Continuing the Art of Play
September 25, 2024
Artist: Robert E. Paige
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Robert Paige (born November 27, 1936) is a multi-disciplinary artist and arts educator working across textile design, painting, collage, and sculpture based in Woodlawn, Chicago. As an artist and textile designer allied with the Black Arts Movement, Robert E. Paige trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and worked at the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Sears Roebuck & Company and Fiorio Milano design house in Italy. Paige was raised in Chicago's South Side where he continues to live and work, further developing his longstanding career in the decorative arts. His work visually and conceptually interrogates political and cultural themes that reflect both historical and contemporary African American art references, as well as traditional textile practices of West Africa.
“Robert Earl Paige calls himself “an artist against ugliness.””
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Warm-up + Project
This week we will step into the world of Robert E. Paige. His work is made up of colorful shapes, repeat patterns, and dancing colors. Please choose any materials you wish to play with for this week, including any substrate.
Materials and Surfaces:
Oil pastels
Watercolor
Acrylic
Markers
Colored Pencils
Inks
Stamps
Cut Paper
Cardboard
Paper
Fabric
Universal Colours of Paige, 1990. Hand painted and dyed (batik) Crepe de Chine silk.
“Land of Mali,” 1976, Wall Art (Textile), Hand painted and Dyed (Batik)_Crepe de Chine Silk, 42 x 44 inches
Rhythmic Patterns,” 1992 Hand Painted and Dyed (Gum Resist) Crepe de Chine Silk 34 x 4
“Homage to Milano,” 1964, Scarf Silk Screen Print Silk Twill, 31inches x 29inches
“Opulence,” 2017, Tibetan rug, hand knotted wool and silk, 9 x 12 feet
1OAK – Love,” 1998, Hand Painted and Dyed (Batik) Silk Crepe, 30 x 44
Seaberg's Left-overs | 1997
Linen 15.5 x 9 inches (39.4 x 22.9 cm)
“Composition in Elementary,” 1990, Wall Art (Textile) Linen on board, 20 x 20 inches
Seaberg's Left-overs | 2018
Linen 25 x 13.5 inches (63.5 x 34 cm)
Abstraggative 1978
Relief print on Strathmore paper
13 x 20 inches (33 x 50.8 cm)
Abstraggative 1978
Relief print on Strathmore paper
13 x 20 inches (33 x 50.8 cm)
United Colours of Paige | 2022
Incised, Hand-painted and Glazed Ceramic Slab
United Colours of Paige | 2022
Incised, Hand-painted and Glazed Ceramic Slab
United Colours of Paige | 2022
Incised, Hand-painted and Glazed Ceramic Slab
“Power to the People” Series, 2022, Glazed stoneware, Handpainted stoneware, 19 x 11 inches
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