Artist
Radcliffe Bailey (American, 1968–2023)American, 1968–2023
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Uprooted
Date2002
Made inUnited States
MediumMixed media on wood panels
DimensionsOverall: 60 1/4 × 238 1/4 × 3 5/8 in. (153 × 605.2 × 9.2 cm)
Two panels, each: 60 1/4 × 119 1/8 × 3 5/8 in. (153 × 302.6 × 9.1 cm)
Two panels, each: 60 1/4 × 119 1/8 × 3 5/8 in. (153 × 302.6 × 9.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Gerald B. Smith; and by Frank J. Hevrdejs, Kirk Michael, Jim Donnell, Mitch Davidson, Fred Levine, Joe Sutton, Brent Bailey, Jeff Early, Tom Keefe, and James Ketelsen in honor of Harvey Padewer at "One Great Night in November, 2002"
Object number2002.3239.A,.B
Non exposé
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Radcliffe Bailey was visiting Houston in 2001 when Tropical Storm Allison flooded the city, shutting down the artist’s exhibition at the University of Houston on its opening night. Bailey returned the following year with a new series of paintings in which water was the dominant motif, symbolizing life passages and migration. Regarding Uprooted, Bailey commented: “I want to play on the idea of . . . sitting between the two worlds, like someone in a boat or in the water. Then the person is between the deep space of the sea and the broad expanse of the sky.”
ProvenanceThe artist; [Jack Shainman Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History“Radcliffe Bailey: Tides,” Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, September 21–November 24, 2002.
“Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 15–October 15, 2005.
"European Modern & Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 14–February 10, 2008.
"Radcliffe Bailey: Memory as Medicine," High Museum of Art, Atlanta, June 26–September 11, 2011; Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, Massachusetts, February 15–May 6, 2012; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, June 6–September 2, 2012.
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