Barbershop Phrenology #1 (Just Got Paid)
The Barber Shop Phrenology series is a color study and visual commentary on Black male identity in the context of Politics, Art, History and American popular culture. Each work in the series is composed of nine (9) individual original mixed-media drawings on 11"h x 8.5"w paper, grouped together and framed in a grid.
Producing each portrait involves sketching out the style and volume of the hair and determining whether the profile faces left or right —the sides of a coin. Out of the miasma of ink lines and washes of thinned paint, I begin to see the face, eyes, noses and mouths come into focus. The process becomes improvisational and intuitive. I apply a mix of expressionist stylings in wet media (acrylics, ink pens, neon and metallic markers) and arranging collaged photographic materials sourced from coffee table art books, urban fashion magazines and the Internet. As I work, I reference the marble busts of Roman generals, Romare Bearden’s collages, 1970’s Black haircare advertising, Picasso’s Cubists portraits and Marvel comic superheroes.
'Barber Shop Phrenology #1' (Just Got Paid) is an original mixed-medium work of art. The materials used are high quality acrylic paint, opaque, metallic and neon inks, hand-cut collage on 11"h x 8.5"w paper. The finished work of art is custom framed (52”h x 43”w.) with white contemporary molding and conservation quality high UV-filtering Museum glazing. Artwork is signed by artist Skip Hill and includes certificate of authenticity.
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- Framed: 52 x 43 x 1.25 in
- Subject Matter: Portraits, Profiles
- Created: June 01, 2020
- Collections: Artist Inventory