TypeFace

Artist RaMell Ross (American, born 1982)

Date2021

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage, sheet, mount: 48 × 60 inches (121.92 × 152.4 cm)
Framed: 49 1/2 × 61 1/2 × 2 3/16 inches (125.73 × 156.21 × 5.56 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2025.22.1

SignedSignature label on backing board verso, lower right, white label with black type and black pen: "Robert RaMell Ross / TypeFace, 2021 / Edition 2 of 5 / [signature] / 2"

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MarkingsFramer's label on backing board verso, lower right, white label with black type and black pen: JAMESON & / THOMPSON / PICTURE FRAMERS / EST. 1985 / JAMAICA PLAIN, MA / FRAMES@JAMESONANDTHOMPSON.COM / @JAMESONANDTHOMPSON 617-524-1805 / NOTES: / X MUSEUM ACRYLIC / 9/12 #D8114"

Edition/State/Proofed. 2/5 + 2 A.P.s

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DescriptionImage of a field of thriving green plants above a stretch of red soil which has vertical cuts on its face and leads down to a lighter pathway.Gallery Label

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The red-orange tint of sandy red clay distinguishes Alabama soil. Ross references that attribute in this photograph but pictures the dirt bulldozed into a pile, rather than as an idyllic feature of the Southern landscape. Etched into the soil's surface, the word "Political" prompts us to consider the land as a scarred socio-political space, with a history of racial violence and environmental destruction.

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