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United States, 1968-2023

Radcliffe Bailey United States, 1968-2023

Radcliffe Bailey
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RB19.002 Untitled HR
Radcliffe Bailey, Mobile Bay 1959, 2019
Radcliffe Bailey, Mobile Bay 1959, 2019
Radcliffe Bailey, Mobile Bay 1959, 2019

Radcliffe Bailey United States, 1968-2023

Mobile Bay 1959, 2019
piano keys and wax
123.5 x 90 x 20 cm
48 9/16 x 35 6/16 x 7 13/16 in

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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ), currently selected., currently selected., currently selected. RB19.002 Untitled HR
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Radcliffe Bailey, Notes from Tervuren, 2011
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Radcliffe Bailey, Notes from Tervuren, 2011
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Radcliffe Bailey, Notes from Tervuren, 2011
Bailey’s work draws upon his family’s history, centrally placing images of relatives and ancestors, summoning an American history of adversity and aspiration, retracing journeys made and imagined. Mobile Bay shows...
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Bailey’s work draws upon his family’s history, centrally placing images of relatives and ancestors, summoning an American history of adversity and aspiration, retracing journeys made and imagined. Mobile Bay shows a slave ship making the perilous voyage on a metaphorical sea made of piano keys. The keys are displayed in a way that conjures undulating waves—those of the Black Atlantic where human cargo was shipped to America predominantly in the 17th century.
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Resistance, MARUANI MERCIER, Knokke, May 2021
Radcliffe Bailey : The Ocean Between, MARUANI MERCIER, Brussels, September 2019
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