Ellington Robinson

I recently went to the Paul R. Jones Collection at the University of Delaware.  It is very thought provoking, but I found the two artists that struck me the most are Frank Bowling and Ellington Robinson.  Bowling's piece that is featured is called "Boo'sback" and it relates to African American music.  Bowling's work is very similar to Robinson's as well because it focuses on African American music.  I wish I could show the pieces that are featured by Robinson that are in the Collection, but I could not find a photo of it on the Internet (go figure right).  However, I did pull this image off of Google and it is called "No Way Out".  The sky of this is actually cassette tape and he uses different layers of mixed media such as record labels record sleeves to emphasize the musical influence. I think I love his work because it reminds me of Robert Rausenberg's work as well.  I am very interested in the mixed media medium and hope to someday explore that within my own work.

That's all for now. Check out the Collection! It's worth. Grab some inspiration.

SamanthaMae