Elbow Room
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Object Label
Elbow Room centers on a dignified Black sitter whose clothing and posture recall traditions of early colonial portraiture in the Americas. David Shrobe creates layered explorations of Black identity and diaspora using repurposed materials. The salvaged wooden headboard, for instance, simultaneously interrupts and accents the image and perhaps alludes to the erasure of African American subjects from whitewashed narratives of U.S. history.
Caption
David Shrobe American, born 1974. Elbow Room, 2018. Oil, fabric, wood headboard, chair parts, window molding and mixed media, 67 × 57 × 4 in. (170.2 × 144.8 × 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2018.30.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2018.30.1_PS11.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Elbow Room
Date
2018
Medium
Oil, fabric, wood headboard, chair parts, window molding and mixed media
Classification
Dimensions
67 × 57 × 4 in. (170.2 × 144.8 × 10.2 cm)
Credit Line
William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund
Accession Number
2018.30.1
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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