En Route
Radcliffe Bailey
American, 1968–2023
Details
Title
En Route
Artist/Maker
Radcliffe Bailey (American, 1968–2023)
Date
2005
Medium
Mixed media with photograph on Plexiglas, coconut palms, felt, acrylic, and wood
Dimensions
68 x 68 x 5 1/2 inches
Credit
Purchase with David C. Driskell African American Art Acquisition Fund
Accession #
2006.21
Here a box form echoes the earlier work of Joseph Cornell, allowing an aesthetic segue into certain mainstream trends, while also incorporating African American and African references, symbols, and iconology. This work, more lyrical and layered than Bailey's earlier work, also seems to relate to the assemblage and collage traditions in the work of Robert Rauschenberg.
Image Copyright
© Radcliffe Bailey