80th Anniversary Charity Art Auction to Benefit the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
80th Anniversary Charity Art Auction to Benefit the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
LaKela Brown
Composition with Doorknocker Earring
Lot Closed
February 8, 10:12 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
LaKela Brown
b. 1982 Detroit, MI
Composition with Doorknocker Earring
Executed in 2021
Plaster and acrylic
11.5 x 9 x 1.25 in
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Courtesy of the artist, 56 Henry, and REYES | FINN
LaKela Brown's sculptural relief works evoke ancient art forms such as hieroglyphic wall carvings or cuneiform relief tablets, with imagery that references 1990s hip-hop culture. Door-knocker hoop earrings are posed as celebratory symbols of female empowerment and maturity; embedded in other works are rope chain necklaces, gold- capped teeth, and chicken heads. Brown's pieces are presented as artifacts from another era that have been discovered and placed on display for an examination that is as much anthropological as aesthetic. Plaster relief slabs are installed alongside their bas-relief counterparts, and in some instances three-dimensional cast sculptures are placed alongside their molds. By hearkening back to ancient Greco-Roman methods of mark making, Brown presents a meditation on how objects are historicized, represented, and abstracted in a museological context.