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① Artwork:
Flag Fight
In reference to what the artist perceives as the enduring longing for a collective identity for African Americans, this artwork pictures people frantically pulling at different identifiers represented by flags. The scene suggests confusion within both the community at large and each of them themselves. An important detail: The American flag lies forgotten in the corner.
Terron Cooper Sorrells creates large-scale paintings that envelop viewers in a mix of contemporary and historical African-American stories. His work becomes a collective portrait of what it means to be Black in America today while challenging our day-to-day perceptions of African Americans and how their history is written. Though his dramatic images are raw and vulnerable, they radiate his people’s strength and resilient spirit.
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③ Artist:
Working with forgotten, overlooked, and ignored narratives of African-American history, life, and culture, Sorrells creates large-scale paintings that envelop viewers in a mix of contemporary and historical stories. His work becomes a collective portrait of what it means to be Black in America today while celebrating this rich, diverse, and beautiful culture. Through his visual language of mythological, religious, and iconic imagery, Sorrells challenges our day-to-day perceptions of African Americans and how their history gets written. And while his dramatic images are raw and vulnerable, they ultimately radiate his people's strength and resilient spirit.
Terron Cooper Sorrells was born in 1994 in Portsmouth, VA, and lives in Chicago, IL. He earned his BFA in Printmaking from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, MD (2016).
Sorrells has mounted solo exhibitions at Steve Turner in Los Angeles, CA (2022), Neiman Marcus in Chicago, IL (2022), 21 Grams Gallery in Chicago, IL (2021), and The Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD (2019).
He has participated in group shows such as The 9th Annual Art Competition at the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago, IL (2021), Generation Next at 21 Grams Gallery, Chicago, IL (2021), Monuments: Creative Forces at The Mansion at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD (2020), and Black Creativity Exhibition at The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL (2017), among others.
In reference to what the artist perceives as the enduring longing for a collective identity for African Americans, this artwork pictures people frantically pulling at different identifiers represented by flags. The scene suggests confusion within both the community at large and each of them themselves. An important detail: The American flag lies forgotten in the corner.More
- Unframed
- Signed
- Orders placed between December 22 and January 2 will ship by January 8, 2024.
