Gorée Island Painter (or Slave Castle
Back) - (2006)
Artist: Frank Stewart
Medium: Chromeographic Print
Location: Louisville, KYProvenance: Acquired from Frank Stewart in 2011. Loaned to Frank Stewart’s Nexus, a nationally touring exhibition presented by The Phillips Collection (2023–2024).Exhibition History:
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
(Jun – Sept 2023)
The Baker Museum, Naples, FL
(Oct 2023 – Jan 2024)
Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
(Feb – May 2024)
Brandywine Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA
(Jun – Sep 2024)
At the Slave Castle (in Senegal, a museum and memorial to the victims of the Atlantic slave trade), we came upon this artist making paintings, but for me it was this strong back of a Black man that caught my attention, a metaphor for slavery.