<I>Increase Risk with Emotional Faith</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2008
name: label: Created by
content: Kevin E. Cole, American, born 1960
notes: label: Caption
content: When artist Keven Cole was 18, his grandfather showed him a tree in his Tarry, Arkansas, neighborhood from which African American men were routinely lynched for attempting to vote. His grandfather added that when these men were killed, their neckties would be wrapped around the hanging noose. The ties were a warning to other black men that African Americans should not pretend to the status or privileges of white people by exercising their rights as citizens or reaching above their prescribed underclass status.
label: Caption
content: Cole’s chilling memory of this event inspired him to incorporate the abstracted form of the necktie in his work. By doing so, he seeks to transform this gruesome legacy into his contemporary vision of the inner strength, resiliency, and self-determination of African American men.
label: Description
content: Three dimensional sculpture of necktie shapes painted, etched, bent and curled in multiple directions. The various shapes are painted with juxtaposing bold colors and patterns such as stripes, circles, splashes and geometric shapes. Multiple layers of acrylic paint are used to add texture to the geometric designs. The piece is made using scattered debris left by Hurricane Katrina.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Fragment of Frozen Sound Series
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Greg and Yolanda Head
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.12
objectType: label: Type
content: sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kevin Cole
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: mixed media on wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 56 3/4 x 66 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (144.1 x 168.9 x 26.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Storage: 55.9 x 170.2 x 200.7 cm, 136.1 kg (22 x 67 x 79 in., 300 lb.)