Impermanence and ruin
(left) Beverly Buchanan (African American 1940-2015).To Prudence Lopp,n.d.,metal,plastic,wood
(right) Also,Beverly Buchanan.Lillington,Acrylic on foamcore
Over a forty-year career,Beverly Buchanan explored the relationship between personal,historical,and geographical memory.Buchanan's series of small scale shack sculptures are ruminations on the aesthetics of southern vernacular architecture.Monuments to impermanence,Buchanan's shacks memoralize quarters for enslaved people,tenant farmer dwellings,and churches which often fell into ruin while plantation houses were preserved as historical sites-the Met
Beverly Buchanan was an African American artist whose works include painting sculpture,video,and land art.Buchanan is noted for exploration of Southern vernacular architecture through her art.Buchanan is best known for her many paintings and sculptures on the"shack,"and rudimentary dwelling associated with the poor-Wikipedia
Impermanence and ruin
(left) Beverly Buchanan (African American 1940-2015).To Prudence Lopp,n.d.,metal,plastic,wood
(right) Also,Beverly Buchanan.Lillington,Acrylic on foamcore
Over a forty-year career,Beverly Buchanan explored the relationship between personal,historical,and geographical memory.Buchanan's series of small scale shack sculptures are ruminations on the aesthetics of southern vernacular architecture.Monuments to impermanence,Buchanan's shacks memoralize quarters for enslaved people,tenant farmer dwellings,and churches which often fell into ruin while plantation houses were preserved as historical sites-the Met
Beverly Buchanan was an African American artist whose works include painting sculpture,video,and land art.Buchanan is noted for exploration of Southern vernacular architecture through her art.Buchanan is best known for her many paintings and sculptures on the"shack,"and rudimentary dwelling associated with the poor-Wikipedia