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Won't You Celebrate With Me
In this drawing, the balloon (a common motif in Hall’s work) emerges as a symbol of hope, with the character “holding onto his hope” that government promises will help fulfill and guide us. Hall intentionally chose a greenish-turquoise hue based on the Southern belief that it blocks out negativity or protects from evil spiritual forces.
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.
In this drawing, the balloon (a common motif in Hall’s work) emerges as a symbol of hope, with the character “holding onto his hope” that government promises will help fulfill and guide us. Hall intentionally chose a greenish-turquoise hue based on the Southern belief that it blocks out negativity or protects from evil spiritual forces.More
- Unframed
- Signed on verso
