Patron Saints of a Black Boy
"I am looking to find an innovative language that would serve my desire to study a more focused area of black American culture that intersects at religion, the deep south, and personal family histories.
These works hope to specifically address what I term being “Covered in Black”. When I speak on being covered, I am talking about the prayers, pleadings, and rituals that are practiced in the black community to offer a protection of those in the family and communities. Some of these practices are calling on the ancestors, the laying on of hands, alter calls, morning prayers, and the never-ending river of advice given to black people on how-to live-in blackness safely. The work is also considering who my personal saints are and trying to find God in people. "
- Rashaun Rucker
RASHAUN RUCKER
Will the Circle be Unbroken, 2023 • Graphite and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper • 50 x 35 inches
Call and Response, 2023 • Mixed media and tambourine • Diameter: 8 inches
When Grace Was Sufficient and a House Was a Home, 2023 • Mixed media and cross • 10 x 6 inches
Make a Joyful Noise, 2023 • Mixed media and tambourine • Diameter: 8 inches
Waiting on Salvation, 2023 • Graphite and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper • 50 x 35 inches
In My Father's House There are Many Mansions, 2023 • Graphite and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper • 50 x 35 inches
What Grandma Told Me, 2023 • Hymnal board and mixed media • 33 x 18 inches
What Aunt Tump Told Me, 2023 • Hymnal board and mixed media • 33 x 18 inches
You Don't Have to go to Church to Get to Know Your God, 2023 • Baptismal font, lenticular print and mixed media • 34 x 24 inches
I Brought You Black Flowers Because You are Beautiful, 2023 • Mixed media and holy fount • 18 x 12 inches