Marcella Hayes Muhammad
Decatur, Georgia
Developing for over 40 years, my signature style of Plastic Space abstraction or “Plasticism” impacts the viewer with color, culture and movement.
Message
Introducing: "Sankofa," a 16"x 20" oil on canvas. The Sankofa bird appears frequently in traditional Akan art and has also been adopted as an important symbol in the African-American and African Diaspora contexts to represent the need to reflect on the past to build a successful future. I challenged myself to represent this tradition using my signature style of Plasticism. By taking artistic license, I abstracted the bird to create a flurry of motion, and the background represents the chicken wire enclosure, highlighting the lack of freedom that Black people experience in many ways.
Introducing: "Sankofa," a 16"x 20" oil on canvas. The Sankofa bird appears frequently in traditional Akan art and has also been adopted as an important symbol in the African-American and African Diaspora contexts to represent the need to reflect on the past to build a successful future. I challenged myself to represent this tradition using my signature style of Plasticism. By taking artistic license, I abstracted the bird to create a flurry of motion, and the background represents the chicken wire enclosure, highlighting the lack of freedom that Black people experience in many ways.
- Subject Matter: Plastic Space Figurative
- Current Location: Maruva DQ Studio
- Collections: Plastic Space Figurative
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