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Barehanded War No. 4

Artist
John E. Rozelle, American, born 1944
Date
1987
Material
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas with fabric
made in
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Mixed media
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
58 5/8 x 69 1/2 x 2 in. (148.9 x 176.5 x 5.1 cm)
Credit Line
Funds given by Eleanor J. Moore, Friends of African American Art, and the Alturas Foundation
Rights
© John E. Rozelle
Object Number
20:2008
NOTES
In Barehanded War No. 4 artist John Rozelle references the haunting effects of apartheid and colonialism in South Africa. The image shows two black South African protestors dragging the broken body of a wounded comrade. Gold is sprinkled throughout the white-on-white image to symbolize an earlier policy of political and economic injustice and racial segregation driven by money and power.