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1963–2023
Radcliffe Bailey (born November 25, 1968 and died November 14, 2023) was an American contemporary visual artist noted for mixed-media, paint, and sculpture works.
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I'm like free jazz. I'm not concerned about where I'm going, just as long as I'm moving forward and documenting life.
I think, to a degree, people are falling asleep about what has happened.
I always come to painting as a sculptor.
I’ve never been the kind of person who thought the world was flat.
It’s very much like hip-hop, patching and putting things together quiltlike, using old things to make new things.
I feel like I always have a foot back in time, I’m constantly reminded of the past.
There are parts of it that are very consistent.
I’ve always felt like the only way I can heal myself throughout certain things is to go back through my memory, learn from memory.
And old objects are of great interest. He collects these found objects and adapts them to his work.
It was interesting going through older work and looking at how things have changed.
Everything is based on materials.
My desire is just to make art, to make things,I like to think of my artworks as similar to the music of Thelonius Monk…. They're like rituals that just happen.
The true art teacher I had was my mother,She led me to the well.
I’ve been listening to the sound of the wind and I’ve been listening to my dogs bark at night on a full moon. Of course there are certain jazz musicians and female singers I listen to.
And now certain people and groups are capitalizing on those generations that are somewhat asleep, taking advantage of them and bringing back old, hateful ways. I can say that I don’t jump into politics, that I’m more fascinated with spiritual practices, but how can I not be political right now?
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