Jamele Wright Sr.
Atlanta, Georgia
Known for collaging and connecting the Black experience, received an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He lives and works in Atlanta, GA.
MessageCollection: FLAT, SPLAT, just like THAT
This series excavates concepts of Black joy. Exploring abstraction, and the way that we encounter the painting surface. FLAT SPLAT just Like THAT is inspired by the movie The Wiz. The Wiz is the Motown reproduction of The Wizard of Oz. The construction of FLAT SPLAT just like THAT is a stripped down, minimal continuation of his fabric series, extracting aspects of previous work. Venturing deeper into the glyphs, giving them a deeper read by creating and breaking his own pattern directly on the canvas.
