Roscoe Hall Acrylic Painting Alabama Folk Art Graffiti Urban Neoexpressionism 2010
9 1/4 inches long x 9 3/8 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches tall
Acrylic, Ink, & Charcoal on board
Very good used condition. Original mixed media painting on board by Roscoe Hall II. Painting is mounted inside of a frame that is slightly larger than the painting so that there is a gap between the top and bottom of the frame and the board. Corners of frame have roughness to edges as shown in example photo. Framed painting weighs 1 lb 3.5 oz before shipping materials.
Raised in Chicago, artist Roscoe Hall has deep Alabama roots. Hall's background and longtime skill set are deeply entrenched in the culinary world of the South. His grandfather was John "Big Daddy" Bishop, founder of Tuscaloosa's iconic Dreamland Bar-B-Que. Roscoe himself was a contestant on season 18 of Bravo's Top Chef.
Roscoe Hall lives and works in Birmingham, Alabama. He holds an MA in art history from Savannah College of Art and Design and a BFA from the University of San Diego. Recent solo exhibitions include Angola: Works in Response, at Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment, Huntsville, Alabama; Roscoe Hall: Government Promises, at James Barron Art in Kent, Connecticut; and Jerusalem Heights, at Scott Miller Projects in Birmingham, Alabama. His work was selected for group exhibitions including Alabama Triennial, and A la Carte: A Visual Exploration of Our Relationship with Food, both at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham. Hall’s work is in several permanent collections including the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts and the Birmingham (Alabama) Museum of Art. He has been the resident artist and culinary instructor at Jones Valley Teaching Farm and he is the recipient of a 2022 Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant for mixed media. Roscoe Hall is represented by Scott Miller Projects in Birmingham.