Renée Cox NY070225 a type of jazz originating

a type of jazz originating in the 1940s and associated with Charlie Parker

Each Moon Jar is made from a bone-white porcelain clay

anointing them heroic status in his pantheon of imagery

I enjoy and respect the craftsmanship of bronze

Drawn from her 2023 painting of the same name

Renée Cox NY070225 a type of jazz originatingIn this witty and dramatic large scale work, the artist reinterprets Howard Chandler Christys iconic painting, Scene at The Signing of the Constitution of the United States, which is housed in the United State Capitol Building. In her contemporary (and glamorous) twist, Coxs photograph reimagines modern day women and men of color in the place of the Founding Fathers. Her subjects are all decked out some in current fashions, others in 1700s period