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Am I Expecting Too Much
This drawing is part of an ongoing series on social withdrawal, with the artist basing this work on two elements: his explorations of the penal system and the “dissociation of settlement” an incarcerated individual experiences over time, creating an existence with no choices or voices where one must make the best of their surroundings. In this artwork, the character got drawn in after the bars, further abstracting the image.
Roscoe Hall is a truth-teller in pigment who questions previously unexamined histories in various media. Through fractured narratives that center on identity, historical events and mortality, Hall’s irreverent paintings work as front-page illustrations of personal reflection as well as powerful meditations on his Black experience.
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③ Artist:
Roscoe Hall is a truth-teller in pigment who questions previously unexamined histories across media ranging from food to paint. His work nods toward artistic predecessors such as Romare Bearden, Kara Walker, and Purvis Young through fractured narratives centered on identity, historical events and mortality. While Hall’s irreverent paintings work as front-page illustrations of personal reflection, they’re also powerful meditations on his Black experience.
Roscoe Hall was born in 1978 in Chicago, IL, and lives in Birmingham, AL. He received his MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA (2008), and his BFA in Photography from the University of San Diego in San Diego, CA (2003).
Hall has exhibited his work at the University of Alabama Art Gallery in Tuscaloosa, AL (2023); SOCO Art Gallery in Charlotte, NC (2023); James Barron Art in Kent, CT (2022); Scott Miller Projects in Birmingham, AL (2022); the Alabama Triennial at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA) in Birmingham, AL (2022); and elsewhere.
This drawing is part of an ongoing series on social withdrawal, with the artist basing this work on two elements: his explorations of the penal system and the “dissociation of settlement” an incarcerated individual experiences over time, creating an existence with no choices or voices where one must make the best of their surroundings.More
- Unframed
- Signed on verso
