[Hank Williams] Grace And Violence...

[Hank Williams] Grace And Violence...

Virginia

Art

Roanoke based artist, curator, and educator Brian Sieveking blurs the boundaries between history, mythology and pop culture. Sieveking comments, "My work draws upon my lifelong interest in history, popular culture, the odd and the arcane particularly as it relates to the mythology of the South." [Hank Williams] Grace And Violence is part of a large series in which the artist created cryptic and iconic images in a style similar to commercial art to emphasize culture's commodification of Southern symbols. Sieveking's work is held in public and private collections in 14 states and seven countries. He is a long time collector and researcher of southern folk art and has curated, lectured and written extensively on the subject.

Brian Sieveking (American, Born 1964)

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Image

TAU_ART_000141

1994.018

1992/1993

Taubman Museum of Art

painting (visual works)

oil, wax crayon, collaged paper and gesso

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries

Taubman Museum of Art (Repository)

Gift of Edwin A. and Lois B. Sieveking