BLACK LIFE as subject MATTER II
Oct 23, 2021 – Feb 27, 2022
Frances Turner | MY SPIRIT MATTERS | Mixed media | 2019
Frances Turner | QUEEN – BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL | Mixed media | 2021
Horace Dozier, Sr. | CRY OF THE TRUMPET | Digital photograph | 36 x 28" | 2021
Cedric Cox | NIGHT FLIGHT | acrylic on canvas | 2020
Dale Goode | IN FROM THE FIELDS | Mixed media | 2020
Dale Goode | FORK OVER YOUR LOVE | Mixed media | 2020
Yvette Walker-Dalton | THE CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN A-Z | (26) Paper collages | 2021
Yvette Walker-Dalton | THE CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN A-Z (detail 4) | (26) Paper collages | 2021
Yvette Walker-Dalton | THE CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN A-Z (detail 3) | (26) Paper collages | 2021
Yvette Walker-Dalton | THE CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN A-Z (detail 2) | (26) Paper collages | 2021
Yvette Walker-Dalton | THE CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN WOMEN A-Z (detail 1) | (26) Paper collages | 2021
Robert Parkey III | REMNANTS OF SUPERIORITY SERIES II | Color photography | 2021
Robert Parkey III | REMNANTS OF SUPERIORITY SERIES I | Color photography | 2021
Larry Winston Collins | HOMAGE TO SAM DUBOSE | Mixed media wall sculpture | 2018
Larry Winston Collins | HOMAGE TO JOHN CRAWFORD III | Mixed media wall sculpture | 2018
Thomas Hudson | LOOK | Graphite on Arches paper | 17 x 17.5" | 2021
Thomas Hudson | SWITCH | Oil on panel | 2015
Dwayne Daniel | DAMN THE GOOD OLD DAYS! | Oil on canvas | 2015
Dwayne Daniel | DETERMINED | Acrylic on canvas | 2020
Dwayne Daniel | ENOUGH | Acrylic on canvas | 2021
Dwayne Daniel | RECIPROCITY | Charcoal | 2015
Abner Cope | THE STRUGGLE | Oil on canvas | 2021
Abner Cope | VIRGINIA | Oil on panel | 2018
Tracy Ameen | UNTITLED | Sculpted pottery | 2021
Derrick Davis | KENTE SPIRIT NO.135 | Prismacolor pencil | 14 x 39"
Derrick Davis | KENTE SPIRIT #136 | Prismacolor Pencil | 2020
Chelsea Craig | MANILLA | Copper, etching, copper chain, and stone setting | 2019
Chelsea Craig | BLOOMING | Electroforming, enamel, cotton, and lace | 2019
Chelsea Craig | TRANSITION (NIGGER/A) | Copper and brass chain, patina, and copper | 2019
Ronnie Williams | INSIDE OUT | Oil |
Andrea Walker Cummings | SAY MY NAME | Textile, handquilting, and applique | 2020
Lois Fortson-Kirk | JOHN LEWIS | Clay | 2021
Jarred Thorne | 18 GANGS | Photography | 2019
Craig Screven | MY PEOPLE CHALLENGE 13: LOVE OR HATE | Digital | 2020
James Pate | WINTER SUIT | Charcoal | 2014
James Pate | DASHAWN, FREDDIE J., LIL' GREG, AND WILLIE LYNCH | Charcoal | 2014
James Pate | MIDDLE SCHOOL REVOLT | Charcoal
James Pate | AYO'S CHAIR | Charcoal
Cynthia Lockhart | MR. PRESIDENT | Fiber art quilt | 2009
Cynthia Lockhart | YOUR VOTE IS YOUR PROTEST | Fiber art quilt | 2020
Cynthia Lockhart | I BELIEVE I CAN FLY | Fiber art quilt | 2012
Morris Howard | LOVE OUR WOMEN 2 | Oil on canvas | 2020
Morris Howard | LOVE OUR WOMEN 1 | Oil on canvas | 2020
Kevin Harris | SWARM II | Pigment ink on canvas mounted to wood | 2021
Kevin Harris | BEE BOY II | Pigment ink on canvas mounted to wood | 2021
Al Harden | WE ARE ONE | Photography Metal Giclee | 2020
Al Harden | LEGACY | Photography Metal Giclee | 2014
Erin Glenn | THE HAIRTAGE OF LAUREN HILL | Colored pencil | 2021
Horace Dozier, Sr. | PEACE BE STILL | Digital photographic painting | 2021
Horace Dozier, Sr. | INSURGENCE | Digital photographic painting | 2020
Deborah Dixon | BLACK SPIRITS MATTER | Mixed media | 2021
Greg DeGroat | MOTHER AND DAUGHTER | Watercolor | 2021
Greg DeGroat | THE LESSON | Watercolor | 2021
Willis "Bing" Davis | ANTI-POLICE BRUTALITY DANCE MASK #22 | Clay and Found Objects | 2021
Willis "Bing" Davis | NATIONAL POLICE RICOCHET BOOMERANG BULLET PROJECT | Portable lab, found objects | 2021
Clifford Darrett | FAMILY REUNION II | Oil painting on stretched canvas | 2017
Clifford Darrett | A DREAM, A CHANGE, BLACK LIVES DO MATTER | Oil painting on stretched canvas | 2020
Shon Curtis | CHASM: AN ODE TO THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK | digital photography on lustre paper | 2020
Evan Williams | HUG | digital illustration | 2021
Evan Williams | KAP | digital illustration | 2021
Evan Williams | STAND | digital illustration | 2021
Jimi Jones | DEATH OF INNOCENTS | Oil on canvas | 2021
Jimi Jones | I JUST WANT JUSTICE | Oil on canvas | 2019
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Curated by Willis Bing Davis, BLACK LIFE as subject MATTER II views all aspects of the Black experience as valid subject matter for creative expression. The visual voices presented in this exhibition are like griots – reflecting on the joy, pain, sorrow, visions, and hopes for today and tomorrow. BLACK LIFE as subject MATTER II features over 25 artists from around the state, including many from Dayton and Springfield.
Davis is a world-renowned artist and curator having exhibited at the Studio Museum of Harlem, the Renwick Gallery, the National Museum of Art of Senegal West Africa, and the United States Embassy Accra, Ghana. For over 40 years, Davis has dedicated himself to teaching art in a range of environments. He’s received numerous awards including Ohio Art Educator of the Year, and the highest art award in the state of Ohio, the Ohio Governor’s Irma Lazarus Lifetime Achievement Award.
BLACK LIFE as subject MATTER II has been made possible with generous funding from the Ohio Humanities Council and Arts Midwest.
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