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John Isiah WaltonYellow Mary2020
2020
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There are certain pockets of Black America unique enough to become heritage tourist destinations, at which point they become subject to the Disney-fication of their cultures along with general degradation due to #overtourism as they submit their local development and economies to a capricious, external motor.
This painting is meant to draw parallels between two such pockets of Creole Black America found in both New Orleans and the Gullah Geechee areas of coastal Georgia & South Carolina. Not only do the two areas share Gumbo as a signature dish but both have experienced National portrayals in popular culture.
At first glance, the cartoon characters in the bottom left bear resemblance to Tianna and the frog from Disney’s The “Princess and the Frog” but upon closer inspection, one can see the character is actually Yellow Mary from Gullah biopic “Daughters of the Dust” and the frog is actually Binya Binya Pollywog from “Gullah Gullah Island”.
Yellow Mary guards the grounds of the Hilton Head Islands, an area that once preserved the most Africanisms in the entire US but has now become a popular golf destination where Gullah burial grounds litter the backyards of million-dollar condos. Divert your eyes to the top where you can select your Arrival and Departure dates in just a few clicks! That top square is balanced by the bottom Materia square, where aspects of Gris-Gris, Fire, Water, and a Bottle Tree signify the island’s cultural tensions between elements of Magic and Realism.
JOHN ISIAH WALTON was born in 1985 in New Orleans, where he currently lives and works as a fine artist. He attended St. Augustine H.S. (1999-2002) and graduated from Sarah T. Reed H.S. (2003). Walton received an AA degree in 2012 from Delgado College, New Orleans. Walton has been a member of Second Story Gallery (2012- 13) and The Front, New Orleans (2014-2017) Level Artist Collective (2015-Present). He has lectured about his work to the graduate program at UNC, Chapel Hill (2014) & his work was donated to the permanent collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art.
- Creator:John Isiah Walton (1985, American)
- Creation Year:2020
- Dimensions:Height: 70 in (177.8 cm)Width: 70 in (177.8 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU10527248832
“John Isiah Walton is an emerging artist with a strong conceptual streak who often bespeaks a stinging social commentary. His use of wit and irony addressing the constructs of race and class is irreverent and sensitive. Walton’s scheme is to connect a politically correct discourse (Hank Willis Thomas) with politically incorrect humor (Richard Prince). Male artists who exploit sophomoric humor often mask the fact that they have difficulty in satirizing human dilemmas with depth. Walton is not of that school.” -Diego Cortez 2015, Ny Art Beat. Walton was born in 1985 in New Orleans, where he currently resides. He attended St. Augustine H.S. (1999-2002) and graduated from Sarah T. Reed H.S. (2003). Walton received an AA degree in 2012 from Delgado College, New Orleans. He has had solo exhibitions at Identity Books, Graham, NC (2014), Gallery P339 (2015 & 2016), Brooklyn, NY and Ohr O’Keefe Museum, Biloxi ,MS (2019), Level Artist Collective, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, LA (2019) & Southeastern University, Hammond, LA. Selected group shows include The Front, LA (2014); New Orleans Museum of Art, LA (2014), Art Lab Akiba, Ginza, Tokyo (2014), Untitled Art Projects, LA (2013), and Atlanta Biennial, GA (2019). Walton is a founding member of the Second Story Gallery (2012-13), Level Artist Collective (2014-present) & the first African American member of The Front, New Orleans (2014-2017). He has lectured about his work to the graduate program at UNC, Chapel Hill (2014), and Southeastern Louisiana University undergraduate program (2021).
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