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Emerging into Spirit II
Artis Lane, (N. Buxton, Ontario, Canada, 1927 - )
Lane, Artis
United States
1927
Female
Primary
30 x 22 7/16 in. (76.2 x 57 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
A one run lithograph printed from an aluminum plate. Image was drawn on mylar using asphaltum wash, lithographic pencils, and stabilo pencils.
1996
1996
1996
Images of Black People
Print
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]
lower right, in imagelower left, in imagelower right, design of hand = publisher's blindstamplower right
1997.1.3
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Memorial Art Gallery
11/17/2000
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5/16/2011
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