Crying for Change (2006) 绘画 由 Joyce Owens
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原创艺术品
绘画,
- 外形尺寸 高度 11in, 宽度 14in
It seemed to me that things are really bad when grown men are crying publicly at every turn. I talked to a male artist friend of mine who said, men of his (older) generation do not even know how to cry. It was never accepted in our culture. Aggressive behavior, confrontational language and war are the usual solutions. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. were unusual in their interest in non-violent protest and I am not sure we saw either of them cry. Maybe King. Anyway, after I did the paintings I decided to "google" the topic and was shocked to see I was not the only one amazed by this occurrence. It supported my premise, so that was good!
Ragdale Fellow Joyce Owens is a painter from Philadelphia, now residing in Chicago, who creates 3-D and 2-D masks/assemblages and paintings. Her award-winning art has been exhibited on four continents, including NATO in Brussels, The African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Monrovia, Liberia; Mbabane, Swaziland and in a traveling exhibition, "I American", curated by Sergio Gomez that was shown in a museum in Italy, among other exhibitions, including national exhibitions from coast to coast. Some commissions include: the Blackstone Hotel and the Sofitel Hotel in Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center's "Not Just Another Pretty Face", TV show host/journalist Ed Gordon, and others including a recent portrait of Gwendolyn Brooks for the library named for Brooks at Chicago State University and Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Princeton Chair of African American Studies.
Owens has earned two 1st Prizes at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago from artist Faith Ringgold and Margaret Hawkins, Artnews correspondent. The two competitions had the most submissions in the history of the 25 year old gallery. Owens was awarded 1st Prize at the Museum of Science and Industry's annual Black Creativity art exhibition, among other accolades.
Owens'earned an (MFA) from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut and BFA, from Howard University in Wash., D.C. Some faculty who influenced her at Yale were Lester Johnson and Bernard Chaet, William Bailey and Al Held as well as musician Willie Ruff. While at Howard University she studied with preeminent African American artists and scholars who influenced her including David Driskell, the late internationally known Lois Mailou Jones, sculptor Ed Love who was Owens’ mentor until his premature death, historian and painter Dr. James Porter and print-maker and painter, James L. Wells. California artist Leo Robinson was an important guide during undergraduate years as was Lloyd McNeill.
Known as a figurative artist deciding the most important work she can do is to address issues around race and gender.
Owens left her position as curator and associate professor at Chicago State University to pursue art full-time.
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