African American artist Radcliffe Bailey is part of a new generation of artists bringing the complex and often hidden realities of contemporary America to life. Bailey believes that making things very personal he can achieve a sense of human universality. He is deeply influenced by history, by family, by his community, and his work reflects an appreciation for the alternative voices that shape how we live.
Bailey first became known for a series of mixed media medicine cabinets, begun in 2003, inspired by Kongo minkisi, or power figure, objects that convey strong, symbolic spiritual resonance. Bailey uses as his muse the artists, poets, musicians, blacksmiths and artisans who came before him, weaving together images of conquest and resistance that reflect African American life today.
African American artist Radcliffe Bailey is part of a new generation of artists bringing the complex and often hidden realities of contemporary America to life. Bailey believes that making things very personal he can achieve a sense of human universality. He is deeply influenced by history, by family, by his community, and his work reflects an appreciation for the alternative voices that shape how we live.
Bailey first became known for a series of mixed media medicine cabinets, begun in 2003, inspired by Kongo minkisi, or power figure, objects that convey strong, symbolic spiritual resonance. Bailey uses as his muse the artists, poets, musicians, blacksmiths and artisans who came before him, weaving together images of conquest and resistance that reflect African American life today.
African American artist Radcliffe Bailey is part of a new generation of artists bringing the complex and often hidden realities of contemporary America to life. Bailey believes that making things very personal he can achieve a sense of human universality. He is deeply influenced by history, by family, by his community, and his work reflects an appreciation for the alternative voices that shape how we live.
Bailey first became known for a series of mixed media medicine cabinets, begun in 2003, inspired by Kongo minkisi, or power figure, objects that convey strong, symbolic spiritual resonance. Bailey uses as his muse the artists, poets, musicians, blacksmiths and artisans who came before him, weaving together images of conquest and resistance that reflect African American life today.
