Rashod Taylor
LJ and His Fort

LJ and His Fort

© 2020 Rashod Taylor

LJ and His Fort
LJ and His Fort
ArtistAmerican, born 1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • LJ and His Fort
  • from the series Little Black Boy
Date2020, printed 2021
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 14 5/16 × 17 13/16 in. (36.3 × 45.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Franci Neely, and Nina and Michael Zilkha
Object number2021.79
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Filled with heart-wrenching tenderness and laced with the anxiety only born of deep love, Rashod Taylor’s series Little Black Boy is a powerful record of his son’s childhood. Amid the civil unrest of 2020, as the long list of lost Black lives grew longer, Taylor’s worries about his son’s future grew. "He can’t live a carefree childhood as he deserves; there is a weight that comes with his blackness, a weight that he is not ready to bear," the artist noted. Taylor’s photographs balance childlike innocence with parental worry in stunningly tender compositions.


ProvenanceThe artist; [jdc Fine Art, Gleneden Beach, Oregon]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left center: LJ and His Fort, 2020 // 2/10
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Rashod Taylor 2021
Signed in pencil, verso, bottom center: Rashod Taylor 2021

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