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MITCHELL REMBERT

American, (b. 1984)

Looking Back

acrylic leather paint and dye on carved and tooled leather
signed lower right "Mitchell Rembert"
21 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches

  • Provenance: The artist

    "Looking Back" shows the memory of his past driving my father to create. My father's granite slab on the table is the one he used to tool leather. It's clean here, this is early on. Over the years, that piece of granite has been worn and stained with the dye and paint he used. It now looks like the backdrop shown in my painting. I also see it as a metaphor for his years of sharing his story while working. He often talked about his shortcomings and mistakes alongside his triumphs. In Life and art, we make choices. Some work out for the better, and other times, not as much. Dad taught me to make something beautiful from all the choices, good and bad. An emotional note here - I used the last of my father's dyes to finish "Looking Back."

    Tags: listed artist, 20th century, outsider art, black artist, African American artist
  • Condition: in excellent original condition

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