FILTER RESULTS
Emerging into Spirit II
199630 x 22 7/16 in. (76.2 x 57 cm)
Artis Lane
United States
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Lithograph
Credit Line:
Gift of the Chase Manhattan Bank
Accession Number:
1997.1.3
Location: Currently on view
Edition: 11/70
Trial Proofs: 2
B.A.T.: 1
Printers Proofs: 4
Hors Commerce: 11
Printer: Marina Ancona
Publisher: Hand Graphics, Santa Fe, NM
Portfolio: Resounding Heart
Though largely known for her portraiture, Artis Lane also explores themes of social justice and metaphysics in her art. Here, a figure struggles against vestiges of the materials used to cast bronze sculpture. This symbolic emergence from the burden of material life to a higher spiritual awareness speaks to the artist’s concerns with the history of slavery in America.
In 2009, Artis Lane’s bust of abolitionist Sojourner Truth was installed in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Michelle Obama, who presided over the unveiling, said, "I hope that Sojourner Truth would be proud to see me, a descendant of slaves, serving as the First Lady of the United States of America."
[Gallery label text 2011]
In 2009, Artis Lane’s bust of abolitionist Sojourner Truth was installed in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Michelle Obama, who presided over the unveiling, said, "I hope that Sojourner Truth would be proud to see me, a descendant of slaves, serving as the First Lady of the United States of America."
[Gallery label text 2011]
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This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- New Aquisitions by African-American Artists from the Memorial Art Gallery Collection 2/9/1997 - 6/6/1997
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