Facing Extinction
Ronald Lockett
American, 1965–1998

Details
Title
Facing Extinction
Artist/Maker
Ronald Lockett (American, 1965–1998)
Date
ca. 1994
Medium
Welder's chalk on metal, mounted on wood
Dimensions
49 3/8 x 47 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches
Credit
T. Marshall Hahn Collection
Accession #
1996.179
On View
Currently not on view
Alabama artist Ronald Lockett’s tin pieces deal with death and remembrance. Lockett created this image of a buffalo using a simple perforated outline and metal scraps. It is a poignant commemoration of the buffalo and their Native American hunters, both of whom faced the threat of elimination by the advance of White settlers. The punctures in the metal also recall bullet holes, suggesting the artist’s distress at the social plight of the young Black men of his generation.
Image Copyright
© 2017 Estate of Ronald Lockett/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York
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