases, bowls, and figures. In the foreground is the focal elongated vase with a thin neck that morphs also i...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.007 - Sculpture
"Face" is a sculpture by Lonnie Holley made of wire shaped to create the contour lines of face profiles. The outermost profile is shaped with multiple black twisted wires. Within this outer structure lies a gray wire entwining the upper portions of the head suggestive of hair. A singular wire is shaped to form a smaller profile within the larger one. Lonnie Holley (b. 1950) is an Alabamian artist, musician, and filmmaker. Holley is known for ...
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2021.005.008 - Painting
This mixed media piece is of a portrait painted on a rectangular tin cut out. As with many of Willie's other works, the wooden frame he created functions as part of the overall composition. Burnt orange tin is inlaid the wooden frame. Painted on the tin is a portrait of a Black subject wearing a buttoned yellow top and an orange bucket hat. The subject is painted with aqua colored hair and blue-gray eyeshadow. It is framed within the tin by a de...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.009 - Painting
This mixed media work depicts an elongated portrait which is painted with acrylic on wood. The artist constructed a frame painted with a vibrant red which bleeds into the portrait's shoulders. In the background, the wood's texture shows through the applied paint giving the piece tactile texture. Blends of orange and purple make up the background's palette. The outlines of the portrait's features are marked with a thick black contour line. The fac...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.010 - Painting
This mixed media piece comprises a painted metal cut out inlaid a partially painted wooden frame. As with many of Willie's other works, the wooden frame he created functions as part of the overall composition. The frame appears weathered with paint blotches of faint greens. A square metal piece is tacked to the wooden frame. The negative space of the metal is cut out to bring out the shape of two abstractly rendered faces; they are painted with a...
Record Type: Object
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2021.005.011 - Painting
This acrylic on canvas depicts an abstracted landscape featuring, starting from the bottom of the frame, grass, a fish, palms, and a sun. Paint is applied with layered and long gestural strokes. The palette is predominately primaries (blues, reds, and yellow), in addition to black, greens, and oranges. The composition is framed by a border of black paint.
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2021.005.012 - Painting
"Mystery of Hope" is an oil painting on canvas framed by a thick wooden frame. The painting portrays a centered, front-facing portrait of a woman who is wearing a faint smile. As with many of Preble's portraits, "Mystery of Hope" depicts a Creole girl with green eyes. The backdrop is a muted and soft blue color. The subject is adorned with feather-like gold earrings and a simple thin gold necklace. Her hair is dark and extends to the edge of the ...
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2021.005.013 - Painting
"See No Evil" is a wooden framed oil on canvas. This work depicts a black portrait donning a red blindfold and a black/purple striped turtleneck top. Their hair is dark and rendered with scribbled and wiry lines. A high contrast of highlights and shadows exaggerates the subjects features and gives them distinct bulbous shapes. The portrait is backdropped by a gradation of light and dark purple. To the left of the subject is a purple handprint. Th...
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2021.005.014 - Painting
This folk-art piece is an oil painting on board that illustrates three figures working in a kitchen interior. The figures and objects in the room are given a graphic appearance by the black outlining of each shape. The back wall is painted with a streaky mint green. On the floor is a gridded yellow ochre rug that also features a streaky application of paint and hints of the same green on the wall. The figures work amongst a red and white cabinet,...
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2021.005.015 - Painting
This figurative oil painting on canvas illustrates a surrealist circus scene. Saturated primary and secondary colors predominantly comprise the palette, along with browns, grays, white, and black. High contrast is created with a beam of light highlighting diagonally from the upper left of the composition down. The scale of the circus figures is juxtaposed by a much longer high-heel wearing leg that stretches horizontally across the composition.
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2021.005.016 - Portrait
This oil painting on canvas features a portrait of Sammie L. Nicely. The portrait is in left facing profile with the head tilted down toward the lower left of the composition. The head portion of the portrait is realistically rendered, while his form is represented by singular calligraphic contour line. The background is treated with soft and blended washes of yellow. The figure's hair is dreaded and wears an earring cuff; his collar a blue-green...
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2021.005.017 - Painting
This oil painting on canvas depicts a front facing portrait of a black woman holding three children. She is positioned in front of a nighttime cityscape that is in the background. The woman is centered and is gazing out into the left of the composition with her arms wrapped around the children. The palette is dark and tonal moments of primary colors. The woman dons a white hair wrap and shawl, along with a white collared red smock. The three chil...
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2021.005.018 - Painting
This work is painted with house-paint on board and is inlaid on a white painted wood frame. "Figure" depicts a whimsically rendered abstract figure comprised of simple geometric shapes. The figure is given a white background with a green border. It is composed of flat planes of color, and is positioned in a full frontal and centered manner. Tolliver, as with many of his works, created this piece using a muted color palette. There are punches of r...
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2021.005.019 - Sculpture
This blown glass sculpture carries the quality of a totem with stacks of differently colored and shaped glass. It is widest at its red, circular base. There are intermittent stacks of white, blue, and light blue rings. The totem's "belly" is a bright yellow. Sitting on top is a green, bird-like figure whose wings are criss-crossed in front of its chest. The figure's head is angled diagonally toward the sky, beak open. Over the past twenty year...
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2021.005.020 - Sculpture
This 3-dimensional green glass sculpture depicts human-like figure posing with one arm raised above their head. The other arm bends to rest near their left thigh. The left foot is planted but the right knee is bent as if walking. Surrounding the feet is clear and blue glass, as if the figure is stepping in water. White glass hits the arm bent over the face, as if the figure is protecting themselves from rain. Clear glass frames the head as hair. ...
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2021.005.021 - Sculpture
The blown glass bowl is a collaborative work by Jolley and Nicely; Jolley created the glass bowl, while Nicely contributed the decorative drawings seen on the outward facing portion of the bowl. The bowl's base and lip are treated with the same black glaze. The bowl itself has a white base that is speckled with glazes of saturated blue, along with earth tones of green, yellow, and orange. Nicely's mark making is loose and gestural. The lines and ...
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