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Tokie Rome-TaylorThe Sight: photograph by Black African American artist, girl w/ gold & cotton2022
2022
$1,800
£1,376.20
€1,585.10
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A$2,815.97
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NOK 18,739.19
SEK 17,668.67
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This is the first print (#1) in a limited edition of 10 signed, titled, and numbered photographs titled "The Sight," by artist Tokie Rome-Taylor. The photograph itself measures 24" x 16", and it is professionally framed to 30.5" x 23" in a contemporary, narrow silver-toned wood frame with double mat in black and silver.
"The Sight" is from Rome-Taylor's "Reclamation" project. The "Reclamation Project" is a series of photographs are created with children exhibiting wisdom and self-awareness beyond their visible years, conjuring notions of passed down ancestral knowledge. Incorporated found items that contain a history of people in the past, that are domestic, and somewhat nostalgic. Family heirlooms of the sitters are also incorporated, adding their historical meaning and value to the images. The objects are literal family heirlooms or selected items by me that are reminiscent of them, evoking familial connections and the memory. The sitter, in combination with the objects, creates a dialogue regarding their dynamics in history. The use of fabrics and rich materials, as well as the layered directional lighting are inspired by renaissance paintings, who historically did not depict people of color. If they were included, they were typical only as background elements within the works. In this way, she continue to combat the erasure and omission of black bodies, framing them in a position of elevation. After creating the images in camera, they are further manipulated digitally. She use multiple layers, painting in light and shadow, as well as color grading, to create a painterly image. Further manipulation may come in the form of archival images digitally collaged within the piece, using the image as a digital negative for cyanotype or as the base image for physical manipulation via embroidery, beading, gold leafing on vellum or encaustic. The use of beading, embroidery, gold leafing, and wax are all inspired by the materials used in creation and adornment of clothing within traditional West African culture. She explore mediums and layering in order to grant myself freedom from the expectation of how a photograph should ultimately exist.
Photographer and Georgia native, Tokie Rome-Taylor focuses on the notion that perception of self and belonging begins in childhood. Children are the subjects she centers within her works, with a focus on representing a visual elevation that had been omitted from mainstream "western art history". Her works have a painterly aesthetic, using both digital and analog image making techniques. She often incorporates multiple mediums, including textile, embroidery, pigments, beading and wax. The resulting works challenge the viewers expectation of what a photograph should look like.
Working in tandem with her centering of children, Rome-Taylor explores questions that stem from ethnographic and historical research. These questions probe material, spiritual, and familial culture of descents of southern slaves act as entry points for Tokie Rome-Taylor to build symbolic elements that communicate a visual language. The sitters' family heirlooms, and recollections of family history, are combined with the historical research about the lives of Africans brought to the Americas.The research centers on their material culture, spiritual practice, and traditions. These have all been used to create a visual language that speaks to our shared history. Children and their family heirlooms, the real or imagined histories of these children's families and their ancestors all collide to spark conversation around material wealth, familial and cultural traditions of African Americans in the South.
Rome-Taylor’s work is held in multiple private and institutional collections including the MOCA GA, The Fralin Museum at UVA, and the Southeastern Museum of Photography. She has an extensive national and international exhibition record including the Atlanta Contemporary, the Fralin Museum, The Southeastern Museum of Photography, The Griffin Museum of Photography, SP-Foto SP-Arte Fair in São Paulo, Brazil, and the Zuckerman Museum of Art, amongst others.
- Creator:Tokie Rome-Taylor
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 30.5 in (77.47 cm)Width: 23 in (58.42 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Bryn Mawr, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1416216008272
Atlanta, Georgia-based artist Tokie Rome-Taylor examines themes of time, spirituality, visibility and identity through photography, cyanotype and embroidery. She explores the sense of belonging and self-perception as it begins in childhood. Through constructed portraits of proud Black and Brown children dressed in fine fabrics and jewelry, and depicted with family heirlooms and historical objects, Tokie’s work deliberately counters the stereotypical narratives in Black representation and combats their historical erasure.
Denied access to traditional materials and practices in the Americas, a creolization of symbolic elements of European status and wealth have been utilized to visually connect to ancestral practices of adornment and spirituality. Rich fabrics, historical objects and layered directional lighting are inspired by Renaissance paintings that historically did not depict people of color. The use of beading, embroidery, gold leafing and wax are inspired by the materials used in creation and adornment of clothing within traditional West African culture. Through these elements, each sitter’s beauty and worth are evoked, conveying an elevation of the Black body. Tokie hopes that through her work her children and those that come after will perceive their place in society through a lens of belonging and equality.
Tokie Rome-Taylor is an educator and working artist. She is a Fund for Teachers fellowship recipient, studying photography in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and in San Francisco, California. Her work has been a part of many national and international exhibitions, including at the Griffin Museum of Photography, the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, SP-Foto SP-Arte Fair (São Paulo, Brazil), the Masur Museum of Art, the Zuckerman Museum of Art, the Lyndon House Art Center and Agnes Scott College among others.
Tokie is a recipient of the Virginia Twinam Smith Purchase Award, adding her work to the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia as well as the Legacy Award, bestowed by the Griffin Museum of Photography. Her work is held in multiple public and private collections and was recently acquired by the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art.
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